I can not believe it was pretty much four months ago that I started this process. That is when I started to brainstorm what my project is gonna be. Now I am done with my research paper. Don't get me wrong, I still have more to do with my project, but the paper is complete! Four months felt so fast, yet it feels so long ago as well. No "Plan of the Week" this week other than uploading the paper! If you want to read it, it is under the research tab at the bottom of the page or click the button below. Ahh relief, what a nice feeling :)
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This week is crunch week because my paper is due a week from today! Agh, that is crazy and scary how fast this project/time went. WOW! Anyways, since this is a very busy week, I really need to be extra productive and plan my time well. Here it is...
Right now, as I am going through my data from my survey, I am so upset. For the question "how do you feel after sleeping?" the answer is pretty much all tired. I'm sad that we all are part of a culture that makes us be so tired. I am sad that we all accepted that is how it is. I am sad because I just feel so bad for the whole community and the tiredness we all share. So many students have gotten used to the constant sleep-deprived state that they are in, that they don't even know what it is like to be functioning as our best selves. That really upsets me. We can't even give our bodies a basic need. Agh, and I totally understand how hard it is to get good sleep/enough sleep, especially with school fighting against us. I just wish we could give our bodies the time needed to rest so we can feel better.
This week I need a second draft done by the end of the week. I still need students thoughts on the topics in order to complete the "how do students feel about these issues?" paragraph. Most of this week I will be trying to complete the paper, specifically the interview/adult perspective paragraph. As well, I will be doing some more research for suggestions to make at the end of the paper. I feel like I am in a good place for the May 6th deadline for the paper.
This week being vacation week, I am not going to post a day to day plan because I feel like it might change depending on what my plans change to be. I am going to have a first draft done with all the paragraphs I can complete right now. There are some I need to wait to do until after break. Instead of a plan, I will post a to-do list that will help me get my first draft done.
Things to do this week:
This week my goal is to have interviews completed and focus groups completed. After talking with Mr. Finnegan (the teacher who runs Caps) I realized I am gonna approach focus groups in a different way, therefore causing that task to run into the following week. I have all the interviews I want to complete set up for this week, so I am on schedule for that. I have decided I need to brainstorm before I start writing for next week. During some of my blocks I will listen to the interviews and write down the main points I want to include in my "adult perspective paragraph", as well as work on getting my ideas developed a bit more before next week. Here is what my daily plan looks like for this week!
My first plan of the week. As seen on my main calendar (under my research tab) I have my first interview on Friday. I like to break my plans down by block instead of time, but since I so many blocks free now, it will set tasks for each block. (NOTE: this will be updated with another picture at the end of the week, with what I had planned each day- AKA what I accomplished each day)
Right now, as I am doing research for my Caps project, I am creating a bibliography with my eyes half shut. I am so tired. Can I take a break? No. Especially not with the other three pieces of homework I have. I know I should exercise, but how can I with all the homework. Then part of me says, but my health is more important. Then another part of me says I can't just not do my homework. Also, how about sleep. I am already exhausted and I know I need more sleep, so how can I fit it in there too? If I exercise and go to sleep early, I don't have my homework done. If I do exercise and do my homework, I will be up way too late. I know this is the far too common story of a student. It is not fair that we don't have time to take care of ourselves. More like we have to make a choice between taking care of our health or getting these tasks done. Health should just be part of life and not a luxury if you have time for it. I am tempted to end this post with "what can you do" and move on with the rest of my homework. I'm gonna resist and instead say take care of yourself. Whatever that means for you. PLEASE CLICK ON THE IMAGE ABOVE FOR LINK!
Right now, as I am working on my annotated bibliography, (will be posted by Friday) I am getting so incredibly frustrated. I went to see Michael Moss, author of Salt, Sugar, Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us, November of my junior year. He did research for 4 years about the behind the scenes of the food industry and it is so horrible. If you want to learn more about what he says, I will be posting some videos he has spoken in in my annotated bibliography. For a while, I haven't thought about what I learned from him and now remembering everything is making me frustrated again. Everything is revolved around money. People's health is going to waste because the companies want to make as much money as possible. They are making their foods addictive and unhealthy because they know that is what is gonna sell, but it is horrible. That is why obesity is such an issue. That and a combination of a lack of education and understanding of nutrition. Even if you attempt to eat healthy there is never escaping unhealthy food because even the fruits and vegetables available to us are sprayed with chemicals or have somethings wrong with them, and we are not even safe from that. It makes me feel so hopeless because it is like, what is even going to change? People are always gonna be greedy for money and have a lack of conscience or empathy for what they are doing to people. That is what so many industries do. They don't care what they are doing to the human population, as long as they are making money. My english teacher told my class how there was an article that came out talking about how the people in silicon valley will not let their kids have cellphones because they know how horrible they are. If that does not speak truths, just wow. I am going to do more research to see what people can do to be as healthy as possible considering the world we live in. With the resources available, what is possible and attainable? Thank you for listening to me rant. I have thought these things for a while, but never have an opportunity to put my thoughts out there. I am curious to see other people's perspectives, so please message me (link on my home page). Our conversation might even spark a new path in my project so please feel free.
Hello Everyone! Welcome to my first blog post! This week has been a crazy week because I am starting to see my project form and we are truly diving deep into them. I missed the first half of the week, so that was a little disorientating, but today (3/1) we presented on our Big 3 (under my research tab). I have so many ideas of what I want to do with my project. It is a little overwhelming because I want to have my path for my project a little more figured out. I am hoping to do a lot more research over the next week, specifically on sleep and screen usage because during my presentation today, I realized that is where most of my prior knowledge is lacking. Check into my Artifacts, under the Primary Research tab to see all the cool, new sources I find over the next week! As I get more inspired, these posts will become more related to my topic :)
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