Self Evaluation/Memoir

1. What were the best and worst parts of Senior Project/Senior Seminar?

I knew if I picked a project that was fun and relatable to my future it

would be enjoyable to do and be Beneficial to my future, so doing the
project I chose made my senior project fun and allowed me to do it at
any time I could. The best parts were where I actually knew what I was
doing, I had a lot of best parts just because of every time I sat down to
do my project it consisted of me having fun trying to hack every device
in my house. The worst parts were probably learning about firewalls
because of how complicated they are and the fact it is not as fun as
hacking. Senior seminar class was fun for the most part, researching
about the government's role in cybersecurity for my paper was fun, not
as much so when writing or editing it. I think my favorite part was
reaching for my senior paper and the worst part was definitely learning
how to do taxes because I'm bad at math and its boring.

2. List three things you now know after completing your Senior
Project.

I know know that hacking, networking, and cybersecurity is a very

interesting career path and an even bigger part of how the world
interacts and that I know I want to continue to study it. I also now
know how to do basic hacking and information gathering. I know how
most networks work and the differences between them, and how
firewalls are set up to protect them.

3. What problems did you encounter, and how did you handle these
problems?

My first problem is that I had no background in hacking, so I had no

idea where to start. I overcame this by asking my mentor for help and
researching until I figured a way to move on with that part of my
project.
 4. Which aspect of the Senior Project/Senior Seminar stretched you
the most? How did you feel about and react to this challenge?

The hardest part of my senior project was failing so many times and
having to start over, and over. I'd be 30 steps into my hack and id
mess up one step and id have to clear it and start over. It has to have
the will to try again and not quit. Learning what each term meant and
remembering commands was hard to, but over time I was about to
stop typing the help command. The hardest part of the senior seminar
was that we moved so fast through everything and it didn't allow me to
procrastinate. So, I had to overcome that it also helped me with other
classes to because now I needed to get everything else done to.

5. How has Senior Project/Senior Seminar changed you (skills,

attitudes, work habits, capabilities, confidence, poise,
presentation, etc.)?

Same as above, Since we moved so fast I wasn't able to procrastinate.

So, I finally taught myself to use my time more wisely, and prioritize
things, better late than never to learn this. It also increased my
confidence in my computer skills, I've always been pretty good at
computers and troubleshooting and found it fun and challenging, but
my project made it very hard for me to troubleshoot because it's so
different than what I've done before.

6. What would you do differently if you had to do the whole Senior

Project/Senior Seminar process again?

I don't know if I would change anything with my project, it was

extremely fun and it served its exactly couple to help me learn more
about computers and the networks they use and to help me chose if I
would enjoy doing something in this field later life. But, with my senior
seminar, I definitely would have liked to have not fallen behind right at
the start so I could have focused on each of the stuff we did and so I
could have been less stressed, but, everything was a learning
experience and I'm glad it happened the way it did.

7. What advice do you have for next year’s seniors?

PIck your project wisely, chose something that is related to something

that will maybe be a part of your future, or something to help to chose
a path for your future. That way it is more useful, and to remember to
try and make it fun. So you don't dread doing it, and not want to learn
from it.
 8. Has this experience influenced your future plans?

Yes, It has. I knew I wanted to do something in computers and I've

always been fascinated with networks, hacking, and recently
cybersecurity. I am joining leaving for the Air Force next year and I've
chosen a job in networking and I hope to cross-train into a
cybersecurity job in the future.

9. What grade would you give yourself for your Senior Project and
what justification do you have for that grade?

I would give myself an A because I feel that the project I chose

was very a good choice to help me chose a future career path, I feel
that I have put enough hours into this project and its goal to learn a
wide overview of each subject and if I wanted to continue this field into
a career or hobby in the future to come. I continuously worked on my
project and many of the hours I didn't even put in my project log
because I messed around with hacking so much. I don't get A’s very
often because I'm not very confident in things, but after this project,
I've learned a lot and I am very confident on using these skills in the
future and that I will continue to have fun with my project, legally of
course.