I've completed my first WOW!

My first WOW was me completing my senior capstone project. Each senior is to compose a 40- 50 minute monologue talking about future goals, past life experiences and advice to students. It also consist of a compilation of work to make up you're art component. As a school this project is very important and we dedicate basically a whole week for the school to go around listening to senior presentations. On top of that each senior has two teachers and one junior juror there to give feedback and comments on their presentation. The requirements were high and it was pretty nerve racking to go through with it. Looking back on it I know there were ways that i could have improved on my performance but it feels surreal to be over with it. In my capstone i talked a bit abou my experience of my first black belt test. Afterwards, my teacher advisor Mr. Gottshall asked me how going for my black belt compared to tackling this project. In some ways my capstone was more difficult. Going through black belt training i have a team going through it and my brother and i would train and practice with each other. While I know that all the other seniors in my class were going through the same thing, and I had Tammy as my mentor and teachers to talk to, this capstone really felt like an individual project. It was more of a self-discovery experience for me- don't worry though, I haven't reached apotheosis yet. No, it was me being open with myself and trying to see where my life can lead and how can I make examples of my experiences. I'm not very open, so it was weird sharing some personal experiences with some people I barely knew. After speeches students have to do feedback forms for the presenter. Yea, most kids don't care about the feedback forms, but it's nice to see some really genuine comments and that they were actually paying attention. Beside college apps, this is probably caused me the most stress my senior year and it feels good to be able to say I finally did it. Now i have to start thinking of my other WOWs...