Nikki Adeli, Capstone
When
I gave my TEDxTalk in March of my Junior year, I wanted to provide my
perspective, as a student, of the problem with education in Philadelphia today.
However, when writing my talk I wanted it to be different than other TED talks
I had previously seen. I wanted it to have a call to action. My call to action
was to have Philadelphia invest more in youth internships and work
opportunities so that students were able to expand their interests outside the
classroom that wasn’t providing much support for them.
Therefore,
for my Capstone, I began to create the foundation of a project I was longing to
do for quite sometime. The creation of what I call “Skillships”. I wanted students, who didn’t have access to
internships and shadowing positions, like I did at SLA, to actually have the
opportunity to do so because I saw the positive effect it had on my peers and
me. However, I called these opportunities Skillships
because prior to a student beginning their Skillship, they are to take a diagnostic survey I created. The
survey would then show me what their strengths, weaknesses, and interests were.
From there, the student would be able to see and help me understand a specific
skill they wanted to perfect. Whether it was social media management or
mechanics, I wanted to be able to set these students up with the opportunities
to grow a skill of their choosing while giving back to Philadelphia by working
with small businesses.
Diagnostic Quiz taken by participants: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/13NSAUShV5T9lbnHKNtNtoUibGfOcav5-TwG7QeiNnQ/viewform
Bibliography: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pVocyfblE3ZtxUGOtsdLggtypLTeMfBeteEcWE0LiuE/edit
