Progress 10 December

I have no idea if we're supposed to post this week because of finals. I think it's just today. Anyway, I have emailed two teachers and the English class. I've gotten some good responses. However, only one person had any ideas about thinking that more field trips are bad/not a good idea, so I need to find more opposing opinions. And actually write the paper. But I think I know how I'll write it.

Progress 6 December

I forgot to blog yesterday. I did make a little progress. I thought about how to organise the essay, and tried to find more articles online. Unfortunately, I couldn't. I found loads of stuff about virtual field trips, though. Personally, I'm not sure how interesting a virtual field trip would be.

That's also what I did today. I'm going to email the people in this class and ask what they think about the issue. Knowing this school, most likely only one or two people will actually answer. They can be anonymous if they want.

Progress as of 4 December

Okay, I didn't get much done. I did find an article, though I'm not sure how trustworthy it is:

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3673/is_200410/ai_n9446605

Sometime later this week I'll probably send out an email to people asking what they think about more field trips. I don't know whether I should just ask the people in this class or more people. More people would be better statistically, but I don't want to bother people.

Inquiry Project Progress 3 Dec, 2007

Progress: I have written the proposal contract thingy. It was very difficult to stretch it out to two pages. It's very annoying how when I want to be concise, I end up being wordy and confusing and when I want to write a lot about something, I end up not having enough to say.

Anyway, I've decided to go with the field trip idea. To be honest, I didn't think of it. I was clueless about what to do so I asked my mother if she had ideas. She had about fifty. I just picked the ones I liked best. I really do think that more field trips would be a good thing, though. It varies life a little. I hate doing the same thing everyday all the time. Doing different and fun things makes me happy. Of course, that's not a very polished or good way to argue for something.

I've also realized that since I've decided to do this, a lot of my research is going to come from interviews. I'll have to ask people about whether they feel more field trips are better and why. That will be entertaining, since I'm sure some people will have interesting things to say.

So basically, I've just written the contract out, and it's made me think more deeply about the issue.

Progress as of Friday, November 30

I haven't really done anything except think about my ideas. I'm leaning toward the field trip one. Arguing for a swimming pool isn't going to work. Arguing for the renovation idea would be either too complicated (with a lot of mini-proposals in one) or too simple (I can't write that much on how we should build a roof). And the bonus with the field trip idea is if I argue it well enough, someone in charge here might actually think about doing it.

But I'm still thinking. I might think of something better when I have time this weekend.