Journal

Journal Entry #1: 12/16/10

I met with Mr. Gottesman and asked him if I could make my guitar lab my performance, and If I could do a speech talking about my senior thesis project. He agreed and we talked about what the speech should be about. He asked me to make an outline after I talked about some of the key points I wanted to have mentioned, and he talked about some of the things that can come from the creative arts outside of school.

Journal Entry #2 12/20/10

I met with Mr. Gottesman again and had my outline done. I had said for the opening, I would want to state why the creative arts are so important to me and why I chose it as my senior thesis project. Then in my next paragraph I wanted to talk about the importance of the creative arts starting at a young age, such as the improvement of muscle development, and social skills. The next paragraph I talked about how creative arts can affect a student in all their classes such as English, Math, and History, all for different reasons. Then finally the last paragraph would talk about all the career choices that can come from being a part of the creative arts and that they're not just a hobby for a lot of people. Mr. Gottesman suggested that the speech be split into to different ones to open the showcase and close the showcase, each one being 2-3 minutes long. He also suggested that I expand a little more on the necessity of early involvement with the creative arts.

Journal Entry #3 12/22/10

I met with Mrs. Femovich and talked about everything I did with Mr. Gottesman and what some of her ideas might be for the speech. She wasn't able to see my outline, all though I did add a little bit more about the development of children in the creative arts (Mr. Gottesman still wants me to expand a little more on how it can affect the childs brain development and possibly help them to be smarter), so she asked to copy it for the next block when she had her glasses. She also suggested that I include my musical theater class, my guitar song, and Sweethearts which is an all girls accapella group for Springfield. I'm not sure if I would want to include all of that because it would take a lot more planning that I'm not sure would be able to be ready before my presentation. I'm starting to work on my actual speech now.