Brainstorm: What to do?

Where this project gets me stumped is what I should do. I want to do something that I love and that is extraordinary. I know that I either want to do it about math or sports. Yet, the first ideas that come to mind are very basic and not as amazing or unique as I want. When I think sports I think small tournaments or leagues that would just be very simple, and to me seems as if I am only doing the expected not the "plus 1". And when I think of math I think, math club or math tutoring. Although I believe these things are laking in the school I don't know if I have the skills to do it and would it really be more effective than the small help times the teachers have? These are just some of the issues that I have with my first instinct project ideas. So after some thinking I came up with the idea to create a surf club. Just like there used to be where we would surf in the morning every Friday before school. Then after I develop a community I can try to find a way to help teach locals from the area how to surf so they can find and escape from poverty through surfing. Then I feel as if the project was stolen from me as many other people now have a very similar idea to me. And me being myself I want to stand out, so I lose interest in the project as it become less unique. Then I start to try to develop more challenging, creative and unique ideas and then the logistics of the project worry me. For example I think that I could find a kid whom is very passionate about a sport, yet lives in poverty and doesn't have the resources to follow his dreams and I could found his dreams. I feel as if my project is very good and because I have seen so many times how sports have changed peoples life and I feel this way I could do the same. But then I start to think how am I going to fund this and is it ethical? First off this is going to cost a to of money and money that I don't have and I can't just rely on small bake sales or school activities, to fund this project I would need a consistent flow of cash. So I would need a donor who is just as invested as me and truly believes that my project is achievable. Yet I know that this is something to assess as I create the business plan what really scares me is the ethics. Will I be forcing this kid into activities he feels pressured to do even though he doesn't? This is what really worries me. Because the process would not be easy and would require a lot of dedication from the kid. That pressure could become really mentally and physically draining and I feel as is the kid would hesitate to say he can't do it anymore because it seems like such a great opportunity. And that risk is something that I feel I am not willing to take. Then there's math, math is a subject that I am very passionate about. It is something hah truly interest me because it can take almost every situation in the world and describe it through numbers and symbols. Yet, from what I see in my school people truly dislike math and I think that it is a shame. This is partially because the math program at the school has not been the best and people have only been exposed to math that is poorly taught. Most of my life I have loved math and have been lucky to experience some great math teachers. And what I have seen is that when there is a good teacher people's opinion on math completely changes. I have seen it in my class, I have watched many people in my class who hated math look forward to the class when we have a great teacher. So I want to find a way to install that enjoyment within people in a different way. Yet I don't know how to do this, I can only think of ideas that are very simple and I can't see attracting people. Therefore I need to continue to brainstorm ideas about how I can achieve this great feat.

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