Goal
Personal Project is a once in a lifetime opportunity for students like me to create something that is worthwhile and in line with our interests. My core interests lie in the field of biology and the art of poetry. These are two aspects that I thoroughly enjoy doing or learning about and would love to pursue in the future too. Hence, I decided that the product I create would be correlated to both of these, however, in order to ensure that it was challenging enough I had to brainstorm a few ideas (See Process tab). Finally, after understanding the challenges for my ideas and evaluating the products, I arrived on the conclusion of publishing a book of compiled self-written poems on different biological aspects, making sure that the book has at least 40 poems and is published, to make the product challenging enough. I chose this particular product as I noticed that one of the best ways to express poetry is in the written format and if it could also correlate both my interests in a unique way, then this would work out as the best creation.
This was an especially challenging goal for me to accomplish. as although I had written poems on generic topics before, I had never previously attempted to write poems on various biological topics and neither had I tried creating an entire book of compiled poems. The writing and publishing of a poetry book were fields that I had to explore thoroughly through a great extent of research (See Process tab) in order to ensure that the book was attractive for the readers and at the time served its purpose effectively. Through my project, I also personally hoped to enhance my understanding of the different biology topics along with developing my skill of poetry.
This was an especially challenging goal for me to accomplish. as although I had written poems on generic topics before, I had never previously attempted to write poems on various biological topics and neither had I tried creating an entire book of compiled poems. The writing and publishing of a poetry book were fields that I had to explore thoroughly through a great extent of research (See Process tab) in order to ensure that the book was attractive for the readers and at the time served its purpose effectively. Through my project, I also personally hoped to enhance my understanding of the different biology topics along with developing my skill of poetry.
Global Context
My personal project was also closely intertwined with the IB as it strongly related to the Global Context of Personal and Cultural Expression. That is defined as exploring “the ways in which we discover and express ideas, feelings, nature, culture, beliefs and values; the ways in which we reflect on, extend and enjoy our creativity; our appreciation of the aesthetic” (Day).
Keeping this definition in mind it can be seen how my personal project focused on ways in which we express ideas as I tried to modify the conventional methods of expressing ideas in order to make it more interesting for readers. Furthermore, I also questioned the purpose of expression of information that has been conveyed through these traditional forms while enforcing a new nature of creative expression through this project. Hence, by allowing information to be presented in a unique way, my personal project allowed better perception of information by members of the society thereby enhancing the intellect of the readers and having a major impact on the cultural methods of expressing ideas, while extending and enjoying this creativity. Thus, it very strongly related to the global context of Personal and Cultural Expression.
Keeping this definition in mind it can be seen how my personal project focused on ways in which we express ideas as I tried to modify the conventional methods of expressing ideas in order to make it more interesting for readers. Furthermore, I also questioned the purpose of expression of information that has been conveyed through these traditional forms while enforcing a new nature of creative expression through this project. Hence, by allowing information to be presented in a unique way, my personal project allowed better perception of information by members of the society thereby enhancing the intellect of the readers and having a major impact on the cultural methods of expressing ideas, while extending and enjoying this creativity. Thus, it very strongly related to the global context of Personal and Cultural Expression.