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For my senior project I am studying Ancient Greek philosophy and making a short film on a philosophical concept. Before I came to this project, my initial goal was to do something that would allow me to learn more about people.

An essay about Senior Projects

When talk of senior projects began this fall, I initially wasn’t thinking of doing one. I was enjoying my classes, and hesitant about dropping any. The scope of senior projects daunted me, and I was concerned my work would either overwhelm or disappoint me.

Ever since I discovered Youtube and Youtubers I have been addicted to them. I would watch my favorite vloggers, beauty gurus, and comedians online habitually. I always thought they lived lives that were full of fun and adventure. For the longest time, I wanted to live exactly like them - by recording my days and adventures and making everyday an experience.

When I was a little girl, I was never one who took to dolls or princesses or any stereotypical female interests. My younger brother had a superhero phase consisting of him yelling out the names of his favorite heroes in a song he would make up.

We are about half way done with senior projects already, but it feels like I have been working on mine for an eternity. For my senior project I am working on my public speaking skills while traveling to different schools and talking to students about the importance of self-love. I have always weirdly enjoyed public speaking and have aspired to give a TED Talk in my lifetime. After meeting Alexis Jones last fall, and later Emily Greener in the spring, I was inspired to actively pursue this dream. Therefore, I took the opportunity to do so through a senior project, turning lessons I have learned over the years into the subject of my talks. I have narrowed my topic specifically to the importance of self-love, because I have found that it is the core lesson I have needed to learn so far in my lifetime.

Lily Blouin is doing a Senior Project about Senior Projects. For some context about her project, read her first blog post.

During my past three years at Tabor I often heard about senior projects, however I never had a clear understanding of what actually happened during those seven weeks. Senior projects seemed almost mythical to me, you would hear about them from seniors when they first talked about them in the early spring when they were excited about dropping classes.

“Senior Projects allow seniors in good academic standing to drop classes in the last seven weeks as necessary in order to pursue a project of their own creation.” This is how Senior Projects are described on the Tabor Academy website. One week into my project and that description doesn’t feel exactly right.

Hearty congratulations to the Class of 2015 on their graduation! At last, we may finally welcome them as alumni of our great school by the sea; and proudly so knowing all the good this talented and civic oriented class will produce in the years ahead.