The Beginning

Welcome to our home. This is the beginning of my independent research project, and I'm a little scared. I love the idea that I have, but I just hope I can do it justice. A large part of this project will be me interviewing immigrants who have come to America and figuring out the commonalities in the struggles between them; what happens if there is nothing similar across the ethnic lines? Or even worse, what happens if no one wants their story told by a highschool girl? Will people even consent to an interview? After all, this is an incredibly personal topic for most people, and even though this type of study has been done many times across the world, it doesn't get any easier, any more simplistic.

These thoughts plague me as I wrestle with creating my overall theme. Most likely, I'll end up at a completely different destination at the end of this long journey, yet I wish I could know now. To rid myself of the uncertainty of where this project is going. But I'm uncertain about a lot of things these days: college, friends, life plans. I'm a senior in highschool now, so I should be more certain, but I instead feel lost. This project might represent my desire to find myself in this complex, unsure country, just like the people who came here years ago; at the end, maybe I'll know what I want to do with my life and what I want to fight for.

The point of all of this is to tell a story, a story that will tug at the heartstrings of the people who listen. Although I'm starting a month behind the rest of the group, I think I'm ready to begin, to start down the Emc2 path. My website is up and running, my journals are about to start filtering in, and my first assignment will be posted at the end of September. I'm incredibly happy that Mr. Bott allowed me to join last second, and though the interview was slightly stressful (sharing my ideas is absolutely nerve-wracking), I passed! My first "Roundtable" with the rest of the class is on the 12th, and I'm interested in seeing what we do there, the questions that we as the "thinkers" and "designers" have to consider. Other than that, the ACT is tomorrow, so nothing besides this will really get done tonight for this project; tomorrow night may yield some results.