Wednesday, November 5, 2008
What did u do TODAY?
Monday, October 20, 2008
Update....Questions
"What is the success rate of high school drop outs compared to non-dropouts?"
1.Why do they drop out of high school?
2.Who is dropping out? (particular gender, race, wealth status)
3.Where are they going when the drop out?
4.What are they doing once the drop out?
5.When over time has this become an issue?
6.What education options are open to dropouts?
7.How are most of them making a living?
8.How is the dropout crisis costing America?
9.What is being done to decrease the number of dropouts?
I also have finished the annotations for my webliography and after doing that I now realize that I need more sources and more information. Today i started my pre-writing questionnaire for my proposal and its going quite well.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
It just came together
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
- Some project requirements that students had to meet in others schools are: research paper, a display board, presentation to a judge panel, and a creation of project, have a community mentor, minimum 25 hour of requirements, and possibly an explanation of why they're ready to graduate.
- Students like Jubal Brown at Wood River High School went beyond the 25 hours that the project requires and spent 87 hours and 20 minutes on it. His project was repainting and rebuilding a bike. That's how he took his project beyond the research component. Steven Brickell also took it past the research by performing an actual embalming, video taping it (with commentary), and presenting it to the judges.
- From the ideas listed in the articles, I've brainstormed possible ideas for the embalming project that were probably taken:
--finding a mentor
--research the history, facts, and information
-- watch and/or perform embalming
--present learned information to judges
4. Some ideas/concepts that may help the thinking or planning of my project are having passion for the topic I choose because passion leads to inspiration and more interest in what you've chooses and that will help you produce the best results. Also, one student says that staying motivated and being patient is good as well as staying on schedule which is obvious.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Today...
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
There's no words anywhere!
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Am I there yet?
I wanted to take a closer look on Pittsburgh, to see locally what dropouts are doing and if there are any organizations dealing with that. The Pittsburgh Post Gazette had an article called "Dropouts to Doctorates" and I think may link me to other connections. Check it out!