Well grade 11 Mechatronics was a cluster I have to say. Between our teacher Mr.Everitt leaving for medical purposes, a substitute for language arts and Mechatronics, getting our new LA teacher mid semester and then covid-19 hit and we were forced to leave the Mechatronics environment that we all knew and loved. This made working challenging as we lost the environment that many of us came accustomed to working in on a day to day basis. If Mechatronics has taught us anything, its taught us how to get over challenges, and I think this was the hardest challenge yet.
Covid-19 hitting was the hardest part for me this year. I was unable to attend school anymore which I miss dearly and lost the Mechatronics classroom where I could create anything my mind could imagine. Being unable to bounce ideas and knowledge off peers minds made working from home extremely difficult, especially when it came time for coding. Being able to complete challenges in Mechatronics was hard from home but not impossible. We were able to take home a "Phydget" kit which was a micro controller with two buttons, two lights and a humidity sensor. This allowed us Mechatronics students to take what we would have been doing in the classroom and be able to still access the same type of material at home.
I enjoyed figuring out how the system worked, but found many problems when trying to interface with a Mac. Coding was a big challenge for me as I am not the most talented individual when it comes to that, but still took on the challenge presented. I was unable to finish these challenges as I my timeline was cutting quite short between other classes and many challenges presented.