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UTK Gov School Month In Review

Gov School

Gov school has been an amazing experience and better then I ever could have imagined. All of my classes and the programing in between have been amazing. 


STEM Skills

    Every day in STEM Skills we did something different some of which I have done a lot with some that I have never touched. We have done some 3d modeling, programing and data visualization. We experimented with AI and talked about the engineering design process. We had a tasting platter of anything STEM.

 STEM in Society

    It is weird to talk about science from the ethics and philosophy side of things. Never in my life did I think I would be taking a class like this but it was enjoyable and appears everywhere without you realizing it.

 Math 

    There is so much to say about my Math class over the last month. I was expecting to have to do a lot of calculations, all of your Math-y stuff. We did none. We talked about math research and proofs, how you look at something and figure out what questions to ask. I learned how to use LaTeX, a program used to write mathematics. I learned how to theoretically quantum teleport a goat. I enjoyed this more then I expected to and can't wait to take full courses when I am in collage.

 Everything Else

    I feel as though I have truly gotten a slice of collage life and feel prepared to go off on my own. Gov school was like a trial run of living in a dorm and eating at a dining hall. I have made mistakes in what I packed that I know how to fix for my actual move in day. I can't express how ready I am to be back on UTK campus. 



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