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1550 Owens Store Road
Canton, GA 30115
April 12, 2012
Judges, Senior Project
Creekview High School
1550 Owens Store Road
Canton, GA 30115
Dear Judges:
My name is Jennifer Shirley and as a senior here at Creekview High School I am
excited to continue my education in post secondary school. I will be attending Western
Carolina University in the fall. My goal is to pursue a degree in psychology in order to
make a difference in the lives of others. With that career in mind I chose to publish my
book as my product. I chose to publish my book as a way to cope with my own Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder that came about from the loss of my brother in 2004.
My book, “The Rest is Still Unwritten”, is a collection of poems and photographs
that I have written and taken. My research paper focuses on how literature is used as a
therapy tool. This relates to my product because my poems are my own therapy tools to
cope with my grief, anxiety, and depression. From my research I learned that literature
used as therapy has a specific name which is bibliotherapy. Also, poetry therapy is a
specific type of bibliotherapy. I overcame many obstacles within publishing my product.
I ran into several obstacles while publishing my book. The major obstacle that I
overcame was accepting that other people were going to read my poems which are my
inner most thoughts and feelings.
My topic is how literature can be used as a therapy tool and that is what I wrote
my research paper on. My topic directly relates to a career in psychology. I have also
discovered that I do not want to pursue a career in the field. I have found that I would
have a difficult time leaving my work at work, but I would still like to be able to work in
a field where I directly improve a person’s well being. With that in mind I have decided
to pursue a career in physical therapy, but I still want to keep up with my writing.
Overall, I feel like senior projects are very beneficial. They are a lot of work, and
are very time consuming, but I feel like I have learned a lot about myself and my future.
Thank you so much for your time.
Sincerely,
Jennifer A. Shirley