Journal
October 18, 2013
I am greatly behind everyone because I keep putting off actually starting to push forward on my project. I have realized that I am just talking about my ideas instead of making them happen. I know that Mrs.Boutalier is upset the factthat I have not pushed forward with my project, but for me there are certain factors that are holding me back from be able to get a good jump on my project. I have football practice every day after school which lasts till about 6:30p.m. then when I get home it’s about 7:00 and I have to shower, eat, and then do my homework. The homework I’m getting is regularly from AP Calculus, ECE UConn Chemistry and ECE UConn Literature. It is hard for me to get things done besides school and football and I haven’t even started really working on college things like applications. I initially had trouble finding a mentor, but after thinking about who could benefit me with my project. I decidedly chose to ask my football coach so I got that cleared out of the way after stressing that and ittook me quite a while so I fell behind other people who were already carrying out their project. I am planning to email my Co-captains here at the Sports and Medical Sciences Academy/University football team. Over this upcoming weekend I am going to ask them a variety of questions of how they feel about Dillon Stadium and what they wish they could be changed. I am going to have them email me their responses to their questions and I will take note of what a common dislike or common improvement desire by these high school seniors who have played at Dillon Stadium for their high school career.
October 29, 2013
I have managed to begin my project by interviewing the coach of Sports and Medical Academy Football Team Graham Martin. He is my football coach, but it still had felt quite uncomfortable sitting down and interviewing him about Dillon Stadium. I have a problem when it comes to actually having a professional conversation with someone. I make myself nervous by overthinking what would happen. Although today I just sat down with the coach, asked him the questions and wrote down the answers. Then that was that, I had gotten one interview done and I had plenty to go. I still felt as if it was a milestone because that’s some of my project that I have completed. I have to find contacts in order to speak with other Coached who play at Dillon Stadium. Next I plan to ask the soccer coach at Sport and Medical Sciences Academy who is Eric McKay. He has also been one of my teachers so I don’t believe asking him for a quick interview and conversing with him will be too much of a problem.
November 5, 2013
Today I have interviewed the boys’ soccer coach of Sport and Medical Science Academy it went well I believe. I asked the questions I felt I had to ask and got the answers that would help me with my project. It seemed a bit easier than the first time and I am hoping that with each interview it gets easier. As of right now I don’t like to have a conversation with others who I am not relatively friends with but it’s business.
November 22, 2013
Today the seniors had to hand in their research papers. This was something that I put off till pretty late although wasn’t until the last minute, I procrastinated pretty badly. I had the mindset about it only being a rough draft, but now since put less effort into the first draft I have to work on revisions and the second draft that much more. I also November 20th I was in an accident that really affected my ability to go home and write. I still blame myself because if I truly wanted I could have put more effort into the essay. I know that I probably will let down Mrs. Zamorski because I am one of the students in her ECE UConn class and she most likely expects more from me than others. I also only wrote 4 ½ pages so I will be lucky if she accepts it because the minimum was 5 pages.
December 1, 2013
After going over my essay Mrs. Zamorski has pointed out some good points that I need to work on. I need more sources because I only have 4 and I need more to back up my ideas. If I don’t backup my ideas as well then my message I’m trying to get across won’t be as strong. I also need to overlook what I’ve written after I’m done because the reader may not be able to understand what I am trying to say. I need to support my ideas not just put opinions into a research paper because it is mainly supposed to be facts about the topic. My citing of articles and other support needs to improve because I don’t do it as ideally as Mrs. Zamorski wants it which I will implement into my revisions. Also the football season is now over, but after this vacation I plan to do wrestling in order to stay in shape.
December 2, 2014
I was thinking that I should incorporate pictures of other stadiums that are very nice to compare. One stadium that I could think of is Falcon Field in Meriden which is a nice turf field that also has really upheld structures like lock rooms and bleachers around them. This field is the home for many events from Football games and Soccer games. There are championships that are housed at this field because it is a beautiful field. They also do charge for entry of fans so they raise money on the side while making money for renting the field out to teams with games. If Dillon Stadium had been nice enough then the stadium will be able to house championships.
December 3, 2014
If Dillon Stadium upgraded their field to turf then it would be less of a cost in the long run for paying people to work on the field after fall season. Many teams play during the fall season whether its soccer teams or football team, the field becomes very rundown by the end of the season. During our last football game at SMSA vs. Endfield the players had been covered in mud. Due to the center of the field being so exposed by dirt, the players were covered to the point where you could barely tell the numbers of one of the player. Then the next fall season the field will be grass covered and ready to begin the season over again which could be the reason why they have not updated the field. The Hartford parks department possibly just knows it gets better before the fall season.
December 5, 2013
So after going to the first wrestling practice of the season I’ve realized that I will not be participating in wrestling, but instead I will be trying to find a job to assist my mother financially. So for the time being that I’m working on trying to find a job I will be going home immediately after school days. I will try to use my time wisely in order to push forward on this project and get a lot of my school work done. I also have been working towards improving my research paper because Mrs. Zamorski left a good amount of notes that have shown me where can use some work.
December 12, 2013
This Capstone Project is really giving me a lot of stress I know that my entire chance to graduate really only rides on whether or not I complete this capstone project to the best of my ability. However I am very lazy and I am not exactly trying so hard to do even simple things like interview some of the other high school coaches. I am trying to receive the names and emails of the head coaches for Prince Tech, Capitol Prep., Hartford Public High School, and Weaver from my Mentor, but he has not gotten back to me by email yet. So I plan to ask Coach Martin who was my head coach for football and knows most of the coaches at the high school coaches nearby. Once I receive these emails I will contact the head coaches of the high school and ask them if I can ask them a few questions about how they feel about their experiences with Dillon Stadium. Then with these answers I will evaluate what problems have been mentioned the most from the Coaches and create a list of issues with the Stadium categorized by what the coaches believe is most important to improving the stadium. With these ideas I will attempt to create a modeled version of Dillon Stadium that implements these aspects of the stadium that have to be improved.
December 28, 2013
During this winter break I have given only minimal thought to what I can do for my project. I know that I will regret this decision because I have all this time and when school starts my time available will be cut short
again. I have put some thought into what I plan to do though for my project. I could possibly visit very good Stadiums take pictures and compare Dillon Stadium to how other well-kept facilities are.
January 1, 2014
It is a new year now and I would like to focus on school more and getting more work done with this capstone project. I should try soon to get a contact from the Hartford parks department who will want to listen to my ideas about how the stadium could be better. Also the complaints that coaches from the high schools and I share because there is a problem with something relating to the stadium. I really wish to get this done not only to get the project out of the way and just graduate already, but also I want to see the stadium because it hasn’t been changed and it is very rundown.
January 6, 2014
Today I received my essay back from Mrs. Zamorski I got a 81% on the essay so I don’t have to re-do the essay, but there are some things I still would have to improve. I also have given some thought to what I’m going to do in my ePorfolio.
January 8, 2014
Mrs. Boutalier came in today to talk to us about the ePorfolio idea and how it is supposed to run. I had been brainstorming some ideas of what I could incorporate into the ePorfolio. I could get film of a football game that Sport and Medical Sciences Academy had and include it into my website. I could show the judges how the field would get very dusty and football players were completing actions on how the dust was in their face and bothering them. This could really boost the thought of how the field could be better because the field is not upheld very well.
January 14, 2014
I have had the thought of finding a program online that will help me demonstrate my ideas of where Dillon Stadium is lacking in quality. I also think I should use the blueprint to point out what spots at Dillon Stadium should be
improved. Like how the locker rooms are very outdated and should be fixed. The floor is peeling so it is unappealing and it is a sight for sore eyes when walking in. Also there is the field which is horrible quality. I could point at these objects and talk about them being that they are on my blueprint.
January 19, 2014
I have spoken with two more coaches from high schools that play at Dillon Stadium. The two coaches would be Coach Belucci from Hartford PublicHigh School and Coach Fulton from Capitol Prep. These coaches incorporated their
ideas to me about what they thought about the field. Specifically where they though Dillon Stadium could use some improvement. This will help me when I bring forth to someone at Hartford Parks Department that the field should be
renovated.
January 24, 2014
I need to find a contact that will listen to my opinion and views at the Hartford parks department. Earlier in the year I spoke with Ms. Shmidt about a man who is interested in getting the opinions of the schools. Then we had switched classes and I didn't confront her about the contact since then so I should probably speak with her sometime soon so I could actually do something with my blueprint and ideas from the coaches.
January 25, 2014
My blueprint is coming along now but the program I’m using is not exactly meant for stadiums so I will have to try and do my best on the blueprint that I can. I plan to include important structures, necessary for the field so it is not a complete stadium change. Hopefully by sharing these things with the Hartford parks department they will be more ambitious to updating the stadium. I would really like to see the change in the stadium happen because it will benefit the community greatly.
January 31, 2014
I just remembered how Mrs. Bout in the beginning of the year was talking to me about the idea of incorporating other stadiums into my Capstone project. This basically means I would be comparing different stadiums’ similarities and differences.
February 2, 2014
I’m sort of stressing this project a bit more now because it’s later in the year and I still don’t have much to show. I’m beginning to fill out my ePorfolio with what I have including my research paper and my proposal. The other stuff that I have to incorporate into the ePorfolio I either have to find or I haven’t done yet. Some things I still need are Artifacts which are an important aspect of the project. Although I’m not sure what I could really use as artifacts I have some ideas. I could use some film from a football game that Sport and Medical Sciences Academy where it displays how bad the field conditions would get. Although I will have to make a YouTube video of clips in order to incorporate the film onto my ePorfolio because I cannot add videos without having to pay for an update on Weebly. So I will have to get an entire film of a game and point out the clips that do best at showing how bad the field gets.
February 4, 2014
Still haven’t made the call to the Hartford parks department to find a person I can speak to about my project. I know this call is simply what is keeping me from getting my project over with. Without this call I can’t really say that I did something with my project other than research and a lot of talk.
February 5, 2014
With my project I know that I just have to really talk with someone and express my opinions, the coach’s opinion, and the research that I have found. Mrs. Bout says that even if all I do is drop of my ideas for them to look at it will count as beneficial. It seems so simple of a task to make a phone call and talk to someone about my project and listen to him talk about the future of Dillon Stadium. I don’t know why but I don’t like speaking on the phone. I’ll have to learn eventually for life though so I am going to have to start at some point.
February 8, 2014
I haven’t worked on my blueprint in a while and I know Mrs. Bout expects one of the stadiums. Although I’m not sure what exactly she wants so I’m going to email her asking what she thinks I should do.
February 9, 2014
After emailing Bout asking what exactly she expected from me having a blueprint of Dillon Stadium she said, “It's your project Shawn. I am expecting something that would represent a yearlong project, that reflects research, and effort. A project worthy of a one credit graduation requirement. If you would like to discuss your ideas, I would be happy to meet with you on Monday. Feel free to come by when you have time.” This does not help me at all really with what I should do.
February 11, 2014
Rodriguez wants us to present what we have and I keep trying to put it off because I don’t have much and I don’t want to embarrass myself comparing myself to others who really are getting their project done.
February 14, 2014
Mr. Rodriguez is still bothering me about having to present what I have to the class so I told him just to schedule me for tomorrow. I will just have to swallow my pride and deal with people watching and listening to what I am planning and what I've done. The part I really don’t like is when the class gets to ask questions because I don’t really need people to know what I’m doing I’m pretty personal.
February 15, 2014
We were unable to present today because instead we made cards for Mrs. Gunn who is out sick and Mrs. Ladd asked Mr. Rodriguez if we could do that for the day. That wasn't so bad and it gave me another night to work on some stuff.
February 16, 2014
So today I presented in class what I had which was the started blueprint of Dillon Stadium and that I had talked to a few of the coaches. I did have my website started but I didn't show it during my presentation because it wasn't very good or nearly finished. Also Mrs. Bout had walked in about halfway through my presentation which had really irked me at the time because not only do I not like sharing my project with other students, I don’t like sharing it with Mrs. Bout either. She was critiquing me during and after my presentation. She just pretty much told me that I don’t have anything worth the entire project. Although I would think that I have done some work pertaining to Capstone like the blueprint of Dillon Stadium I’m still working on and the interviews I have of the coaches. I’m not sure if she expects more from me, but that is what initially had planned to do.
February 18, 2014
I remember some of the suggestions pertaining to what I can do for my project. Mrs. Bout suggested that I find out how much it would cost to do certain repairs or replacement. I feel this would be a good idea because then I would be able to mention how much it would cost and how long it would take to begin profiting from changes like the bleachers, turf, the scoreboard and the locker rooms.
February 21, 2014
I still do my best to avoid Mrs. Bout because I don’t want her asking me any questions or anything about the project because I don’t have much compared to other students and I don’t like the pressure of her asking me questions.
February 22, 2014
Although I wrote yesterday that I still try to avoid Mrs. Bout she also has backed off a bit from the seniors. By now she is just hoping that the seniors do enough so that they are able to graduate.
February 28, 2014
It’s the end of February now and I didn't make much of a difference with my project this month. I haven’t called Hartford parks department yet which I need to do to actually say I made a difference in the community and I can’t find the contacts for Bulkely or Weaver to talk to the head coaches. I realize I have to do a bit more for my project I’m just too lazy to put my ideas into effect. I’m going to have to get out of that habit too or else I’m going to do this type of stuff in life.
March 3, 3014
I have been working on my ePorfolio and I have put things onto my site that are necessary like the research paper, the mission statement, my proposal and what I have for journaling. Mr. Rodriguez gave us a paper that wasn't exactly a rubric, but it had everything on it that was required stuff that I had not known about like the job shadow reflection and some other stuff. The paper also showed things that I have to work on like the artifacts which are an important aspect of the ePorfolio which I still don’t have so I’ll have to figure something out and for the field work log I’m not sure what I should contribute to as field work. Maybe I’ll incorporate the interviews of coaches that I've done because I had to go out and talk with them about my project.
March 5, 2014
I got a number to the Hartford parks department from Ms. Schmidt to a woman named Brenda Padilla who is in charge of scheduling people to use the field for sports playing services. Although that is not what I need to call her for, I need to call her so she can connect me to someone else who can potentially assist me with my project.
March 20, 2014
I called Brenda Padilla a few times this week and she didn’t pick up any of the calls so I left messages on ways she could contact me back like by email or phone number. She never contacted me back so I contacted the state. A man by the name of Petrel Maylor emailed me back regarding my intention to find someone to talk to at the Hartford parks department who is interested in hearing the opinions of coaches who play atDillon Stadium. He gave me a number and email to a man named Tom Baptist andsaid he was the guy I should talk to but he was in a meeting.
March 21, 2014
I shared my project with him and the information that I collected from high school coaches and research that I did on pricing of certain things that should be updated like the field but turfing would be about $520,000.
I am greatly behind everyone because I keep putting off actually starting to push forward on my project. I have realized that I am just talking about my ideas instead of making them happen. I know that Mrs.Boutalier is upset the factthat I have not pushed forward with my project, but for me there are certain factors that are holding me back from be able to get a good jump on my project. I have football practice every day after school which lasts till about 6:30p.m. then when I get home it’s about 7:00 and I have to shower, eat, and then do my homework. The homework I’m getting is regularly from AP Calculus, ECE UConn Chemistry and ECE UConn Literature. It is hard for me to get things done besides school and football and I haven’t even started really working on college things like applications. I initially had trouble finding a mentor, but after thinking about who could benefit me with my project. I decidedly chose to ask my football coach so I got that cleared out of the way after stressing that and ittook me quite a while so I fell behind other people who were already carrying out their project. I am planning to email my Co-captains here at the Sports and Medical Sciences Academy/University football team. Over this upcoming weekend I am going to ask them a variety of questions of how they feel about Dillon Stadium and what they wish they could be changed. I am going to have them email me their responses to their questions and I will take note of what a common dislike or common improvement desire by these high school seniors who have played at Dillon Stadium for their high school career.
October 29, 2013
I have managed to begin my project by interviewing the coach of Sports and Medical Academy Football Team Graham Martin. He is my football coach, but it still had felt quite uncomfortable sitting down and interviewing him about Dillon Stadium. I have a problem when it comes to actually having a professional conversation with someone. I make myself nervous by overthinking what would happen. Although today I just sat down with the coach, asked him the questions and wrote down the answers. Then that was that, I had gotten one interview done and I had plenty to go. I still felt as if it was a milestone because that’s some of my project that I have completed. I have to find contacts in order to speak with other Coached who play at Dillon Stadium. Next I plan to ask the soccer coach at Sport and Medical Sciences Academy who is Eric McKay. He has also been one of my teachers so I don’t believe asking him for a quick interview and conversing with him will be too much of a problem.
November 5, 2013
Today I have interviewed the boys’ soccer coach of Sport and Medical Science Academy it went well I believe. I asked the questions I felt I had to ask and got the answers that would help me with my project. It seemed a bit easier than the first time and I am hoping that with each interview it gets easier. As of right now I don’t like to have a conversation with others who I am not relatively friends with but it’s business.
November 22, 2013
Today the seniors had to hand in their research papers. This was something that I put off till pretty late although wasn’t until the last minute, I procrastinated pretty badly. I had the mindset about it only being a rough draft, but now since put less effort into the first draft I have to work on revisions and the second draft that much more. I also November 20th I was in an accident that really affected my ability to go home and write. I still blame myself because if I truly wanted I could have put more effort into the essay. I know that I probably will let down Mrs. Zamorski because I am one of the students in her ECE UConn class and she most likely expects more from me than others. I also only wrote 4 ½ pages so I will be lucky if she accepts it because the minimum was 5 pages.
December 1, 2013
After going over my essay Mrs. Zamorski has pointed out some good points that I need to work on. I need more sources because I only have 4 and I need more to back up my ideas. If I don’t backup my ideas as well then my message I’m trying to get across won’t be as strong. I also need to overlook what I’ve written after I’m done because the reader may not be able to understand what I am trying to say. I need to support my ideas not just put opinions into a research paper because it is mainly supposed to be facts about the topic. My citing of articles and other support needs to improve because I don’t do it as ideally as Mrs. Zamorski wants it which I will implement into my revisions. Also the football season is now over, but after this vacation I plan to do wrestling in order to stay in shape.
December 2, 2014
I was thinking that I should incorporate pictures of other stadiums that are very nice to compare. One stadium that I could think of is Falcon Field in Meriden which is a nice turf field that also has really upheld structures like lock rooms and bleachers around them. This field is the home for many events from Football games and Soccer games. There are championships that are housed at this field because it is a beautiful field. They also do charge for entry of fans so they raise money on the side while making money for renting the field out to teams with games. If Dillon Stadium had been nice enough then the stadium will be able to house championships.
December 3, 2014
If Dillon Stadium upgraded their field to turf then it would be less of a cost in the long run for paying people to work on the field after fall season. Many teams play during the fall season whether its soccer teams or football team, the field becomes very rundown by the end of the season. During our last football game at SMSA vs. Endfield the players had been covered in mud. Due to the center of the field being so exposed by dirt, the players were covered to the point where you could barely tell the numbers of one of the player. Then the next fall season the field will be grass covered and ready to begin the season over again which could be the reason why they have not updated the field. The Hartford parks department possibly just knows it gets better before the fall season.
December 5, 2013
So after going to the first wrestling practice of the season I’ve realized that I will not be participating in wrestling, but instead I will be trying to find a job to assist my mother financially. So for the time being that I’m working on trying to find a job I will be going home immediately after school days. I will try to use my time wisely in order to push forward on this project and get a lot of my school work done. I also have been working towards improving my research paper because Mrs. Zamorski left a good amount of notes that have shown me where can use some work.
December 12, 2013
This Capstone Project is really giving me a lot of stress I know that my entire chance to graduate really only rides on whether or not I complete this capstone project to the best of my ability. However I am very lazy and I am not exactly trying so hard to do even simple things like interview some of the other high school coaches. I am trying to receive the names and emails of the head coaches for Prince Tech, Capitol Prep., Hartford Public High School, and Weaver from my Mentor, but he has not gotten back to me by email yet. So I plan to ask Coach Martin who was my head coach for football and knows most of the coaches at the high school coaches nearby. Once I receive these emails I will contact the head coaches of the high school and ask them if I can ask them a few questions about how they feel about their experiences with Dillon Stadium. Then with these answers I will evaluate what problems have been mentioned the most from the Coaches and create a list of issues with the Stadium categorized by what the coaches believe is most important to improving the stadium. With these ideas I will attempt to create a modeled version of Dillon Stadium that implements these aspects of the stadium that have to be improved.
December 28, 2013
During this winter break I have given only minimal thought to what I can do for my project. I know that I will regret this decision because I have all this time and when school starts my time available will be cut short
again. I have put some thought into what I plan to do though for my project. I could possibly visit very good Stadiums take pictures and compare Dillon Stadium to how other well-kept facilities are.
January 1, 2014
It is a new year now and I would like to focus on school more and getting more work done with this capstone project. I should try soon to get a contact from the Hartford parks department who will want to listen to my ideas about how the stadium could be better. Also the complaints that coaches from the high schools and I share because there is a problem with something relating to the stadium. I really wish to get this done not only to get the project out of the way and just graduate already, but also I want to see the stadium because it hasn’t been changed and it is very rundown.
January 6, 2014
Today I received my essay back from Mrs. Zamorski I got a 81% on the essay so I don’t have to re-do the essay, but there are some things I still would have to improve. I also have given some thought to what I’m going to do in my ePorfolio.
January 8, 2014
Mrs. Boutalier came in today to talk to us about the ePorfolio idea and how it is supposed to run. I had been brainstorming some ideas of what I could incorporate into the ePorfolio. I could get film of a football game that Sport and Medical Sciences Academy had and include it into my website. I could show the judges how the field would get very dusty and football players were completing actions on how the dust was in their face and bothering them. This could really boost the thought of how the field could be better because the field is not upheld very well.
January 14, 2014
I have had the thought of finding a program online that will help me demonstrate my ideas of where Dillon Stadium is lacking in quality. I also think I should use the blueprint to point out what spots at Dillon Stadium should be
improved. Like how the locker rooms are very outdated and should be fixed. The floor is peeling so it is unappealing and it is a sight for sore eyes when walking in. Also there is the field which is horrible quality. I could point at these objects and talk about them being that they are on my blueprint.
January 19, 2014
I have spoken with two more coaches from high schools that play at Dillon Stadium. The two coaches would be Coach Belucci from Hartford PublicHigh School and Coach Fulton from Capitol Prep. These coaches incorporated their
ideas to me about what they thought about the field. Specifically where they though Dillon Stadium could use some improvement. This will help me when I bring forth to someone at Hartford Parks Department that the field should be
renovated.
January 24, 2014
I need to find a contact that will listen to my opinion and views at the Hartford parks department. Earlier in the year I spoke with Ms. Shmidt about a man who is interested in getting the opinions of the schools. Then we had switched classes and I didn't confront her about the contact since then so I should probably speak with her sometime soon so I could actually do something with my blueprint and ideas from the coaches.
January 25, 2014
My blueprint is coming along now but the program I’m using is not exactly meant for stadiums so I will have to try and do my best on the blueprint that I can. I plan to include important structures, necessary for the field so it is not a complete stadium change. Hopefully by sharing these things with the Hartford parks department they will be more ambitious to updating the stadium. I would really like to see the change in the stadium happen because it will benefit the community greatly.
January 31, 2014
I just remembered how Mrs. Bout in the beginning of the year was talking to me about the idea of incorporating other stadiums into my Capstone project. This basically means I would be comparing different stadiums’ similarities and differences.
February 2, 2014
I’m sort of stressing this project a bit more now because it’s later in the year and I still don’t have much to show. I’m beginning to fill out my ePorfolio with what I have including my research paper and my proposal. The other stuff that I have to incorporate into the ePorfolio I either have to find or I haven’t done yet. Some things I still need are Artifacts which are an important aspect of the project. Although I’m not sure what I could really use as artifacts I have some ideas. I could use some film from a football game that Sport and Medical Sciences Academy where it displays how bad the field conditions would get. Although I will have to make a YouTube video of clips in order to incorporate the film onto my ePorfolio because I cannot add videos without having to pay for an update on Weebly. So I will have to get an entire film of a game and point out the clips that do best at showing how bad the field gets.
February 4, 2014
Still haven’t made the call to the Hartford parks department to find a person I can speak to about my project. I know this call is simply what is keeping me from getting my project over with. Without this call I can’t really say that I did something with my project other than research and a lot of talk.
February 5, 2014
With my project I know that I just have to really talk with someone and express my opinions, the coach’s opinion, and the research that I have found. Mrs. Bout says that even if all I do is drop of my ideas for them to look at it will count as beneficial. It seems so simple of a task to make a phone call and talk to someone about my project and listen to him talk about the future of Dillon Stadium. I don’t know why but I don’t like speaking on the phone. I’ll have to learn eventually for life though so I am going to have to start at some point.
February 8, 2014
I haven’t worked on my blueprint in a while and I know Mrs. Bout expects one of the stadiums. Although I’m not sure what exactly she wants so I’m going to email her asking what she thinks I should do.
February 9, 2014
After emailing Bout asking what exactly she expected from me having a blueprint of Dillon Stadium she said, “It's your project Shawn. I am expecting something that would represent a yearlong project, that reflects research, and effort. A project worthy of a one credit graduation requirement. If you would like to discuss your ideas, I would be happy to meet with you on Monday. Feel free to come by when you have time.” This does not help me at all really with what I should do.
February 11, 2014
Rodriguez wants us to present what we have and I keep trying to put it off because I don’t have much and I don’t want to embarrass myself comparing myself to others who really are getting their project done.
February 14, 2014
Mr. Rodriguez is still bothering me about having to present what I have to the class so I told him just to schedule me for tomorrow. I will just have to swallow my pride and deal with people watching and listening to what I am planning and what I've done. The part I really don’t like is when the class gets to ask questions because I don’t really need people to know what I’m doing I’m pretty personal.
February 15, 2014
We were unable to present today because instead we made cards for Mrs. Gunn who is out sick and Mrs. Ladd asked Mr. Rodriguez if we could do that for the day. That wasn't so bad and it gave me another night to work on some stuff.
February 16, 2014
So today I presented in class what I had which was the started blueprint of Dillon Stadium and that I had talked to a few of the coaches. I did have my website started but I didn't show it during my presentation because it wasn't very good or nearly finished. Also Mrs. Bout had walked in about halfway through my presentation which had really irked me at the time because not only do I not like sharing my project with other students, I don’t like sharing it with Mrs. Bout either. She was critiquing me during and after my presentation. She just pretty much told me that I don’t have anything worth the entire project. Although I would think that I have done some work pertaining to Capstone like the blueprint of Dillon Stadium I’m still working on and the interviews I have of the coaches. I’m not sure if she expects more from me, but that is what initially had planned to do.
February 18, 2014
I remember some of the suggestions pertaining to what I can do for my project. Mrs. Bout suggested that I find out how much it would cost to do certain repairs or replacement. I feel this would be a good idea because then I would be able to mention how much it would cost and how long it would take to begin profiting from changes like the bleachers, turf, the scoreboard and the locker rooms.
February 21, 2014
I still do my best to avoid Mrs. Bout because I don’t want her asking me any questions or anything about the project because I don’t have much compared to other students and I don’t like the pressure of her asking me questions.
February 22, 2014
Although I wrote yesterday that I still try to avoid Mrs. Bout she also has backed off a bit from the seniors. By now she is just hoping that the seniors do enough so that they are able to graduate.
February 28, 2014
It’s the end of February now and I didn't make much of a difference with my project this month. I haven’t called Hartford parks department yet which I need to do to actually say I made a difference in the community and I can’t find the contacts for Bulkely or Weaver to talk to the head coaches. I realize I have to do a bit more for my project I’m just too lazy to put my ideas into effect. I’m going to have to get out of that habit too or else I’m going to do this type of stuff in life.
March 3, 3014
I have been working on my ePorfolio and I have put things onto my site that are necessary like the research paper, the mission statement, my proposal and what I have for journaling. Mr. Rodriguez gave us a paper that wasn't exactly a rubric, but it had everything on it that was required stuff that I had not known about like the job shadow reflection and some other stuff. The paper also showed things that I have to work on like the artifacts which are an important aspect of the ePorfolio which I still don’t have so I’ll have to figure something out and for the field work log I’m not sure what I should contribute to as field work. Maybe I’ll incorporate the interviews of coaches that I've done because I had to go out and talk with them about my project.
March 5, 2014
I got a number to the Hartford parks department from Ms. Schmidt to a woman named Brenda Padilla who is in charge of scheduling people to use the field for sports playing services. Although that is not what I need to call her for, I need to call her so she can connect me to someone else who can potentially assist me with my project.
March 20, 2014
I called Brenda Padilla a few times this week and she didn’t pick up any of the calls so I left messages on ways she could contact me back like by email or phone number. She never contacted me back so I contacted the state. A man by the name of Petrel Maylor emailed me back regarding my intention to find someone to talk to at the Hartford parks department who is interested in hearing the opinions of coaches who play atDillon Stadium. He gave me a number and email to a man named Tom Baptist andsaid he was the guy I should talk to but he was in a meeting.
March 21, 2014
I shared my project with him and the information that I collected from high school coaches and research that I did on pricing of certain things that should be updated like the field but turfing would be about $520,000.