Week 10: Conclusion

After 10 weeks of the Senior Project, we have finally come to the end! It's been an interesting last week, as I did not meet with my professor and instead worked on how I am going to condense everything I learned into the presentation. As many of you may know by now, I don't believe there is one set answer for all as to what you should know for your own life. There are many factors to take into account, such as family values, personal beliefs, different perceptions of costs and benefits, the list goes on. Although there are so many things involved with this question, I can't wait to share it all with you during my presentation in May.

Throughout the past 10 weeks, I've learned a lot when it comes to approaching philosophical topics. For one, many of the discussions that my professor and I had were oriented towards logic. Instead of thinking in only the realm of hypotheticals, we used a lot of logic to deduce what is best or worse for the individual, something that was unexpected when I first started the Senior Research project. Another thing I didn't quite understand well, but will continue to work on in the future, is my ability to comprehend complex texts. This was probably the most difficult part of the Senior Research Project, as I constantly had to re-read the same chapters in order to understand the claim that the author was putting out there. If you ever plan to take part in the Senior Research Project yourself, make sure you can understand your sources, and that your sources are relevant to your research question, as this was my biggest mistake.

I am going to end this week's post sooner, as there isn't much material to discuss, but I wish to say thank you to anyone and everyone who paid attention to my posts through the course of the project. I'd like to thank my On-Site Mentor, Mr. Nair, for being so willing to help me along this journey, and Mr. Lambert, my Faculty Advisor, for helping me so many times throughout this project. Thank you, and I'll see you guys during the final presentations!