Sending the Paper

The moment we’ve all been waiting for...or at least the moment I’ve all been waiting for...has arrived!! The paper has been submitted and I am officially done with high school!!!!!!!!!! Is this blog post a landmark in my life? Only time will tell. 

I’m not even joking but as I finished writing that sentence I realized that I’m not done with high school yet because I still have to present. This has been really anticlimactic! 

Submitting the paper was so scary - I don’t know why - I was just scared that when the College Board received my paper it would actually be blank or like a picture of my dog from my computer. I really don’t know why but I guess I just have irrational fears? But whatever, to be honest part of me knows deep down that it’s fine, because I’m already in college!!

Last week I said that the results were a surprise. Thank you for your incredible patience. I know, waiting a week was tough. Anyway, the results showed that blink rates were higher for young males, and risk seeking declined with age for males (but not females). Also, in regard to individual questions, people were more risk averse for gains than losses, which is in line with classical findings.  

I talked to professors about my research and even they were like wow, you sat there and counted blinks, more power to you. Yes, I realized that my research was me literally just counting people blinking. Cutting edge technology. I guess I have to start small though. Counting blinks has been somewhat of a life changing experience in that while I was doing my research, when I watched TV, I started counting people’s blink rates. For example, during the State of the Union, I counted Joe Biden’s blinks and compared them to Paul Ryan’s (since they were both sitting behind Obama). Paul Ryan blinked less and I equated that to being less risky and therefore more conservative. Joe Biden blinked more, and as the news will tell you he is kind of impulsive when it comes to saying certain things (I love Joe Biden though so it’s all good). I actually saw Paul Ryan over the summer at the festival that I volunteer at, and after hearing his ideas I was like hmmm..yeah he’s conservative. I didn’t need to see him at a festival to know that though (obviously) but every time I see him on TV I’m like heyyyy! But then I’m like noooooo.. he is very conservative but maybe he’ll get there one day.

I know I’ve been getting a lot of positive feedback (THANK YOU!) but honestly I feel like I’m going to be so embarrassed about this blog in like 5 years. Like I actually already am but I just know that it’ll be so much worse in time. 

Anyway have a great week!