My interviews today went very well. As I have said before, it will be difficult for me to sift through the audio recordings and take what I need, but I have some time next week during which I will be able to do this. However, I have noticed improvement in how I take notes during my interviews: including timestamps throughout my notes allows me to more easily find and jump to different parts of the recording, in other words, getting stuff faster.
Also, reevaluating my progress, I am thinking that I might need to cut a section of my project. Originally, I was going to write a comprehensive section on the Maumee Valley strategic plan written between 2005 and 2008 and compare it the new strategic plan as outlined in MV2020; at this point, because I do not have a good grasp of the previous strategic plan despite my interviews and efforts to learn about it, I will now only be doing a shorter piece on MV2020. Although it may slightly reduce how comprehensive my project is, it will not affect its overall quality, as it already touches on so many other important parts of the school’s recent history.
After my long days of meetings and interviews, I sat down to write, and I was surprisingly productive. Was it because the material was fresh in my mind, or was it because the impending deadline is adding pressure on me? Not sure.
So, to writing!
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