My Senior Year of the United States (2024-2025+)

This time last year, all I wanted was to graduate from the United States of America.​​

 

It’s not that I didn't like it here in the USA—it’s just that “Breakaway” by Kelly Clarkson was on repeat, and I dreamed of getting acceptedhired into a collegejob literally anywhere else. I wanted to apply what I'd learned to the Real World Out There!

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So I made up my own senior year with self-assigned "classes," volunteering, field trips, and graduation. The project commemorated the 10th anniversary of my high school graduation, while also functioning as a practice lab for my workplace's 100th anniversary marketing campaign. I became interested in the complex relationships between individual and collective voices, asking questions like: Where does power come from, where does it go, and how does it move? To what extent are individuals responsible for their own freedoms? How can individuals shine within a group without overshadowing the group? What are the consequences of overshadowing, and when are they worth it?

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That's your cue.

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My Senior Year of the United States (MSYUSA) is a downloadable project kit for DIYing your own senior year, including worksheets with creativity prompts and inspiration for leading your own assignments.​​​​​​ Receive a digital download to your inbox for $5, or choose to have a printed PDF delivered to your mailbox for $20. Either way, you'll submit your final project and graduation speech to MSYUSA.com for inclusion in a group graduation show next spring. Overshadowing everyone is encouraged.