Where I Am Today

My pinch pot did not turn out exactly how I thought it would.
  Originally I wanted my pot to turn inward at the middle of the pot and then turn outwards again. I decided to change this idea to just a flat side because one side of my pot turned inwards the way I wanted it and the other side was flat. I spent almost an entire day trying to make both sides of my pot even, and in the end the pot turned out more flat then curved. I liked this new look and decided to go with it and see what creative design I could think of.
  To make this new idea work out I changed a couple things. The first thing I had to do was add some flair to the sides, in order to make my pot not totally flat on the sides. I made my pot turn inwards at the very bottom to make a cool profile of my pot. I also added some handles to give my pot some more character.
  At this point the only thing that I would change is to make my pot look more smooth. Right now, it has sort of a rough texture, but I think baking it will help it some. I wish I also made the opening all the same thickness, because I really struggled with making all of the walls even and it got to a point where I really was not helping my pot anymore.

Pinch Pot: Vase

When you slip a score a piece of pottery you make small notches on the edge of the clay where you will be joining two pieces together. You then put the slip as a type of glue between the two pieces.  It is important to score and slip to make a firm connection between two places of clay that you have joined together.
To make my vase symmetrical, I slowly made the shape and looked back at it every couple minutes to make sure it was looking symmetrical. If it was not looking even, I adjusted the clay and molded it so it would be symmetrical.

Ms. Leardi

Ms. Leardi was my 7th grade science teacher. She is someone I admire because she was never without a smile on her face. Even if she was having a very rough day, she never let on and remained positive everyday.  Ms. Leardi wanted to teach her students not just academics, she wanted us to learn life lessons. She installed a feeling in all of here students that every person was equal in her eyes and that we could do anything that we set our minds too. She taught me that my attitude affects the people around me and that if I am happy, people around me will be happy too.
It was not just her attitude that made Ms. Leardi an admirable person. She also believed in teaching her students in a way that everyone would understand and used many labs and fun activities to teach. I walked away from that science class not only smarter, but also with a higher self-esteem and the belief that it did not matter what anybody said, I could do what I wanted with my life and be whomever I wished to be. Ms. Leardi inspired every person and student that knew her and left an impact on everybody's life. I wish to someday touch people's lives just as she did and I look to her on how to do that.