Senior Project Woes

In all honesty, I really did have it planned out. A few details were missing, such as the exact dates and times of my motivational speeches, but I knew that I wanted to have three 11/2 hour presentations and therefore had my topics all mapped out. I understood that my project topic was a little broad, but I was fully prepared to take on the implications. Let me give you some of the back story.

My senior project essential question is "How does one overcome a deficient social situation and become the person they've always wanted to be." My plan was to present to my audience the complex outline of how to address one's shortcomings that are preventing personal growth, how to create personal goals, and how to stick with those goals and accomplish them. Although this outline is complex, it can be used for almost any difficult social situation. However, it looks like my aspirations for my senior project journey are going to get cut down to size.

Mrs. Rush, my current outside expert, was the first one to recommend that I "narrow down my search" or pick a more specific topic from within my current topic. Then I spoke to my guidance counselor this week about what I wanted to do for my senior project, and she too had told me that my project just too great an undertaking. She told me that I needed to choose a more specific topic within the topic that I had chosen. I was pretty upset to say the least.

I really had my heart set on doing my senior project on the massive topic that was overall self-improvement. The enormity of that topic was one of the very reasons why I had my heart set on that topic; it almost seemed like an impossible feat trying to simplify the topic enough to get all of the main points down.

My new topic involves human relationships and how to improve them. This topic actually has a lot to do with my previous topic and I hardly have to change my essential question, but I am not satisfied with this topic. One can have many healthy relationships but lack the motivation to achieve their personal goals and lack the motivation to create a better life for themselves.

I'm not sure what to do about my project at this stage of the game. I really want to use those massive topics I started out with, but I also want the help and support from my councilor and outside expert. This is frustrating. 

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