What I Learned

Going into senior year I would not expect to do more than one capstone at a time. Last time I was in school I was a Sophomore. Covid put me through a tough time. Through the whole school year I learned a significant amount of everyday life lessons. I learned how to manage my time with two capstone projects and after school sports. I learned how to handle more than one thing at a time with these capstone projects happening at the same time. With the self-wellness group happening every Friday, and the Robert Clemente happening almost everyday plus sports was quite hard to manage but I did it. 

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At first I thought capstone was a huge project in order to graduate. But I learned over time that capstone isn’t for the graduation requirement, but for you to give back to your community. Capstone has helped me bring people together. Especially after COVID-19, bringing people together after a hard time is a way for  people to be happy again.

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To be honest, before I did not want to do anything with capstone. I thought it was going to be difficult and time consuming. After a while of actually doing my capstone, it was not hard at all. A lot of my classmates do capstone for the graduation requirement. For me, I do my capstone for my community. Especially for my girls. The girls that I work with grew attached to Sophia and I. We also grew attached to them as well. I learned that no matter what age people are I can still have so much in common with them. I can have a relationship with people I meet in the future. 

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With Roberto Clemente I got out of my comfort zone more than the girl group. I spoke to many important people, spoke to people I never met before, and been to places I never been before. So going through the process of meeting new people and doing new things has taken me out of my comfort zone.

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Overall capstone was not hard at all. It was super fun! For our future seniors I would tell them to do a project that they will enjoy. Something they are passionate about. If the seniors aren’t doing something they are passionate about, what is the point of capstone?   

Throughout this whole project I would say that I have changed so much as a person. Before I would barely work with people, I would work by myself. With capstone I worked with multiple people, thus I figured out that I like to work with people. I am more of people’s person than before. I would say that figuring out that I am a people’s person is one of my AHA moments.