Blog # 23|: 2014 Interview

         Who did you interview and what house are they in?

      Bradley Schott: West House

2.  What ideas do you have for your senior project and why?

I’m not really sure. I was thinking about doing computer science or something in that field. I’m not really sure. Still exploring different options.

3.  What do you plan to do for your summer 10 hour mentorship experience?

Well my dad is a construction worker so I might work with him or with one of his friends. Or with my mom. She’s an IT at Cal Poly. So I might work with her or her boss. She’s a software engineer.

4.  What do you hope to see or expect to see in watching the 2013 2-hour presentations?

Looking for ideas for myself that I can do. Other than that I don’t know. Curious to see what other people are doing. Looking for peoples’ effort.

5.  What questions do you have that I can answer about senior year or senior project (or what additional information did you tell them about senior year or senior project)?

So basically it’s a 2hour presentation right? How is the time divided?

Basic format of a presentation although you can customize it, it really just depends on how much time you want to spend on each;

·      Intro| foundation (introducing EQ & explaining it)

·      Answer 1 | Activity 1

·      Answer 2 | Activity 2

·      Answer 3 | Activity 3

·      Conclusion | talk about important sources

Minimum speaking time in order to pass the presentation is thirty minutes. But this should cover content only. So this would be information in your answers. The rest of the time you can divide and figure out on your own.

Do you think people make a bigger deal than it really is? Because from what I hear, people are always saying that it’s really hard and stressful.

For most people it is stressful. Only because there’s a lot of other things going on in senior year as well, such as i-search, experimentation and investigation project, 3 column and a whole bunch of other things BUT all of the other things are supposed to help you with your final 2 hour presentation. So although it may seem stressful and a lot of work, make sure to take advantage of everything because it will ultimately help you in many ways with your senior project. For example, the 3 column will help you with your exit interview. I-search can potentially help you in the organization of your presentation, and there is also mentorship, which will obviously help you a great deal in answering your essential question.

For the most part I think the hype is just out there to intimidate you. Anyone can look at senior project and think it’s scary because of all the work that is put into it. There are assignments due weekly.  But once you’re actually going through everything and working on it you’ll see that it’s all worth it in the end.