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FINAL REFLECTIONS
The Journey Project can be very beneficial to students who do not know what career
they want to pursue. Further, I feel the project portion gives students the platform to
make a real impact, so long as they are willing to put the work in. I prefer the initial Pride
Project over the Journey Project since it seems to be more professional in terms of
presentations and does not allow students to work in groups. I feel the reflection portion
would be beneficial if it was conducted in an interview rather than on paper, as this
would further strengthen professional skills and not seem as if it were just another school
assignment.
2. How did you feel about the Journey Fair evening event? Are there things we can do to
make it better? What would you do differently if you needed to do it again?
I enjoyed sharing my project with others, especially Pine Lake faculty since my product
was centered around our school community. While I would not do anything to make
specifically the event better, I would like to have been a bit more prepared in terms of
what to bring to the event. I felt a bit out of place without a physical product outside of my
laptop. I would have created a poster board with an overview of my project if I did the
Journey Fair again.
I would definitely re-chose this same topic since I am positive I want to become an
attorney in the future. While I am not completely sure I want to go into environmental
law, I would strongly consider doing so and will continue with environmental activism into
the future. I enjoyed my work with my professional partner and felt it was valuable to
spend time with an accomplished adult who has similar interests to mine. Mentoring for
the town manager of Huntersvile allowed me to gain insight into the inner workings of
local government and a better idea of the educational path I want to pursue, as I now
would consider participating in a joint-degree program with a Masters in Public Policy like
my mentor. I am very proud of my project and hope to continue to work with this in the
future by using the data I collected as concrete evidence of the need for recycling and
environmental education at Pine Lake. I strongly believe there is power in every small
act when it comes to environmentalism and fighting against the climate crisis, so I hope
to encourage other students to adopt this kind of thinking when it comes to something as
seemingly simple as recycling.