Let the Fun Begin

This week marked the beginning of our Capstone thesis. Our first milestone was to create our title page. That sounds very simple, but I must admit that I’m the type of person who will usually wait to name my title until after my paper is complete. So, it was a bit of a challenge and it probably took me longer than it should have. However, we can change the title as the paper develops and I’m fairly sure I may toss a few different ones back and forth before it’s all said and done. But, for now, I was fairly pleased with what I came up with.

We are also supposed to continue working on our next milestone for the digital story and this has me concerned. I was almost certain I had found the right volunteer opportunity for me. I went in and spoke with the executive director of the place, filled out the necessary paperwork, and she told me she would get back to me. They are required to do a background check and I understand that completely. The problem is I was hoping to start this Friday so I could get a good start gathering images, but I haven’t heard back from her yet. When I talked to her, she did say that the background check can be a slow process, but I don’t have all the time in the world and I don’t know how much longer I can wait. I need to get this thing going and underway.

The readings for the week were all very interesting as usual. I had my favorites as usual too. I particularly enjoyed the writings of Bethell and Wessell. I’ve always had somewhat of an interest in the area of law and Bethell’s writing on private property was outstanding. I thought his use of elephants to show his point was pretty brilliant. My favorite thing this week might have actually been writing the essay about China. That seems really odd to say and I’m not exactly sure how I will do on it, but I learned a lot. I have always assumed China was a communist country under the rule of a brutal dictator. (I knew that wasn’t the case) What I didn’t know is that while they are a communist country, they are making strides towards democracy. I don’t know that they will ever completely change, but the rights of the citizens have certainly improved.

Josh