Our second documentary was a lot easier to edit than our first one. The whole point of our story is that I haven’t made my decision yet as to what I am going to do in the future. I know what takes first place in my life, and that is my relationship with Jehovah God. My issue is finding a career that will allow me put spiritual things first, but at the same time, be something that I won’t be completely miserable doing. The easy and secure approach would be taking courses for jobs like nursing or accounting that can be reliable in any economy. It would be so much easier for me to take those opportunities if I were very fond of science and math, but I’m not.

Therefore, instead of ending our documentary with a decision I make, we portrayed the simple fact that I am not alone in this struggle to choose between culture and passion. We interviewed two people that are going through similar situations as I am, and we got their perspectives on the matter. In the end, I realized that although it’s frustrating to not know yet about what I want to do in the future, it’s still okay, because at our age, it’s normal to be confused. Exploring the issues of ethnicity and culture really made me realize the complexity of this subject, and writing a paper about it made me think a lot about possible solutions to the problem as well as what would make the problem worse. I’m happy with how our project turned out, and I’m thankful for the help that my group members provided.

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