Who is Jojo Long?As a senior who's spent all my years of high school in Apollo, I've come to learn and love everything the program has to offer. I am surrounded by people who encourage uniqueness and help me feel confident in expressing myself. I've decided to make this year about me, to take my projects to their fullest potential and make them personal so I can learn more about myself while also creating projects built on passion and love for the subjects. I love to sing and play guitar and that will be my biggest focus this year. Learning more skills and showcasing talents I've worked on for years.
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For my first project, I was determined to learn more about one of my favorite genres of music, grunge. I wanted to look into what grunge is as a whole, where it came from, when it was popular, and who led in the movement. I did research on the context of the themes and messages in grunge to create a grunge song of my own and to learn more about the music overall.
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My second project of the year was all about my mom. This project was about perspective so I wanted to look into my mom and I's relationship from both of our perspectives. I had my mom write a small paper about her experiences in parenting with me, and I wrote my own blog post style piece about growing up with her as a mother. I learned a lot about healthy parent-child relationships and more about my relationship with my own parents.
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The third project was based around reasoning, something I wanted to understand more was a movie I watched over the summer of 2021, Bo Burnham's special Inside. This movie has a lot of meaning behind it hidden in the scenes, I wanted to do research to learn about the psychological meanings behind some of the songs in the film. In the project I annotated parts of the film and wrote about what some of the lyrics/songs/scenes meant to me.
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My final project of Apollo focused on a new passion of mine. As I've grown, I've found a love for interior decorating, so I decided to explore this interest in this project. I have a special love for the 70s, 80s, and 90s, so I wanted to explore this era of design. From bright pops of color to wood panel walls, I explored different trends and home items to create my own model living room using The Sims 4. I also explored electronic trends and the evolution of home video viewing for my English piece.
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