Progress+Reports


 * PROGRESS REPORT # 1

1. What progress have you made on your project and research in the past few weeks?** - Within the last few weeks I have found a topic in which I feel I have enough passion about to do a good project, paper, and presentation on. I have been able to gather a good amount of information on my topic, but i still feel as though I could narrow my topic further down to help zero in on a more specific direction. I have also been completing the assignments given to me. Though the Thesis based Research assignment is harder than I would of thought, I know that personally, I should ask some more questions.

**2. What three goals do you have to accomplish before the next progress report is due?**

- I want to certainly finish my thesis based research, that's a must - I also want to zero in further on my topic so that I can feel better about the direction I'm headed. - I want to do a good job on my assignments.

**3. What input has your topic expert and/or mentor contributed to your progress in the last week? Have you asked anyone else for advice or help?** - I do not have a topic expert yet, who is that supposed to be? but even though Mrs. Valenza is not a topic expert, she has been more than helpful for me when I have a question pertaining to either my wikispace or research on my topic.


 * PROGRESS REPORT #2 **

1. What progress have you make on your project and research in the past few weeks?
- Within the last few weeks I have gathered a ton of research that is focused on both the personal viewpoints on how children who are adopted differ from those who are not, along with research done on on the cognitive development of orphaned children. Each bit of research is useful to me and pertains directly to my topic. I have also completed all of my known assignments, I cannot let what happened last semester happen again this semester. I'm trying to stay on top of everything. tonight I will start writing my rough draft for my paper, and hopefully having it completed and ready ON time.

**2. What three goals do you have to accomplish before the next progress report is due?**
-I want to figure out what my project will be -I want to keep completing all of my assignments
 * -** I want to have my paper written, reviewed, and finalized

**3. What input has your topic expert and/or mentor contributed to your progress in the last week? Have you asked anyone else for advice or help?**

 * -** My mentor has signed all of my papers and somewhat help me with my overall topic. I have gone to my aunt for a good amount of advice on different project Ideas, along with basic brainstorming for my paper and direction, she has been more than helpful for me. (she also should have been my mentor) but both women have ultimately been helpful.


 * PROGRESS REPORT #4

1. What progress have you made on your project and research in the past few weeks? -** Within the last few weeks I have now shifted my ideas from my original project idea, which was to interview 5 selected adopted teenagers that all go to springfield, along with their parents. (at seperate times)...But I feared that by interviewing parents and trying to either prove or disprove my thesis I would step on someone's toes. so, with that being said i changed my direction on my project for another time. Now my direction is that I willhave my selected teenagers write down on paper (to be handed back to myself for analysis)....what i want them to write down for me is 5 questions that if they could have answered by their biological parents what they would be and why. Then at the end I will try to gather all of my subjects for one big (videotaped) discussion.

- I need to construct a letter to be sent out to my subjects / parents - consent letter/ informational -retrieve the questions back -analyse the answers -record a discussion
 * 2. What three goals do you have to accomplish before the next progress report is due?**

- My mentor for the last week has been unbelievable.. When my mother realized I was really struggling, she stepped up to the plate and really helped to contribute in me finding a new project idea. We came up with my new project within two days of discussion and some extra research. I have also discussed with my aunt, and she has also helped with coming up with other ideas. (none that I really considered, but the fact that she was caring enough to try to help was certainly appreciated.)
 * 3. What input has your topic expert and/or mentor contributed to your progress in the last week? Have you asked anyone else for advice or help?**


 * PROGRESS REPORT #5**

- Within the last few weeks, I have successfully turned my parents against one another. Each person has come up with with their own idea for a project with really good and persuasive reasoning on why one idea is better than the others. So, the progress is minimal. by the end of this week I WOULD have finished my project. I am DETERMINED!
 * 1. What progress have you made on your project and research in the past few weeks?**

- GOAL 1: FINISH THE PROJECT -GOAL 2: FINALIZE MY PAPER THAT WILL BE HANDED OUT TO THE PARENTS / STUDENTS FOR CONSENT -GOAL 3: INTERVIEW THE SUBJECTS -GOAL 4: RECORD MY FINDINGS -GOAL 5: FINISHHHHH -**My mentor has contributed absolutely nothing except jealously. she needs to be more productive....I'm irritated. I just want to finish my project and presentation without being barked at for listening to someone elses Idea. They are being childish
 * 2. What three goals do you have to accomplish before the next progress report is due?**
 * 3. what input has your topic expert and/or mentor contributed to your progress in the last week? Have you asked anyone else for advice or help?