Sunday, October 24, 2010

Another Force Field Analysis

Looking at this Force Field created by Sue Storm, I can only be ashamed of humanities superheroes. I would rate the quality of this Force Field as about a 3.8 out of 10. Not only does the creation of the force field physically harm Ms. Storm, but it also leaves her back completely unprotected. If I was to assemble a team of Force Field fabricators, I heavily doubt that Sue Storm would be on the team.

Force Field Analysis

Driving Forces

  • Freshman year is hard for some students, this will help them relax
  • Teachers will have a day to relax as well
  • Freshmen will get to know each other better
  • Freshmen will be able to work together on homework, if they want
  • Freshmen will be able to play games with each other, building teamwork skills
Barriers
  • Teachers and staff may be opposed to letting the freshmen have a "day off"
  • Coming up with enough stuff to make a full day interesting will be difficult
  • Getting teachers or staff to watch over students
  • Getting all Freshmen teachers to change their work plans to work with the student's absence from class
  • Freshmen will not like the activities
  • Activities will not like the Freshmen
  • Other grades will be jealous and will slash the Freshmen's tires.
  • Limitations set by teachers and administrators may make the day boring. 
  • Being able to push this even when people disagree with it
  • Pressing the benefits of this program.
Barriers I will overcome:
  1. Limitations set by the administrators and teachers may make the day boring. I will overcome this by ensuring that the activities planned are fun and safe, so that they will not be vetoed by administrators. But I will also make sure that the day isn't planned so hard that it sucks. It should be flexible and be able to change according to the students wishes.
  2. Teaches and Staff may be opposed to letting the Freshmen have a "day off". I will overcome this by showing them it's not just some little thing that we want to do just for fun. I will present them with the fact that the transition form middle school to high school is hard for several individuals. Also, it is a great way for the Freshmen to get to know each other.
  3. Getting all Freshmen teachers to change their work plans to work with the student's absence from class. Teachers may be upset that this day will not work with their lesson plans for the year. Because of this, I will have to tell them about the date of the field day probably weeks before the actual event, so they can adjust their schedules accordingly.

Monday, October 18, 2010

6:47 pm, October 18, 2010

Right now, I'm doing the copious amounts of homework assigned by a Mrs. Mary F. Ciccone-Cook. it is preventing me from working on my independent project, if you were wondering why nothing has happened in regards to the field day. also, I am drinking root beer. I plan to address Mrs. Gilman tommorow with the field day case though. We'll see how it goes.

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Questions? Answers.

I want my final project to be the entire freshman class taking a day off from the hectic life oh high school. I’d love to see them all spending a day just relaxing and playing games in the gym. This will help me with my leadership skills by giving me an opportunity to oversee a day of unity and fun in the freshman class.
Some obstacles I may encounter are the fact that to have a field day during school, I’m going to have to get an approval to postpone class on that day. Ill also have to come up with enough ideas to fill a day with activities, making sure that people don’t get bored.
            My first milestone will be to actually get the field day approved. I’ll have to have a really good presentation to Mrs. Gilman.
            To make sure that I accomplish these goals on time, I will organize my time efficiently and proactively, and make sure that I use plenty of buzzwords that synergize the work force.
So far, I’m not sure what kind of resources I will require, but I will find out soon. I’ll probably need basketballs and bouncy red balls and stuff like that, that everyone likes to play with.
Again, I’m not so sure about what kind of things I need. If it gets approved, Mrs. Gilman or someone else would probably want supervision in the gym throughout the day, so I will need adults who are willing to give up their day.
I’m going to need to have at least 2 adults to supervise. I would like to have 2 or 3 students working with me to organize and come up with ideas and present the case to Mrs. Gilman.
I’m not going to let it just die when I lose interest. I’m going to make sure that it happens, or there is nothing else I can do to make it happen.