Senior Project: Reflection
When I first began my paper, I expected it to be very easy. Contrary to my beliefs, I quickly found myself stuck. My biggest problem was that I was trying to write without much organization nor doing enough research. So I talked to my mentor, and she advised me to create a bullet list of my research to organize my thoughts. Originally, I had thought that meeting with a mentor would only hinder my work or set me back, but those meetings proved to be the most efficient way to inspire me to work. Having a mentor talk to about my project helped clear my mind and enabled me to focus. When starting my product, a large inspirational painting, I expected it to be difficult, and I doubted my abilities many times over. However, looking at the finished product, I felt it was well worth it, and I was proud of my work. The most interesting piece of information I learned was that humans, by nature, feel the need to fit in. This project was not only to spread awareness about conformity but to remind myself to hold onto my faith. When working on this project, I noticed in myself a fear that I will change once I leave my Islamic school. I want to take the information I have learned and implement it into my life going into college and facing a completely new environment. For future MIA students, I want them to benefit from my inspirational mural. Whenever they see it, I want them to remember to be themselves. My whole project was Islamic-themed, and I have learned the importance of holding onto your religion. Now that I have finished, I would have planned and read through the assignments more carefully because I seem to always miss an assignment. For future graduates, I would advise them to start early and not procrastinate, additionally keep up with deadlines because once you miss one, you make it a habit. If I were to grade myself, the easy answer would be 100% however, I do not think I deserve that. Instead, I think I deserve around 90% because I believe I had a good topic as well as a creative product, but the execution wasn’t as good as it could have been.