My English teacher in 12th grade was the “inventor” of the “Senior Project”. For us it was mandated as a 1/3rd of our English grade.
Consisted of a 12-20 page paper with citation, and a 10-15 minute speech and proof of 48 hours work on the project subject (one guy did a rotisserie car restoration frame, he had to show 48 hours work designing, building and painting the frame).
With the paper you did a rough draft then a final draft. My teacher HATED me worse than Tony, she tried three times to fail me. When I got my paper I decided it was good enough as I knew I’d ace the project and speech. So I went to the library and made a photo copy when a hot girl I knew had a library aid class down there. Turned the tone to light, the red ink disappeared. Made another copy darkened up, VOILA!!! She gave me a better grade btw, I died laughing.