The piece I completed this year that I feel could still use work is the TMH/DHH/ELL page.
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because this page contains several errors, of which I am not proud. I also feel as though the copy could have more accurately reflected how students in TMH, DHH and ELL participate in school and campus activities. First, in my opinion, my attempt to efficiently recreate this page after it crashed on the day of the deadline resulted in the two errors I have so far identified on this page. I am in no way proud of either of them, and I believe the page contained correct information until it crashed. First, I misidentified a quote, attributing it to another student in a picture, rather than the student who authored it. I am extremely disappointed that this happened, as I realize the student who actually shared his opinion did not receive credit for doing so. Second, there is an incorrect photo credit, which attributes a photo I did not take to me. This occurred when I was rebuilding this page from an earlier copy of it. In the earlier copy, the dominant picture was taken by me, so when I replaced this picture and forgot to change the photo credit, it remained attributed to me. Lastly, I would have liked to incorporate a student from TMH in my body copy in order to present a more rounded view of the specialized education programs; however, because the teachers needed to be inherently involved in TMH interviews, I chose to simply include these students in pictures, as I did not wish to disrupt their classes more than necessary. If I were to re-create this page, I would like to include a TMH student as a substantial part of the copy to provide a more accurate portrait of his school experiences.
While it in no way validates the mistakes on this page, this deadline posed the greatest challenges for me.
Interviewing students through translators and teachers took an incredible amount of time and pre-planning, so time management proved especially crucial. Thankfully, all of the adult staff members greatly helped me in this regard. Obtaining pictures proved another challenge, as the TMH students are only at school one day per week during third period and there were no existing pictures of the kids in TMH, DHH and ELL when I began working on the page. Additionally, my page crashed on the day of the deadline during third period; I believe the stress of this event caused my errors. While I wish that I could have the opportunity to correct my mistakes, I am so glad that I had the chance to profile the experiences of the TMH, DHH and ELL students; they are all incredible people who demonstrate admirable school spirit.