Portfolio Parent Post

Soon, I am going to be a junior, but I still have a lot to learn. With the GLOs in mind though, I will be able to become a better person, a better student. But for now, based on what I know and learned about school and myself, there are a few goals that I am striving to achieve. I want to be able to do quality work all the time and turn it in on time. This past quarter, I turned in a few projects in late. Another goal I also set for myself is to have more positive thoughts about my work. From now on, I also want to get good grades so when I graduate, I'll graduate as a summa or magna cum laude. Since I like to help people, and I also like sports, math and science, I was thinking I would like to work in the health services pathway. Maybe I could be an athletic trainer or a physical therapist because I would learn about the body and also get to help those in sports. The other career I was looking at was also in the health services pathway. I'm good at math and I like science, so I thought maybe I could be a pharmacist. These are the two careers I have in mind. No matter what type of job or career I want to have when I grow up, I would like to go anywhere that will offer me a scholarship. For now, I want to go to the University of Hawaii to study to be a pharmacist or athletic trainer. Here is a link to the UH website.



Post a short reflection on your portfolio. This reflection can be the "conclusion" to your portfolio, with an invitation to your parents to reply. Their reply must include responses to following questions. You may copy paste the questions into your blog if you like.


What did you like best about my portfolio and portfolio conference? What would you like to see me improve on in my portfolio?
From your point of view, which of my attainments of the 6 general learner outcomes is of most value? Please explain why you feel it is important and what about my documentation of it impresses you.
Which of the GLOs would you like me to focus on in the coming year(s)?

Project Icarus Journal #2: Essay: Data and Information gathering

My project, my passion, is my family. But more specifically, my project is about my father and his baseball past. I never had second thoughts about what my father did in the past, all I knew was that he played baseball. What I didn't know was that he was a very good baseball player and ended up playing in the minor leagues.

The product on my project is going to be a short documentary. In order to make my product a success, I am going to interview my father about his baseball history, his feelings when he got drafted, what was his most memorable game, and why baseball was HIS passion. I am also going to interview Carl Furatani, one of his college coaches, about what it was like coaching Mario and how he felt when my dad got drafted.

I am also going to use old sports newspapers about my dad and baseball that my mother saved. I am going to use quotes and sentences from the newspaper about what and how my father did playing baseball. Also, I'm going to scan all of the newspapers and include it in my video to show how my father was a big topic for sports.

For my documentary, I also have to film old videos of my father's baseball games and some interviews so I can use it for b-roll. I'm also going to look through old albums to find photos of my dad playing baseball and the teams he played for to include in my documentary. The videos and pictures will be essential for b-roll of my dad's past.