Before summer break started, I was set on revolving my senior project around the topic of pediatrics. I thought that since I plan on becoming a pediatrician in the future, it would benefit me to build a project around it so I would have a good idea as to what I would be getting myself into. However, I wasn't able to find a mentor within that field and in my area. All the pediatricians I contacted were all too busy to have some teenage girl shadow them... or they just didn't want to get in contact with me (my bet is the latter).
Thus, with my plan A shot down to the ground, I moved on to something that I have recently become interested, fitness and nutrition. I was able to find a mentor at Gold's Gym in West Covina and I worked with her for 5 days. My mentor, Maria Vilchis, is a personal trainer and received the title as the "Top Personal Trainer of July", so she knows exactly what she's doing. I had the honor to work side by side with her in training other people to live a healthier lifestyle. It was interesting to see the different types of clients walk in and hear a variety of goals. Maria and I also grew to become really close friends. However, after working with her, I realized that I couldn't see myself building a project around it. Shadowing Maria has certainly sparked a growth in my interest for fitness and nutrition, but it just wasn't the topic for me.
Then comes the first day of school and I still haven't had a senior topic set and stoned! We had to finalize our topic by Friday and I still had no idea on what to do. I decided to stray away from pediatrics since two other students have decided to choose that as their senior topic. I wanted to do something different, but what? Video Game Production was a certain option of mine, but it would be difficult to find a mentor. I had no leads and it could take months for me to find one so I shut that down. Baking was another option, but I can't even melt chocolate so that was a no.
On Thursday, I was sitting outside on the benches with a couple of my friends. I had an SAT Subject Test Review booklet with me and I just happened to skim through the pages. I stopped at the Korean practice test which had the foreign, boxy Korean characters. "I can read this!" I proclaimed proudly. I taught myself how to read Korean a couple of months back. Surprisingly, I forgot. When I stared at the circles and corners of the characters, I couldn't comprehend any of it. That's when the idea of Language Acquisition dawned upon me. Languages have always intrigued me; I've tried to teach myself a numerous amount of languages in the past. Perhaps revolving my senior project around it would be a great idea. When I went home that night to do my Blog #3, I changed my header from Pediatrics to Language Acquisition.
No regrets.
...But I'm still indecisive.
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