Last day of Proposal (again)

I needed to get my proposal reviewed by more peers, so I have chosen Shalyce and Siena.

They have edited my proposal and I edited theirs.

Good day I would say.

Last day for editing

This is the last day I will edit my proposal, hopefully.

I have no other updates.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Proposal Editing contd.

This is another day of editing my proposal.

Somewhat of a slow day as well.

However, I added my action plan into the proposal as a table, which I do not recall is a requirement (I remember it being optional, I put it in a paragraph).

Proposal Editing

This week is dedicated to finalizing the proposal.

My teacher has found a significant number of errors in my draft, which will be fixed as well.

I still need to edit two other proposals and have mine edited by a peer.

Draft Edit

I took the draft Michael Gregory edited (although not many edits) and revised my proposal accordingly.

Hopefully soon I will get a draft back from the teacher, because that is the one person who needs to like it.

Peer-editing

Today has been somewhat slow.

I gave a draft of my proposal to Michael Gregory for editing.

Other than that just the same-old: working on notes.

Draft Ready

My proposal draft is ready for peer-editing.

I must say the interview I had really helped me with this. I would recommend doing the interview soon for anyone that hasn't!

Proposal Draft

I have my proposal draft, almost ready to turn in.

Just more work on it.

Proposal Introduction

I have completed my proposals introduction. It is only a draft, but it is posted below.

To many, forensic science means finding evidence, foreseeing the answer and catching the bad guy. This is far from the case. The “real” forensic science consists of many months of upwards of 40 to 50 people working on a single case, many of which do not even leave the crime lab. Those that are intent on catching the bad guy are falling under the spell of media forensic science. It is shocking to see that it only takes a Crime Scene Investigator (CSI) 50 minutes to solve a crime on television. It is my hope to pull together and sort out the truth from the fake about the career of forensic science.

Interview Confirmed

I have my interview confirmed. It is going to be at Mr. Strimlan's office at 11:00am next Tuesday.

Here is the email that was sent back and forth getting this to happen.

Tuesday around 11:00am would work for me. I must always warn you that everything in this office is pending, due to the nature of the calls,.

From: Fadi Alchoufete [mailto:Fadi.Al-Choufete@cityhigh.org]
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 11:47 AM
To: Strimlan, Edward
Cc: Sam Hamilton
Subject: RE: Possible Interview

This upcoming Monday and Tuesday (November 16th and 17th), any time between 10:30am and 1:00pm.

There are also some days available the week of Thanksgiving if those days do not work for you.

Thank you once again.

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Fadi Alchoufete
City Charter High School
Class of 2011
IT Technician
Independent Web Designer

From: Strimlan, Edward [mailto:Edward.Strimlan@AlleghenyCounty.US]
Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 7:31 PM
To: Fadi Alchoufete
Cc: Sam Hamilton
Subject: RE: Possible Interview

I am in the office most days usually monday - thursday, 7am - 3pm. pick a day and I will see if it works

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From: Fadi Alchoufete [mailto:Fadi.Al-Choufete@cityhigh.org]
Sent: Wed 11/11/2009 12:17 PM
To: Strimlan, Edward
Cc: Sam Hamilton
Subject: Possible Interview
Dear Mr. Strimlan,

(For security reasons, my Graduation Project class teacher, Mr. Sam Hamilton, must be Cc’d on this email)

I am hoping to setup an interview with you for my graduation project. My topic is forensic science and my essential question asks: What are the differences between “media forensic science,” or the stereotypical forensics, and the real, modern-day forensic science. I know that you would be a key asset to the project as very little information is available to the public.

If you could please reply with any possible times you would be available for this interview, I would greatly appreciate it.

Thank you for your time,
Fadi Alchoufete

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Fadi Alchoufete
City Charter High School
Class of 2011
IT Technician
Independent Web Designer

Interview Asked

I have sent an email to Mr. Ed Strimlan.

Now I wait for a reply. Hopefully he will have a good time for an interview.

Now I need another interview.

I also plan to work on the survey for upload.

All that with a proposal due next week.

Proposal

I have started my proposal today. Other than that, just a slow day. This week I hope to finish the proposal, or at least most of it, for the weekend.

Great Find!

Today, not much done.

I read forensics books that I got from the library.

I have found a very big point: Forensics is NOT collection, analysis, and "catching the bad guy."

There are many, many different specialists that handle this.

Another thing, what you see on CSI, a crime solved in an hour, actually takes an average of 6 months before a case is closed.

Very good information!