Topic Choice

A: What is your topic and why?

My topic is cosmetology. I chose this because I have always enjoyed designing my own nails. However, after watching my mentors work with different types of hair I noticed that hair design is an interesting part of cosmetology as well. I'm still deciding whether I should do nail art or hair design. I used to dislike nail polish, but one day my sister started to create art on my nails. I found it fascinating that a person can design something on a surface so small. When I found my mentors they were going to teach me about nail design,  but as I watched them work with the client's hair I started to ask them questions because the hair design fascinated me as equally as nail art. Now, I enjoy doing both things on my own time, so I think I would also enjoy doing this as my senior project.

B: And what do you hope to accomplish this year with this topic (connecting your answers to each of the 4 ESLRs)

IPoly Citzen: I plan to be more interactive while talking to a person one- on -one. I realize that at IPoly we learn how to communicate and interact with a group of people, when we're presenting for example. I know I have trouble talking to a person I don't know very well when it's just two of us talking. By working with my mentors at the salon I noticed that they know how to interact with a person one- on- one even if they just met them that day. By learning this I think I can learn to talk to anyone from any grade level at school. By doing this I think I can even make new friends.

Effective Communicator: I plan to become a better communicator with different people of different ages. This will help me become a more effective communicator because when working in the field of a cosmetologist, you have to be in constant communication with your client because you want to do your work the way the client wants it. If you don't listen to their requests then you won't have a customer anymore. A cosmetologist has to do their work exactly the way the the customer likes and wants in order to have them return to the salon.

Effective Learner: I plan to become more focused on my work and more aware of what is going on around me. This will help me become a more effective learner because while doing someone's hair or nails you need to be focused on what you are doing. I you aren't the your job will come out wrong or you will be taking too long to finish, and I know that some people don't like to sit in the same position for a long period of time. It will also help me be more aware of my surroundings because, especially with hair dye, you don't want to get yourself or the client dirty. You need to pay attention to where things are, what you're, and what's going on at all time.

Effective Learner of Technology: I plan to become better at researching different things that I don't understand. Since I was not all that interested in cosmetology there are many things and names that I am not familiar with. Using the internet and other resources, I can find out what things are. I know that hair care products have their own ingredients, and if I don't know what they are then I won't know if they are safe. Also I know that throughout this project I will have to research constantly for my topic, and this will help me learn which types of resources to rely on.