Thank you for sharing Jamie! You really set the scene and supported it well with dialogue. I can feel your frustration when you encounter these different obstacles. Like Tara said in class, I also liked the way you framed your story through your artist statement. It takes guts to pursue your own path in an education system that rejects individuality and hates controversy. Even with COVID-19 being the resolution, your story definitely left me with a curiosity for what could have been. Hopefully, things have been different in college!
I enjoyed the way that you wrote this and how you captured moments from different parts of the year, and I also appreciated all the context you included to understand the story better. It was very real that you acknowledged that there was never any clear resolution to this situation because of covid too but I wish you were able to showcase your project even with the amount of pushback you received.
Wow! I don’t know why I am always blown away by the incapacity of educators to celebrate the brilliance of their students and why I am repeatedly remain surprised that as Wu Tang taught us, “Cash rules everything around me.” It is so sad that what should have been the most celebrated of senior projects keeps facing a brick wall. I am curious why you did not share the resolution from the first scene that let you continue with the project. What is deep, is that they critiqued your entire project. It was not like they asked you to just add in a question for your interviews like “What would give you hope for your future or something,” they just wanted you to do a feel good project. That is so very deep.
Thank you for sharing Jamie! You really set the scene and supported it well with dialogue. I can feel your frustration when you encounter these different obstacles. Like Tara said in class, I also liked the way you framed your story through your artist statement. It takes guts to pursue your own path in an education system that rejects individuality and hates controversy. Even with COVID-19 being the resolution, your story definitely left me with a curiosity for what could have been. Hopefully, things have been different in college!
I enjoyed the way that you wrote this and how you captured moments from different parts of the year, and I also appreciated all the context you included to understand the story better. It was very real that you acknowledged that there was never any clear resolution to this situation because of covid too but I wish you were able to showcase your project even with the amount of pushback you received.
Wow! I don’t know why I am always blown away by the incapacity of educators to celebrate the brilliance of their students and why I am repeatedly remain surprised that as Wu Tang taught us, “Cash rules everything around me.” It is so sad that what should have been the most celebrated of senior projects keeps facing a brick wall. I am curious why you did not share the resolution from the first scene that let you continue with the project. What is deep, is that they critiqued your entire project. It was not like they asked you to just add in a question for your interviews like “What would give you hope for your future or something,” they just wanted you to do a feel good project. That is so very deep.