Genius Hour Project Reflection
Throughout the time I spent working on this genius hour project, I have challenged myself in many ways. At first I found it difficult to find a topic that I felt passionate enough about to focus on for such a lengthy period of time. While there were many topics that were of interest to me, I wanted to choose one that would enable me to offer a unique perspective, to share with my audience something that they would not have had previous exposure to. By chance I happened across my topic of desensitization after hearing a comment from a classmate. On the day of the shooting near Cameron Heights, someone in my last class of the day said “why does nothing that exciting ever happen at rez?”. The sad part about this comment was that I did not find it all the surprising. I hear such careless statements from my peers on a regular basis - sometimes I am even the one saying them. This is what inspired me to look into desensitization and its effect on our generation’s empathy, or rather lack the...
