School is nearly over and I can safely say that I am looking forward to being out of the world of academia once again. Last semester consumed me body, mind, and soul and I fear this semester will do the same. Thus far, however, my final semester has been perfectly manageable. I attribute this mostly because I haven't been employed (something I hope will end soon) and because I am taking one fewer courses than in previous terms.
The big task is our Capstone project. To graduate from La Follette we are required to fulfill a Professional Workshop course and it is designed to be the culmination of our time at the school. We have professional clients and are responsible for completing a research project on the topic of their choosing. The intent is for us to draw upon our previous three semester's worth of knowledge and produce a meaningful report. I am with a team working for the City of Milwaukee's Budget Office and so far it is going well. My team is working well and we're making good progress. It will be a long semester but I am cautiously optimistic that all will go according to plan.
