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= The Personal Project and You =

** Whatever form you decide on, your personal project must: **

 * have a clear and achievable goal
 * allow you to express a truly personal message
 * be the result of your initiative, creativity and ability to organize and plan
 * be based on research
 * reflect your special interests, hobbies, special abilities, or concerns about particular issues
 * deal with a topic or area to which you are committed
 * be entirely your own work

** Your personal project must not: **
 * be part of any assessed course work
 * destroy your personal and social life, nor interfere with your studies, even though it will involve many hours of work
 * be too closely linked to any specific subject
 * be a topic you can copy from a book or a general topic (e.g. “Reggae Music”)
 * be a question or challenge which you know you cannot meet
 * be too easy to achieve

** Additional points to consider: ** >
 * your personal project can be written in any of the IB languages (English, French, Spanish, Mandarin)
 * it can be done in cooperation with other students as long as each student’s work has a different goal and the success of the project is not dependent on each other
 * it must be completed with the guidance of your supervisor; you can get help from other people as long as you record this
 * Different types of personal projects: **
 * an original work of art (e.g. visual, dramatic, performance)
 * an essay: a written piece of work on a special topic (literary, social, psychological)
 * a piece of literary fiction (e.g. creative writing)
 * an original science experiment
 * an invention or specially-designed object or system
 * the presentation of a developed business, or organizational plan ( for an entrepreneurial business or project, a special event)
 * the development of a new student or community organization