check-in on assignments

its funny to think about "the community served" in terms of flow's work. the community, to be accurate, is the aquatic life of the olentangy river watershed. and perhaps that is why environmental work is such a challenge. we have to convince people that these issues affect humans beings, not just the unimportant fish in the river.

wp1- im having issues with both organization and style. i started by making it into a story, and i think this could work as an approach. at this point, i have a lot of information from the two meetings ive attended (im attending one more on friday) and the office visit. how do i decide what observations not to use? how can i structure it in a single format? id like to meet with you during class tuesday to talk about this and figure out how to best organize the paper.

practical assignment- im starting to organize information for hte practical assignment briefing paper. i have to pull information from several sources, but most of them are easily accessible. by tuesday i want to have a draft done and on friday im attending a meeting that will give me an even better idea of how to further refine the paper. its due date is a week from wednesday, not that far away. and its being sent to several 'higher-ups," government officials, etc. so it has some weight (and im feeling the pressure of this).

i visited the office briefly last week (im doing my writing at home) and heather was out for the week because her grandmother passed away. so we havent been in contact much over the past week. i suppose i do better with externally-created due dates, and a lack of a due date is making it hard to prioritize this writing assignment above other course assignments without a due date.

so tonight im just doing more research for this asignment. my greatest challenge in research in knowing what information tp pull out and what not to. its incredibly difficult for me. im detail-oriented, and i seem to think a lot is important. in this project, my greatest challenge will be pulling out only what is necessary so that the editing process is not so excruciating. hoepfully i can improve upon this.

thats it for now

peace,
aaron