My project was, again, a paper. I wrote about Mrs. Anne Marbury Hutchinson. I spent hours working to perfect it, not because I have any REAL desire to continue in the NHD competition, but because I was angry when no one from our school went to States in the paper category. If I don't get there again, I hope someone else does. Masterman needs an attitude adjustment.
However, many of our students faced huge problems. Time was the biggest issue. We need to start our projects almost as soon as the year begins in order to make the best possible projects. Also, we need some way to better research topics. Students continually get complaints because they don't have enough book sources. Finally, it would be a good idea to announce next years' Topic at the end of the year and during summer orientations to incoming and returning students in order to get them prepared.
