It was an extremely easy choice for me when we were told to pick our topic for the senior project. I immediately decided that I wanted to focus on the injustice that the elderly have been experiencing for quite some time now concerning depression and other mental illnesses. Researching and studying the causes and effects that elderly depression can have has truly been an eye opening experience. It has been fascinating seeing why psychologists and therapists have generally been glazing over the growing problem that is elderly depression. My path for this project has been a relatively smooth one. I have had a very little amount of bumps in the road and was able to discover a plethora of facts and statistics with the data base that the school
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Dr. Kerby, my interviewee, and the many new pieces of information that have been coming out in the recent years have far and away made the process of creating my project and granting me the knowledge in order to make a well rounded and factual presentation a rather simple one. While I would obviously love to say that my journey to getting where I am right now in the process of completing my project was all rainbows and unicorns, this would not at all be the truth. There were a couple obstacles that had to be overcome. For example, one of these obstacles was having trying to be on the same wavelength with Dr. Kerby. I had emailed her asking if an interview would be possible on the date I had given her, and she agreed to the time and date for a phone call. However, when I called her right when I told her I would do so, my phone rang until I was told to give a voicemail. I would go on to call for the next four days until she would eventually answer and partake in my interview. While I was happy that I was finally able to complete and transcribe my Interview, it had really thrown a wrench in my schedule for completing my project. If I were to have and do my project over again, I would most definitely allow a three to our day buffer period for getting into contact with the person that I would
Dr. Kerby, my interviewee, and the many new pieces of information that have been coming out in the recent years have far and away made the process of creating my project and granting me the knowledge in order to make a well rounded and factual presentation a rather simple one. While I would obviously love to say that my journey to getting where I am right now in the process of completing my project was all rainbows and unicorns, this would not at all be the truth. There were a couple obstacles that had to be overcome. For example, one of these obstacles was having trying to be on the same wavelength with Dr. Kerby. I had emailed her asking if an interview would be possible on the date I had given her, and she agreed to the time and date for a phone call. However, when I called her right when I told her I would do so, my phone rang until I was told to give a voicemail. I would go on to call for the next four days until she would eventually answer and partake in my interview. While I was happy that I was finally able to complete and transcribe my Interview, it had really thrown a wrench in my schedule for completing my project. If I were to have and do my project over again, I would most definitely allow a three to our day buffer period for getting into contact with the person that I would