Reflection
1. How and why did you choose your topic? I choose this topic because one day heading home I heard a man on the radio discussing issue based on the juvenile justice system. I found the man reasoning to be interesting because the system puts kids into the system without identifying if they have psychological disorders and because of this many juveniles return to the recidivism of their behavior and actions. I choose this topic because I wanted to know more about juvenile rights and understand the major issue due mental health disorders.
2. What were the total hours spent working on your project? Discuss your experiences as you worked on it. I’m not sure the amount of hours I spent working on my fire project, but researching data and resources took over 2 hours. The biggest issue that I experienced as I worked on my fire project was finding accurate data, especially on this topic because it was difficult finding information based on mental health disorders in the juvenile system.
3. What were some of your experiences when conducting research and writing the paper? Some of m experiences when conducting research were difficult because I didn't have a class that dedicated time for writing or gathering information. This made my experience extremely harder for time management.
4.What did you do to manage your time? How did you balance, work, school, sports, etc...? I manage my time by researching at school articles, books, journals, and websites for my project. Then I would print out the information to have a hard copy. I balance my work by finding what works best for me, so before typing my information I made drafts and later transition my words to the computer.
5.What did you learn about working with other people, especially your partner(s)?I didn't work with other people for this project. But, I did hear some interesting facts from other individuals due to this topic.
6.Were your original goals for your project carried out by the time you finished? How were they different? My goal was to learn more about the juvenile justice system and how this issue impacts the world nationally or globally. My goal wasn't different by the time I started.
7.What was the "stretch" for you? How did you challenge yourself through the project you picked? Was there a risk? How did you face any fears and overcome obstacles? I didn't have a stretch throughout the project. The challenge I had with this project is finding accurate data and information to support my argument. I overcame my fear by learning behind issue that happened in the juvenile justice system.
8.What would you like audience to know about your project that might help them understand more about what you have accomplished? I would want my audience to know that the biggest issue in the juvenile justice system is that it can’t afford to fund for treatment services, therefore many juveniles are untreated because staff or services are reduce because it cost about 50,000 to 80,000 a year to incarcerate a child.
9.What grade would you give yourself for what you have accomplished through your Fire Project? Explain this grade
I deserve a B or C because I rushed to finish this project and I’m disappointed in myself because this topic was extremely important to me.
10.What skills do you feel you have mastered? Which do you need to still work on? I think I mastered conducting reliable data/information to research and I still need to work on keeping things short and understandable.
11.Thinking about the whole process and your finished product, what are you most proud of? I am most proud of research because I was able to find information that can support my thesis and back up my statements.
12.What was a difficulty you encountered and how did you solve the problem? I had a hard time finding my global context because my issue wasn't as broad as in the United States; this made my research super difficult. I solved my problem by rewording what I was trying to find.
13.What is one thing about your approach to your project that you wish you could change? Why? The one thing I would change about my approach to this project is meeting the expectation in finding all the requirements this project.
14.What is one thing about your finished project you wish you could change? Why? The one thing I would change about my project is finding a simple topic because two topics mashed together is extremely hard to find.
15.How accurately did you answer your central question? Did your central question change at all during the course of your project? Why? I answered the central question with my fullest potential. No my central question did not change during the course of the project.
16.What source from your research helped you the most? (or least?). The research that helped me the most were the pdf because it stated most of what I wanted to discuss and argue about.
17.What advice would you give to a student who will be completing their Capstone Project next year? I would advise is to pick a topic that you most desire because it becomes interesting to research doing you’re passionate about. It’s important to do your work and to meet the deadlines because in the end everything thing will pile into a big mess. Also, researching accurate information is important because you want to use adequate data to support your statements.
2. What were the total hours spent working on your project? Discuss your experiences as you worked on it. I’m not sure the amount of hours I spent working on my fire project, but researching data and resources took over 2 hours. The biggest issue that I experienced as I worked on my fire project was finding accurate data, especially on this topic because it was difficult finding information based on mental health disorders in the juvenile system.
3. What were some of your experiences when conducting research and writing the paper? Some of m experiences when conducting research were difficult because I didn't have a class that dedicated time for writing or gathering information. This made my experience extremely harder for time management.
4.What did you do to manage your time? How did you balance, work, school, sports, etc...? I manage my time by researching at school articles, books, journals, and websites for my project. Then I would print out the information to have a hard copy. I balance my work by finding what works best for me, so before typing my information I made drafts and later transition my words to the computer.
5.What did you learn about working with other people, especially your partner(s)?I didn't work with other people for this project. But, I did hear some interesting facts from other individuals due to this topic.
6.Were your original goals for your project carried out by the time you finished? How were they different? My goal was to learn more about the juvenile justice system and how this issue impacts the world nationally or globally. My goal wasn't different by the time I started.
7.What was the "stretch" for you? How did you challenge yourself through the project you picked? Was there a risk? How did you face any fears and overcome obstacles? I didn't have a stretch throughout the project. The challenge I had with this project is finding accurate data and information to support my argument. I overcame my fear by learning behind issue that happened in the juvenile justice system.
8.What would you like audience to know about your project that might help them understand more about what you have accomplished? I would want my audience to know that the biggest issue in the juvenile justice system is that it can’t afford to fund for treatment services, therefore many juveniles are untreated because staff or services are reduce because it cost about 50,000 to 80,000 a year to incarcerate a child.
9.What grade would you give yourself for what you have accomplished through your Fire Project? Explain this grade
I deserve a B or C because I rushed to finish this project and I’m disappointed in myself because this topic was extremely important to me.
10.What skills do you feel you have mastered? Which do you need to still work on? I think I mastered conducting reliable data/information to research and I still need to work on keeping things short and understandable.
11.Thinking about the whole process and your finished product, what are you most proud of? I am most proud of research because I was able to find information that can support my thesis and back up my statements.
12.What was a difficulty you encountered and how did you solve the problem? I had a hard time finding my global context because my issue wasn't as broad as in the United States; this made my research super difficult. I solved my problem by rewording what I was trying to find.
13.What is one thing about your approach to your project that you wish you could change? Why? The one thing I would change about my approach to this project is meeting the expectation in finding all the requirements this project.
14.What is one thing about your finished project you wish you could change? Why? The one thing I would change about my project is finding a simple topic because two topics mashed together is extremely hard to find.
15.How accurately did you answer your central question? Did your central question change at all during the course of your project? Why? I answered the central question with my fullest potential. No my central question did not change during the course of the project.
16.What source from your research helped you the most? (or least?). The research that helped me the most were the pdf because it stated most of what I wanted to discuss and argue about.
17.What advice would you give to a student who will be completing their Capstone Project next year? I would advise is to pick a topic that you most desire because it becomes interesting to research doing you’re passionate about. It’s important to do your work and to meet the deadlines because in the end everything thing will pile into a big mess. Also, researching accurate information is important because you want to use adequate data to support your statements.