Senior Project Reflection

(1) Positive Statement

What are you most proud of in your Block Presentation and/or your senior project? 

I am most proud of the amount of work I put into my presentation in general, and the amount of effort put forth into my senior project.

Why?
I almost attempted the AE position in my senior project, as I saw it as an ideal challenge. My presentation had been worked on for a while.

(2) Questions to Consider

a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your Block Presentation (self-assessment)?

AP.

b.     What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project (self-assessment)?

P.

(3) What worked for you in your senior project?

My entire senior project inspired some very creative ideas that I could not have come up with my own. It exposed me to real life situations and to obtain an extremely helpful mentor who will continue to help me in future endeavors.

(4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would have you done differently to improve your senior project if you could go back in time?

I would put even more effort into my senior project as a whole, and rehearse my presentation more fluently, adding more content.

(5) Finding Value

How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors?   Be specific and use examples.

It has been extremely helpful to me because it has helped inspire creativity, allowed me to learn code, enlightened me about real world educational situations, and has given me a mentor that will continue to advise me in the real world. Additionally, it has allowed to fully understand the educational system that I will be partaking in.

The End!

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." 

- Mark Twain

Alas, it is nearly the end of our high school careers, and I have now completed my senior project in its entirety. I have completed over 65 articles of research averaging 26 pages each for a total of nearly 1700 pages. I have spent 50 hours alongside my mentor who has helped guided me on my mission to find the problems in education, and another 65 hours completing independent components - projects I have assigned myself.

The infamous senior research project has opened my eyes into the world of inequity. Education suffers from a myriad of problems, and multiple sources have pointed out potential solutions. Awaiting the technological classroom revolution, formfitting our curriculum to suit workforce needs, and giving more welfare programs to the disadvantaged have all been on our agenda - But none of that solves the problem.

According to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the wealthiest students in America on average receive 4-6 times the individual student expenditures that disadvantaged students receive. This hugely increased amount of resources gives a large disadvantage to students who actually need the federal and state support. In this way, inequality has played a huge part in education, and has to be resolved before anything can be done with our educational system.

If we eliminate relative inequality in America, we will not only solve the crisis of our educational system, but also of our slumping economy, damaged workforce, and hurt society.

Mentorship

Content:

    Literal

My mentor is Donald Bower, at Edward Jones' Financial Advisory.

    Interpretive

     What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?

 The most important thing I have gained from this experience is how the financial world operates. This both helps me towards Senior Project in answering my essential question, and for furthering my future endeavors in the subject of Finance - I plan to achieve a Finance minor.

   Applied

     How has what you’ve done helped you to answer your EQ?  Please explain.

I learned a lot about school funding and expenditures, which is a very large part of my topic, especially pertaining to my third answer relating to socioeconomic inequality. My mentor had assigned me a research project where I was a theoretical school, and I had to allocate my funding wisely. Doing this was a large part of truly grasping my third answer of "To ensure students are granted equal educational opportunity" because it gave me the research backing needed to truly comprehend the facts that make my answer possible.