Three months is a long time. Writing about one topic in that time is not going to be easy, especially if the topic I choose is something I know a lot about. At least in my opinion, the topic should be something I don’t know very much about. My fear is finding a topic that is interesting enough to write about for three months. Unfortunately, I’m very indecisive so it’s going to be hard finding something that is fascinating enough to research. For the past week or two, I have been trying to research interesting topics to learn about. I asked some people in my homeroom (band) what I may want to research or think about as my topic. Their ideas were interesting but nothing really peaked my interest, so I decided to look at some short Ted-Talks. A Ted-Talk that sounded interesting was “Why People believe they can’t draw - and how to prove they can” presented by Graham Shaw. I was intrigued because I didn’t believe just any person could draw. Before the video, I had no faith in my ability to draw anything, especially since Tessa is the artist in the family. The Ted-Talk stuck with me for awhile but I thought about having to draw almost everyday, and I don’t have any patience for drawing. Besides, I never really had the motivation to draw before, why start? I’m now back to square one. I still have no clear direction on where to go. Then I asked my mom if she had any ideas that I wouldn’t get bored with. She had recently seen a video on Facebook about bees. I remember going to a bee pollinatarium after a middle school cross country meet at U of I in Champaign. It was interesting because the Pollinatarium had a working beehive we could watch. I really wanted to find the queen. Thankfully, they marked the queen with a red dot which made it a little easier to find her. It was fascinating to see the bees working. I always thought that the bees had a chaotic order to them because they know what they have to do and somehow they never get in each other's way. I’m not going to lie; it is a little scary walking into a bee pollinatarium because seeing a bee always makes me think of being stung. They say if you don’t bother them they won’t sting you, but I have been stung just standing near a swarm of bees. The worst part about that whole situation was that I was in the middle of the Girls Golf Regional Tournament. Needless to say, I didn’t do so well on that hole. Fortunately, not all bees have a stinger. www.buzzaboutbees.net/stingless-bees.html states that honey bees, bumblebees, and carpenter bees can’t sting. Bees are not a very common topic, but I want to learn more about them. I’m not quite sure what path this blog is going to go. However, I’m excited to learn and become more knowledgeable in order to help people understand how bees are essential to life.
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Jenna Moore
2/1/2018 11:37:28 am
I absolutely love that your topic is ‘bees’! Since I was little, bees have been my #1 fear. Now, I think they’re so precious and important to the world we live in. I also didn’t know that some bees don’t sting- I honestly though it was a myth or something my parents told me so I wouldn’t be afraid. I am super excited to see where this blog goes and what subjects you plan to discuss. Maybe you can write how we literally can’t live without them?
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Alyssa MacDonald
2/2/2018 07:17:57 pm
I love this idea of talking about bees - I think it is really unique and will be fun to research and discuss! I have never been to a bee pollinatarium, and have not actually heard of one before! I enjoyed reading about your process of coming up with this topic, and I was certainly able to relate. I am very indecisive as well :) I am really excited to see where you go with this!
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