I live in a part of the United States (Washington State) that, in order to graduate from high school, you must complete something called a senior project. You can do pretty much anything for your project, so long as it is something that you love and want to do. For example, I am going to a class of second grade students every Monday and leading an Art Club. Everyone's senior project is different. You must have at least 15 hours of your project, you must take like a bajillion pictures of you doing your project, you must record your hours, and when you are done with everything, you must put together this complicated portfolio that is actually pretty awesome when you're done. On top of all that, you must write a speech (about your project, why you chose your project, and what you learned about yourself by comoleting the project) that is at least 4 pages long written, and 8-11 minutes long verbally. You write this speech, practice it a buttload, and each student must present their speech in front of a board of teachers and community members that judge you on your senior speech.

THIS IS THE STRESS I AM GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.

I am at the stage of writing my speech. It is five and a half pages long and I don't know how long it is verbally. I hate speeches with a burning passion of 1,000 heads of Hyunseung's red hair.

What I want to know now is....does anybody else have to go through this in order to graduate?