My most recent Mentor Meeting with Ms. Shenk went very well I thought. I brought up my blog, and went through it with her while explaining the research I had done this week, and my revived outlook on my project.
I talked to her how I was doing some of the reading assignments I gave myself to fill in the gap of my project I felt was present. My original plan for my project was to become involved in the Waterfront Trail, and that would take up all of my time. Then for my final presentation, I would explain how I became involved and what I did.
As I have continued through the project process I found there was a gap of time that I needed to fill up, so I was reading books by politicians and excerpts from textbooks. I really did not like doing this. Now for my project, I am going to start looking at my project with a wider spectrum and maybe focus on the history of politics in Ithaca, and all sorts of other aspects of local politics.
Ms. Shenk and I talked a lot our last meeting of what I could do to look into the history of politics in Ithaca. In the City of Ithaca, there has not been a Republican in office for several years. Ms. Shenk gave me good contact that has been part of local politics for 50 years or more. I want to try to set up an interview with this person, and get a look of how the politics in Ithaca has changed over time. Also, though there are not Republicans in office in the City of Ithaca, they are in the county. Ms. Shenk gave me the idea of trying to get interviews from both Democrats and Republicans in the county and getting their opinions of whether there not being a Republican in office in the City of Ithaca is okay, and if it isn't, why not?
I feel I have research and contacts to take up A LOT of my time now, and am feeling good about it.
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