Journal

Entry: 9/29/2010

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During the beginning of my project I wanted to focus on the biases of the broadcast media which added to the hysteria of society. That was purely because my major in college was going to be communications/journalism so I could be a journalist. Now, my major and interests have changed and so did my topic of choice. I chose to focus on media itself. In my first research product I was passed the point of no return and was forced to do biases of broadcast media because I had done so much work on it before my interests changed. Then in my second research product I focused on the media’s influence on society and how it controlled our actions sadly. I worked diligently every day I had the class and days when I had study hall I worked harder on my project because there was no support there. I tried to get a commercial going for the Post Prom event happening at the end of the year. The other kids involved with the event were busy during these past couple of months so I didn’t have much to work with and the project never got done. I hope to get the kids together when I come back so it will work out and I’ll get more hours under my belt. I hope to work with Mr. Meder on other projects to finish off my hours of work. I tried my best to get all of the work I needed done during the time of the class but I had no such luck and had to do work at home and during my study hall period when I didn’t have the class. From day to day I’d end up doing my work as best as I could without getting sidetracked. A little music and other diligently working students around me motivated me to get done my work. There would be certain days where I wouldn’t get much done and so I would end up having to do work at home or during my study hall and I wouldn’t do it then so sadly I would end up behind the others in class and so I’d play an endless game of “catch up” with the class so my teacher could review my work. I’m glad I got to do the work I could because this was a great experience and I believe it is preparing me for college when I have projects that are due after a long period of time. This prepares me for college and gets me ready. I dreaded this class when we first began but now, I’m glad it’s mandatory so we all as seniors can be ready for the outside world. It mentally makes us think outside the box and has us do projects on what we feel strongly about.