Who would’ve thought that both my research projects in high school would eventually lead me to creating my own dual major and procuring a fantastic job opportunity abroad? Five years ago, as a sophomore at FSHA, I was absolutely set on pursuing a science degree in college on a pre-medical track and that was that. … Read more…
As our students are just beginning to explore research topics for the Junior and Senior Resesarch Projects, Natalie Hodis ’17 reflects on her SRP experience last year. Teenagers, as Lawrence Kohlberg described in his book “Stages of Moral Development,” are just beginning to step away from what we are told as fact by society and … Read more…
My Senior Research Project adventure began the summer before my senior year. Our advisors asked us to watch, read and learn about a variety of different topics. It was exciting that they gave us the freedom to choose between many different articles, movies, books and documentaries. One of the materials I chose to watch was the documentary “Good Hair.” The … Read more…
This weekend I took my nine-year old niece to the Central Library in Los Angeles. She needed sources for a research report on the Great Wall of China. I was relieved to see that the assignment was decently constructed, though perhaps a bit out of date (the bibliography page showed a formula for a CD-Rom). … Read more…
Here is what I think about in the shower, as I drive, while I’m folding laundry. “How can I make sure students know that there are multiple professional trade journals for the candy manufacturing industry?” (I know of at least two, by the way— Candy Industry and The Manufacturing Confectioner.) What is wrong with me, you … Read more…