First blog post.
Woooooooooooo.
So for the past week and a half we've been checking out senior presentations.
These are the ones I went to go see:
Teaching Biology, Educational Nonprofit Management, Coaching Softball, Plant Science, Pediatric Dentistry, Software Development, Sales Representative, HLE Officer, Clinical Pharmacy, Homelessness, Magic the Gathering, High School Basketball, Dentistry, Strength Training, Educational Nonprofit Services, Lending
I'm still curious to know what exactly goes into the "independent components" that the presenters keep mentioning. I feel like that term is pretty self explanatory, but whatever man, I'm still not really sure how they work.
I also want to ask all the seniors who did topics like pharmacy and dentistry about college majors. I'm planning on pursuing a career in medicine (anesthesiology), and I'm want to start formulating a plan of what classes I'm going to take. I'm hoping that the seniors could tell me a little about post-secondary schooling and all that jazz. I could probably get this info from Hunzeker, but I'll ask some seniors, too.
I'm kinda unsure about how senior presentations are graded. I saw some pretty solid presentations that apparently did not meet the criteria, and I've heard that if you screw up your presentation there's a chance that you can't graduate. As for me, I'm not really a big fan of not graduating, so I'd like to find out more about the grading process ASAP.
It seems to me that what makes or breaks a senior presentation is passion. There were a couple presentations I sat through where it was freaking' unbearable hearing the person ramble on about a topic they didn't even seem interested in. On the flip side, some presentations on topics I thought would be boring were actually cool because the presenter actually seemed stoked to talk about them. For my presentation, I'm gonna talk like the ShamWow guy so people don't fall asleep.
I want my topic to be Anesthesiology. This is a career that I actually would like to go into, so why not do my senior project on it? I want to be mentally prepared and have my game plan drawn up before I even step foot in a college, and I feel that choosing my senior topic on something I actually plan on doing is the best way to reach that goal.
For my mentorship I'm probably going to shadow an actual anesthesiologist. I've got a family friend who is pretty close with one, and apparently he's a real cool dude. Getting hours shouldn't be too much of a hassle. I'm pretty sure he works out in Riverside, which isn't that far from me. Overall I'm pretty stoked to do this mentorship, and stoked to start senior year as well.
Anyways, I think I'm pretty much done with this post, so I'll wrap this up.
Till next time.
Peace out.
