Adult
What I learned
First off, who knew, but if you look at most maps, you'll notice India is on the friggin' map twice. There is some overlapping and therefore when I built my box and painted the map, it didn't fit together perfectly like I had hoped. My roommate found it particularly amusing when I realized this and started cursing about India and why it was on the map twice.
But on a more profound level, something I learned that I think perhaps was the entire purpose of this class and this project was the execution of ideas. Lots and lots of brainstorming, etc., was involved and finally one day I had to just stop and start actually building my idea. That was a transition for me and some worldly knowledge (sorry, that just sort of cracks me up right now) that will help me out in future endeavors.
Also, I went to visit my best friend who goes to art school in Baltimore in the midst of my project building and found that environment to be amazing for solidifying my ideas. I bounced ideas off of her friends and her and got some excellent feedback as well as an arena to further explore. Perhaps it was fate that I went then or perhaps it was a coincidence that there was cheap cheap sale on plane tickets to Baltimore at that point, but none the less, I felt it worthy of noting because it really helped me out.