Adolescence is a time where we as adolescents are scoffed at and stuffed into one stereotype that reigns over all adolescents: Trouble maker, druggie, child hater, fast driver, self-obsessed, human. However, science tells us that adolescence is a very important time in our life where vast changes are occurring in our brains, bodies, and identity. In this project we explored this time through the lens of Biology and Humanities, answering essential questions: “What is the Work of Adolescents?” and “What do we need from our community to do that work well?” One of the ways we explored this in Humanities was through interviewing an adult about their adolescents and taking a portrait that encapsulated their experience.
Interview Portrait
Interview: Write Up
Reflection
The thing I am most proud of in this project is my final interview write up. One reason is because my interview was in depth and was easy to draw from. The other reason is because my paragraphs had a lot of evidence and they all related to the main concept of the whole essay. Another reason is that I was really easy to relate to and I am taking a lot away from it. (See essay for what I'm taking away) The last reason is that I think that that is one most concise essay I have ever written. All of this combined has made me believe that this work is beautiful making me proud of it. The thing I struggled with the most in this project was what questions to ask in my interview. For the questions we had topics then three main questions for each. Since I felt all my topics overlapped is hard for me to not be repetitive. Also, I really did not know at all what I wanted to dig into. Next time I think I will pick overlying theme to aim towards. I think this will help me know what I am trying to get, helping my to know what questions will get me there. If I could do this project again I would definitely do that. Coming up with questions is definitely where I struggled the most in this project. I think the most important thing I learned in this project is what I took away from my interview. See quote from my interview write up, “That is what I truly learned from Lia: that I need to find people to stick by me, I need to not be afraid to be feminine, but above all, I learned that basing my confidence on society’s standards is a lost cause. She taught me that I need to look for my worth in God and have confidence in that. To truly know who I am I must know Whose I am.” The first I mentioned above was finding people to stick by me. This stuck with me from the interview because when I part of my true self some people in my life pullback in away. It was kind of a relief to know that I will find people to stick by me and that is one of the purposes in adolescents. That the first thing I pulled away from my interview. The second thing I mentioned was not being afraid to be feminine. This stuck with me because in our current society being feminine is seen as weak and were pushed to act more boyish. I have struggled with loving feminine things and being feminine but not wanting to be seen as weak; it helps to see that being feminine is anything but weak. This is the second thing I pulled away from my interview. The last thing I mentioned is the most important: knowing Whose I am and not compare myself to the world. It's crazy what the word tells us about how we look, what we do, how we act, compared to what God says. The word tells me I will never be good enough, that most of the bars I just don’t measure up to. While God says that I am worthy, beautiful, and worth more than rubies. He says that he loves me so much he died for me and fought hell for three days for me! My interview made me think “why would I keep comparing myself to the world when my God who overcame the word calls me so much more.” That is the last and most important thing I learned from my interview. For the semester so far I would give myself an overall 8.5 . This is because I have been allowing myself to be a little distracted with both the starter and class work. Some examples of this is that during some of the work times I would need and brain break or I was just bored so I would goof around online or talk to a classmate. I However, most every time I listen when its time and engage in class activities.The only time I don't listen when its time is when I don’t realize thats whats going, which. I can only remember happening twice and one was during a starter. If you look back at any seminars or four corners I always contributed in some way even if it was just encouraging a classmate. Also 98/100 times I am prepared for class. Going forward to bring my score to a 9 I will dive into what we are doing sooner and only allow myself to get distracted a currently undetermined amount of times. As well as I will minimally distract a classmate. However, I might lose my mind if I am just always working because that's all I feel like I ever do, so I will probably never bring it to a 10 because of this.