Process
During this project, there were several products that I created for math and humanities. In math class, I created a financial plan that expressed how I plan to pay for college, the career I hope to have, and how I plan to budget my money. I also studied payday loans, wealth inequality, and minimum wage. I focused most of my research on minimum wage and how education effects income, and I created graphs to represent statistics about my topic. I also designed an infographic that displayed the factors that contribute to the cycle of poverty in the United States. We had been studying finances, annuity, logarithms, piecewise functions, and statistics during math and the concepts were immensely helpful when creating graphs and infographics. I had some confusion while we were learning the math concepts, but being able to apply them to real life situations helped me understand them more deeply.
In humanities class, we were assigned groups that were given different roles. These roles included panel moderators, panelists, fundraisers, event organizers, etc. I was an event organizer and a panelist, and I studied immigrant workers, day laborers, minimum wage, and how work is valued in the United States. I was required to find five sources for my research, but as I began studying my topic I realized how broad my topic was, how many different views there were, and how deep and thorough my research needed to be. I spent several weeks researching and writing my position paper, and once it was finished I wrote an opening statement that expressed my opinion on my topic. The research was the most difficult aspect of this project. I had a lot of trouble finding reliable and unbiased articles that weren't outdated. Dr. Cochran was very helpful throughout this process, though, as she constantly gave us extra sources, articles, and advice. I enjoyed writing the position paper and opening statement because I was able to show what I learned and share my thoughts and opinions.