Senior Project

For my senior project, I wanted something original and something that would help me with the big desicions coming up in life. So immediately things such as running a marathon or half-marathon weren't in the picture,  (no offense to anyone doing that project) or doing another oft-repeated experience. I've always been interested in food, so I tried to think of a project that had to do with cooking or interning at a retaurant, but I know how to cook and it seemed that anything else wouldn't work out. So while keeping the "big decisions" like college and career in mind, I enlisted the help of my dad to help think of ideas. He wanted something to help me and my classmates to see how different careers actually are, and I thought of a job fair immediately. We thought of a few more details, and agreed that it would be a challenging and rewarding adventure to go forward with.

So, I have the idea, and some information that I collected from my classmates about what careers they thought could be in their future. That will find its way into my research paper probably, which I decided to be about the changes in most popular jobs from 25 years ago to present day. A compare and contrast paper with analysis of why the trends happen and what will be next is the general gist. I had hoped to find time during the summer to get an early start on everything by completeing my research paper, but despite the available time I haven't brought myself to start it. Which is not to say that I won't or it's too late, but it's looking increasingly doubtful.

The general plan for the job fair is to host it in the NHS gym, on possibly two different dates, with around ten professionals in popular careers there to explain their jobs and answer questions. I will have a couple of senior classes visit to learn about the jobs they are interested in, therefore providing real knowledge to me and my classmates about the big choices we have coming up in life. So I will be helping the community by this project, which is a plus.

I'm thinking that this project will be challenging because of the organization of 10+ professionals. Finding willing people, a time that works for everyone, and the information which we will present will be a hard task. But the senior project was never promised to be easy, and easy projects aren't encouraged.

A few assets that I have include my parents, as my mom is a nurse and my dad is a physical therapist, because both careers are popular ones. Also, I have been told that the community is generally very helpful in aiding students with their projects, so that is a welcome bit of news. Ultimately, I'm excited to start working with people to learn about their careers and start the organiztion of the event. I feel confident that the school will be very accomodating in relation to the gymnasium use and with classes coming to visit.

My first priority will be to complete my AP summer homework before moving on to Senior project concerns though.