1.+Dear+Reader

Dear Reader,

I chose to do my multi-genre research project on Nadia Comaneci. She was a young, 14-year-old girl that changed the history and expectations of the sport of gymnastics. I love gymnastics, and my love and passion for the sport led me to choose and relate to this topic. Nadia inspires me to defy gravity, and my inspiration has helped me enjoy the research process.

Nadia Comaneci successfully achieved perfection. As my coaches always say, “Practice makes better, but nobody can be perfect.” However, Nadia was the first person in Olympic history to receive a perfect gymnastics score. She wasn’t merely “better”’ she had achieved perfection. Throughout my research I have learned what exactly led Nadia to perfection, and how hard she had to work.

Throughout my Wiki, I have shown several examples of perfection. It starts developing at a 9.65 in Nadia’s timeline. Then her gym is explained, and she is one step closer to perfection, 9.75. Next, the narrative. It is a story of a girl looking back on her life and achieving perfection, and some parts of Nadia’s career are shown. It doesn’t really go in-depth on her perfection, so it is only a 9.85. The how-to is an example of how to score a 10.0. However, Level 6 is five levels away from elite, so Nadia has not quite reached Olympic perfection yet, but is very close with a 9.95. Finally, when Nadia is reflecting on her career, she is happy with what she has done, achieved perfection, and can now give advice on being “perfect”. The repented has finally reached a 10.0.

Prior to beginning my research, I thought that after Nadia’s Olympic success, her life was perfect. Unfortunately, I was very far from the truth. She was poor, alone and caged in her country until she defected to the United States in 1989. The project also changed my thinking about her gymnastics style, and confirmed my thinking on her brilliance.

Over the course of my multi-genre research project, I learned how to write a decent poem, that a “crot” is type of genre that is similar to a word collage, I improved my time management, strengthened the skill of setting and achieving goals, and I learned how to be proud of myself and my work. Out of all the time I spent in the five weeks we had to complete this project, I developed numerous of useful skills and ideas. I became a stronger writer, and learned more about a topic I thoroughly enjoyed.

As you explore my Wiki, be sure to notice how amazing and truly perfect Nadia Comaneci really is, and keep an eye out for the score signs! I hope that you enjoy learning about Nadia Comaneci as much as I have!

Sincerely, Your friend