“I’m 80% sure that it is this way” Josephine says while the sweat drips down her face. I have been friends with her for all my life. She was always crazy, but this was the craziest one yet!
“80%! 80 percent is not good enough! You brought us out here! I can’t believe I trusted you.” I reply                         “Hallie, I know where I’m going!” She screams.                                                                                                                           We were meant to be on a trip! A desert ride. But of course Josephine wanted to go leave the tour group and have a look for herself. Its been 3 hours. We are lost.

For my Genius Hour I researched ASL (American Sign Language). I chose this because I found the concept of communicating with hands very interesting. I also chose it because of a T.V show called ‘Switched at birth’. It was about two girls who got switched at birth. But, one of them is deaf. So, she needs to communicate in sign language with her friends. This is one of the first times I saw people sign. It was just very intriguing. I learned the history of ASL and also I learned a couple of words in sign. What I learned doesn’t really help a lot. But, if by any chance I meet a deaf person, I can have small conversations with them. I don’t now what my next genius hour will be about but, I hope its something that is helpful to not only me but others.

Link to my presentation:

https://docs.google.com/a/student.isd.sn/presentation/d/1wxUPHTll7Fzbpi8yMlsUEQX24ActCAm6vjoqVIdwlOM/edit?usp=drive_web

                Before I lived in Senegal, I lived in France. Last year was my first time in the continent Africa. Before coming here, I seriously didn’t know what to expect. I thought it was going to be fine. Now that I am here in Senegal I see that it is not that bad. There are some down sides for example, the mosquitos or even the absence of McDonalds. There are some upsides to Senegal like getting to know more about a new culture and also meet new people! There are not many places to go, but there are some fun ones. For example, Saly, Acrobaobab. This impacted my life because I feel like I am more open-minded to new activities and new cultures. Senegal is not what I expected but it is a great Country with  great culture. I think this will be a great experience.