The final year of high school, the home stretch, the final hour, the last days of true adolescence. Senior year is filled with so many experiences, hardships, triumphs, reflection, and most importantly, a Capstone. Entering my final year, I had an inkling of what I wanted my final, all encompassing project to convey. This project is meant to showcase all we have learned over the course of four years into any forum or presentation of work we so choose. Some people focused on engineering projects, gaining school spirit through committees and events, creating dialogue between women in STEM and business careers and underclassman, and much more. Students focused on sustainability and impact. I wanted to be real and showcase the students themselves, not just what they could produce. I decided early on that this project would be centrally based on a conceptual idea that affected/impacted the everyday lives of myself and peers. One day in early September, it dawned on me. SELF - ASSURANCE, better known as confidence.
Definitions differ greatly and confidence is perceived in many different ways to many different people. I wanted to showcase how students, some in high school and some in college, neglect self assurance. The main focus was creating a dialogue between myself and the center of a piece and developing an article on them and their answers. I accompanied it with a visual representation of the person with a simple photo. That photo and a quote from the article (of their choice) was produced to create a Center of Confidence photobook coming in June to showcase the amazing words of the SLA students interviewed. This was created to hopefully remind students reading of how self assurance and personal perception differ greatly among their peers and the importance to take note of such notions and be proactive in supporting ourselves and those around us.
Definitions differ greatly and confidence is perceived in many different ways to many different people. I wanted to showcase how students, some in high school and some in college, neglect self assurance. The main focus was creating a dialogue between myself and the center of a piece and developing an article on them and their answers. I accompanied it with a visual representation of the person with a simple photo. That photo and a quote from the article (of their choice) was produced to create a Center of Confidence photobook coming in June to showcase the amazing words of the SLA students interviewed. This was created to hopefully remind students reading of how self assurance and personal perception differ greatly among their peers and the importance to take note of such notions and be proactive in supporting ourselves and those around us.