- What three lessons were most helpful for you to see, and why?
The three lessons that I deemed most important to myself were:
- Security, because it taught me that I need to be very aware of my surroundings and how to protect myself properly by teaching me how to not lose my cool, how to not fight unless needed to, and how to properly handle a situation to keep the peace.
- Astrophysics because just how awesome it was to learn all of that stuff about and our presenter was amazing in delivering that information to us in such a way that it was fun and easy to understand. She was confident and outstanding and that's how I want my presentation to go.
- Film Production by, I believe, Micah Chambers was also one of the best presentations I went to, but not just because it was film, but also because she captivated me. She is an excellent and articulate speaker and knows how to present well. By her presentation I was quite bored but she definitely kept my attention at all times.
2. List one thing that you learned about the senior project in interviews that will help you get off to a good start?
- I didn't get to be interviewed but if I was, a lesson I would have liked to learn was how to get over the anxiety that I currently have with presenting. That would've been the most essential thing to me.
3. What topic(s) are you considering, and why?
- I was considering film during the middle of Junior year, but Junior year killed me being involved in film at school and so many people want to go into that field, but I simply don't want to make my beloved hobby a job. It will kill it for me at home, just like it did at school, but who knows maybe I'll give it another try.
- Another topic that I think would be interesting is Plumbing, I have an Uncle who owns his own company that would make the perfect mentor, but it would be more difficult to create an essential question for that.
4. What EQ do you think might be interesting to consider in guiding a project like this? (Please don't worry about any sort of formula...we want this question to come from your genuine interest).
- For film, my essential question was going to go around the lines of this, "How can a filmmaker properly engage his audience using the manipulation of emotion in a film or product and succeed?"
- For Plumbing my essential question would have to be, "What makes or breaks a successful plumber and plumbing business?"
5. What are some ideas you have about finding summer mentorship?
- Go out to Los Angeles and find a institution that has a film class within and find a mentor there, which probably won't happen or find someone who has connections to the film industries.
- Ask my Uncle if he could mentor me in Plumbing.
