Creativity Week

So, since my dreams of going camping for Creativity Week where shattered. I have decided to work on my Senior Project. OK, this is not to say that I would rather be doing anything other than my project but camping is also one of my most priced and relaxing times I ever experience.

I will basically be working on formulating the scientific study that I will be conducting sometime in March or April. I will have to run it through the experts (panel members Dr.Ott and Dr. Acosta) and get it approved. Once the the proposal for my study is approved I will have to undertake the hardest part: getting an approval by the headmasters at the school's where I plan to have the study. As I have mentioned before,  the study is going to be a comparative qualitative study in which I access when feelings of inadequacy arose first in girls of different racial and economic backgrounds. I will also rely a lot on the information and research I did previously this year. I also have to sent out consent forms for the girls that might participate in the study.

I will also be practicing my singing and will fullfill my promise! I know I have promised in earlier post to actually post my practices but I still haven't... Well, this week I will do it! I ask you all to keep track of my blog and to please give feedback! Constructive critism. This means that you tell me specifically what I am doing right and wrong and how specifically improve. That is the only way I will grow.

For all of you who haven't kept up with my blog I would like to say that I am posting videos of my progress because I am basically chosing to self-teach myself because I could'nt find a voice teacher at an econoomic price. This is fine either way because that is not going to stop me from advancing in the search for my voice and love of singing!

Checking in...

So far I have accomplished many things with the help of my gracious teachers Susan Davis, Jan Ott, and Tim Holm. One of the parts of my project is to research about the physiological aspect or "thing" that triggers girls to change during puberty and as they go into their teen years. I am very interested in getting an insight into all of these aspects because it will open a new world for me. I can learn through the experiments and writings of other why I became so shy. I can not possibly master my fear/shyness if I can not pin down what happened exactly.
Susan Davis, my Senior Seminar teacher, has provided me with two very essential books that will clear up many of my doubts: Girls Will Be Girls and How Girls Thrive by Joann Deak. I have started reading both book and so far I have started to link a lot of her writings with my own life. These books are directed toward a more adult audience (teachers and parents) but I feel really proud to be able to understand.
Ms. Davis has also put me in contact with a the middle physiologist from Kinkaid and I will be meeting her very soon. I hope to gain first hand knowledge as a professional and possibly in the future work along with her to conduct an experiment either at Chinquapin or Kinkaid.
I have also contacted the new math middle school teacher,Tim Holm, in efforts to hopefully get someone to help me develop my voice. I will soon be writing a proposal to see if I get any results.  Mastery of my shyness involves actually developing my voice so I can become confident that there is nothing to be afraid of.

Tamar Alvarenga