What I Learned

Jack S.

12/16/14

Per. 4

                                                                  What I Learned 

    

       During this project I learned a lot about ancient and modern local food production. In Ancient Egypt agriculture was their main local production of food. Something that astounded me was how much grain the Egyptians could actually produce. There were over 5 million people in Egypt at the time and each person got over 11 hundred pounds of grain annually. I always knew agriculture and local food production was effective, but that statistic makes one realize how effective it really was. I also learned during this project how important local food production is in today's world. If more people bought their produce locally we could save thousands of dollars and put more money into local food production which would inflate that market and creating new jobs. Buying locally has countless upsides and this project helped show me them. 

        The research part of the project took the most time of anything I did, but it helped me realize how important time management was. With our deadline on Wednesday, I decided to do all of the Egyptian part of my presentation and research on Monday and then do the Modern part of the presentation and research on Tuesday. Setting deadlines for yourself is important because it helps you prioritize and not be able to procrastinate. I did not really work with others on this project, but doing it all by myself helped show me how much of a luxury it is to be able to split work up within a group.