Blog 11: Lesson 1 Reflection

1. what are you most proud of in your lesson, and why?
To be honest, I am not proud of the way I presented my lesson. I felt like I could have done a bit better. 
2. what assessment would give yourself on your lesson? Explain why earned this grade using your evidence from the component contract. 
The assessment I would give myself is an AP probably lower. The reason why I would give myself is grade because in the "professionalism" section it says that the presenter should have volume/enunciation and I feel that I did terrible on that part. 
3. If you could go back, what would you change about your lesson? How can you use that knowledge to give a better lesson 2. 
I felt like me lesson 1 was planned right but I did not really practice in front of people. So when I get a bit nervous and tend to just speak without knowing what I am saying. So it's not that my lesson plan wasn't planned right, it was more if the practicing with an audience. 

Blog 10: Interview 2 Reflection



ASPCA is an organization that helps all sorts of care centers
(my care center is one of them)

click here to listen to Interview 2

1. Please explain how you are spending your mentorship time (Is it at a workplace or somewhere else?  Are you shadowing?  Are you able to do tasks that are meaningfully related to the topic?  If so, what?  Are there other people who are experts in the location?  Etc...)
I do my mentorship/volunteering at a animal care center. I am not shadowing as much. I usually work on my own but I do shadow the kennel officers at the care center. This mentorship/volunteer actually does help with a part of my research but not all. Most of the people at the care center are not really experts by doing research and schooling. They learn by experience. The reason they learn from experience, is because you can't really learn by just doing research. One is able to research all they like about a dog but it wouldn't be as useful as learning hands on.

2.  How did you find your mentor?  How did you convince this person to help you?   
      When I would volunteer we would spend a lot of time with the kennel officers. So I asked one of them to help me with my project. His name is Jaime Ramos, he is very kind and helpful when it comes to helping the volunteers.

3. How would you rate your comfort level with your mentor at this point in your relationship?  How does this relate to the time you've spent so far at mentorship/with this person

  I actually got a bit more comfortable with my mentor when I did my interview. In person I don't really spend as much time as I would like because he has other things that he is busy with. But if I need help or if I want to know something I would go to him and ask.

ASPCA travels around Los Angeles to do things like free
spay and neutering dogs and cats                                     

4. What went well in this interview?  Why do you think so?  What do you still need to improve?  How do you know?  How will you go about it?

 The thing that went well in this interview is that I got to know my mentor a bit more and I am a bit more comfortable with him. I think I'm not sure if he is completely comfortable as I am. I think so because I got to know more about his personal life and why he does the things he does.

Blog 9 - Advisory Prep 3

1. State whether or not you currently have a mentor, and what the status of your interview is with that person (I have completed the interview, I have scheduled the interview, I have not scheduled the interview, etc).
 I currently do not have a mentor because my previous mentor just disappeared with out letting me know. I'm not sure exactly where he went but hope the best for him. But I know who I plan on interviewing, I also think they might be my future mentor since I spend so much time working with them.   
                  2. At this point, your research is probably guiding your studies toward more specific areas within your topic.  Name the area or two you find most promising and explain your reasons. 
Actually I just started a new topic so I am not completely sure what I want to specifically research about right now. But I am sure that it will come soon.
   
3. What kinds of sources do you think will help you in the next month to gain more research depth?  Where will you go to get them? 
I feel like the library will provided helpful sources. Some books and maybe videos etc. I feel that books provide a different point of view, rather than articles. 

4. Write down a possible EQ.  Please don't worry about wording other than ensuring that it provides the option for multiple correct answers.  At this point, the senior team is most interested in understanding your thought process. What is significant to shelter care? 

Blog 8: Independent Component 1 Proposal

1. Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.
      What I plan on doing is taking part in various pet adoptions that my shelter host. I don't only have to do it for my shelter I can also look for other pet adoptions that other shelters host. Pet adoptions can last for different amounts of time. For example, I am helping out in a pet adoption this Saturday and Sunday for about more than 15 hours. What I will be doing is help set up the adopt, help bring in the dog to the location of the event, provide information about the dogs, a bit of paper work, help maintain the area clean, and cleaning up. I'm sure I will be doing more than I listed because there is always something to do.

2. Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectations of showing 30 hours of evidence.
    What I can do to show that I did the 30 hours of service by one taking pictures. Another way I can show my evidence by getting flyers, papers, etc. I can also film videos of the events and I can edit them to make it sort of like a short film.

3. Explain how or what you will be doing to help you explore your topic in more depth.
     These pet adoptions I know for a fact show me how dogs react in a totally different environment. But I will also get to see more human to dog interaction and how it effects them. This will not only show me more about dog behavior, it shows me how shelters work during pet adoptions (like how do they get people to adopt dogs and cats?!).

4. Update your Senior Project log
    I will be updating my Senior Project log after every pet adoption I do. I will try to be as consistent as I can.

Blog 7 - Second Interview Preparation

 1. My mentor currently is Rudy Gaona. He works at the Baldwin Park animal care center. Well Mr. Gaona is actually trains volunteer on how to handle dogs. So he isn't exactly an expert but he does handle a lot of dogs and has experienced different things.


 2.  Have you ever study about dog training?
     Why is it that you chose to work here?
     Would you plan on learning more about your job?
     What exactly will I learn in the next few months or so?

     What is the best part and worst part about doing your job?

Blog 6 - Advisory Prep

These are some of the dogs I handled in the shelter

1. What has worked well for you concerning senior project this year?  What has made it a positive experience for you?
          Well I am going to be a volunteer soon, at the Baldwin park animal care center. This was the only thing that want as planned. But this was a positive experience because even though I am not doing what I wanted I am still gaining more knowledge about dogs.

2. What are you finding difficult concerning senior project?  How can you adapt to make that portion work better for you?  How might the senior team help?

       Thing I finding most difficult is trying to find a mentor for dog training. The reason trainers don't wouldn't want to be my mentors is because they are afraid that dogs might try to bite. Another difficult thing would be trying to come up with an essential question for my topic

 

 

Blog 5 - Interview 1 Reflection

Click here to listen to the interview audio 

1. What is the most important thing I learned from the interview?  Is there anything I would do differently for other interviews? 
The most important thing I learned was, resources that you read can teach you one thing and experience can teach you something way different. I actually wouldn't change anything for the other interviews. The first interview was actually pretty good because we took our time and I asked follow up questions (kinda). 

2. Did I get additional resources and contacts?  What is the most useful?  Why?

This was one of the dogs that was talked about in the interview

        I actually did get addition contacts but i didn't really get any sources. I feel like the contacts will actually be useful for my topic. I think they will help me because they know a bit more about dog behavior than my interviewee. 

3. What makes my interviewee qualified to help me? 
       My interviewee was qualified to help me because he has worked at the shelter. So if he has work at the shelter for so long I would assumed he knows a lot about dog behavior. When I volunteer at the shelter he actually points out the dogs behaviors and how to handle the dogs. 

Blog 4 - House Advisory Prep 1

Small steps can make a difference sometimes

Happy Dog, Happy Owner :)

Enjoy your life once in a while

 

Write a short explanation of what you are hoping to accomplish through your senior project topic.

One thing I would like to accomplish during senior project is to be able to help as many dogs and dog owners as I can. The way I can accomplish this by helping dogs that are in need of help (have behavior problems). So by helping the dog you can make them a happy dog, and a happy dog makes a happy owner. Another thing I would like to accomplish is to help as many dogs/animals in the animal shelter. I know these accomplish may not mean that much to others but little things like this can actually make a difference. Dogs can actually play a big role in your life. They teach us things we often forget later on in life, like- enjoying life.  

Blog 3 - First Interview Preparation

1.  Who do you plan to interview?  Why?
      The person I plan on interviewing the head volunteer coordinator of the volunteer program at the Baldwin Park Animal Shelter. The name of my interviewee is Rudy Gaona. I plan on interviewing Mr. Gaona because he has been working at the shelter for quite sometime. He has handled all kinds of animals especially dogs. So he I am sure Mr. Gaona all different types of animal behaviors.

2.  Five questions will be assigned to all seniors to ask.  What additional questions do you plan to ask?
       Have you encountered any animals that no on could handle? If so how did you guys handle it? 
       Can you tell me the different types if behaviors you seen in the shelter

Blog 2 - Summer Mentorship

 During the summer I did my mentorship at the gym with my personal trainer. This was a picture of the first day I went to do my mentorship.I would also work out with my mentor at home, when we didn't work out at the gym.


I actually thought about doing my mentorship on health and fitness.

1. List the contact name, phone number, and organization of the person with whom you volunteered.

     The name of my mentor and personal trainer is Christian Velez. His phone number is (626) 549-8412. My mentor is a personal trainer at Spartan Fitness.

2. What qualified this person as an expert in your topic choice?  

     My mentor helps me understand the diet that in need to maintain my healthy life. He also teaches me Intense works out that also help me maintain my healthy life style.

3. List three questions for further exploration now that you've completed your summer hours.

     Question 1: Is it necessary to eat or drinking protein after a work out?

     Question 2: What should one eat before and after one works out? And what exactly should they eat?

      Question 3: When will you start seeing results of the training that you have done?

        

4. What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?

     Well I actually learned that maintaining a healthy life style can sometimes be quite difficult at times because not all people have money or time to work out at the gym; not everyone has money to buy all the healthy and fresh produce to consume. The reason I thought of switching to this topic was because it seemed interesting to learn about health.

5. What is your senior project topic going to be?  How did mentorship help you make your decision?  Please explain

   I thinking I am just going to stick with dog training or dog behavior. My mentorship help me narrow my decision because I was actually interested in health and fitness during the summer. But I definitely learned that this topic isn't for me because it requires so much time, dedication, and motivation to maintain a healthy life style. I rather use my time and dedication to a cause that helps others.

 

Blog 1: Senior Final Lesson/Interview Reflections

Dog training

 

Nursing

 

1.  What three lessons were most helpful for you to see, and why?
      The three lessons that were most helpful to me were the Clinical Psychology, Preschool Special Education, and Cardiology. I felt that I learned the most from these lesson because the presentations were actually pretty interesting. I felt that presenters were actually into their topics, whereas other peoples were dry and boring.

2. List one thing that you learned about the senior project in interviews that will help you get off to a good start?

     One thing I learned was not to procrastinate as much. If you procrastinate on Senior Project you will start to fall behind. Then you will have so much work that it will be come so stressful for you.

3. What topic(s) are you considering, and why?
      The topics that I am considering at the moment is Dog Training or Nursing.

     

4. What EQ do you think might be interesting to consider in guiding a project like this? (Please don't worry about any sort of formula...we want this question to come from your genuine interest).

    Dog Training: What are some ways a dog can be successfully trained?

     Nursing: What are some ways nurse can help and care for a patient?

5. What are some ideas you have about finding summer mentorship?

   Dog Training: I was think of searching for places or people that I know that train dogs. For example Petco or Petmart

Nursing: I was think of applying for Pomona Hospital or some hospitals around me d me.