This week I started to get very serious about my capstone project. I knew that all of my research and questions would lead up to a final paper, and this was the time to do it. But first, I stopped by my advisor and tried my best to ask him any questions about my project that I could think of. I got there and, much to my dismay, he couldn’t answer a single question. Everything that I brought up to him, whether it was about suggestions on my material or on how I was planning on executing my final project, he merely responded with ‘ask your professor’, and that was it. I was very disappointed, to say the least, and now I am left wondering as to what kind of guidance I will receive as I get closer to finishing this project. I talked to my Mother and to Cadet Christopher Steven Trayer about the project too. My mother did what all mom’s do and said ‘Oh yes, that’s a very good idea’, and ‘sounds lovely Taylor, just as long as you graduate’ , to just about anything that I said, although she did suggest that I look more into children and their reactions since, as she put it, ‘you’re so good with children’. Cadet Trayer had probably the most interesting idea of all. As I was telling him about my project, he looked at me and said “So, you’re arguing that people of different races all try to fight for a place in Slam Poetry?” Upon my affirmative answer, he said “Well, I don’t think anyone is going to argue that people don’t fight. Don’t people always fight about little things?” Well, this is a really good question, and it made me consider why I chose to do this project in the first place. Moving on, I know that I have to look at the arguments that are against my thesis, and figure out how I can dispel them so my paper can be that much stronger.