Your Reason
I want to use this time gifted by the school to either further myself by getting real experience in an internship related to aerospace engineering, or to further tell stories that are going to be lost to time. Either one will be an excellent use of this time.
Your Story: Choose a “critical incident” that set you on your path and helped you uncover how you want to make an impact (your contribution) through your senior project experience.
One of my most cherished memories comes from fall holiday in 2019. I had just visited a military history museum in Massachusetts and my mom decided to visit an old high school friend who lived just a few miles away. When we got there I was introduced to her 90 year old father, who after discovering I had visited the museum, exclaimed “you know I was in the Navy!” After that for the next 3 hours I talked to “Mr Zimmer” about his time as a radar technician at the end of WWII, as well as his brothers story, who was shot down and killed in a Japanese POW camp. There are hundreds of people just like Mr. Zimmer all over who have never written down there stories! And they won’t always be here to share them. So I realized I can use what I am learning in Media to record these stories and make them accessible to people my age.
Your Resources
The school media lab, a large network because of family friends (in both STEM and veterans) and access to various applications that are helpful for both engineering and movie editing
Your Strengths: Describe how you uncovered this interest/curiosity/passion (what energizes you) and what you’re good at (your talent).
I am good at writing down and sharing stories, doing physics/math and working with other people
Your Result
I hope to either have a finished set of short movies or a lot of experience to prepare me for college
State Your Purpose:
To make sure that veterans stories don’t go forgotten and to be ready for college
Share your purpose statement; the integration of your reason and resources.
My purpose is to use innovative thinking in STEM and other fields so that the technology can improve the quality of life for all those on earth
Share Your How: How will you deliver that purpose to the world through your Senior Project? What will you do/make?
I hope to make either a series of short films or some presentation on what I learned
Give a call to action: How do you want people to help you deliver your purpose?
I want people to watch observe and share what they learn