Brainstorming (Documentary prep)

In this documentary on Academic pressure, I would like issues such as student pressure, teacher pressure, and parent pressure to be addressed. I think it would be cool to follow to students, one boy and one girl around who are in the midst of preparing for college, and show all the things that they are doing to better their education and to get into college. You could show all the extra curricular activities they do, and show just what length some students have gone to, to get into college, or what they have done for a grade. I think the target audience would consist of teens mostly academy students, and maybe even teachers. I would hope that after they watch they documentary they understand that students here, and throughout our country will push themselves over the edge for grades, and that maybe we should create a better way to handle the college and grades issue. Kids shouldn't be stressing out this much, or working this hard, they'll spend the rest of their lives working. High- School is a time to enjoy.

Possible research and interview questions:

What extra things do you do that might prove as scholarship opportunities?

Are you part of any clubs?

Did you do these activities for a scholarship or for the fact that they looked good, or just because you enjoy them?

Where would you like to go to college?

Can your family afford you school of choice?

What lengths have you pushed yourself to, to get a grade, or for something school related?

What time do you go to sleep every night and how late have you stayed up doing homework?

Do you ever feel pressured regarding your academics, college etc.?

Who puts these “pressures” on you?

What things do you like to do in your spare time?
I think that before I go on interviewing, I think I would want to get multiple perspectives from teachers and students on college, and the workload to get in. Ideally I would want to follow two extreme cases and see if their methods were successful or not in getting into their college of choice. I would also want to talk to admission people at High- Schools here, and at colleges in Hawaii. Maybe we could even find clips of Admission people from colleges on the mainland speaking about the entry process and what they are looking for.
I just want students, teachers, and parents to get an inside look at just what it takes to get into college, and what we go through with school, social lives, sports, the list is endless. I think it might prove valuable for other students to know what worked and what didn’t work as far as college admissions, and what can set you apart from the rest. It should be an issue that would hit home for a school of such academic excellence.