1. Who do you plan to interview? What is this person's area of expertise?
I plan on interviewing one of the sergeants or one of the volunteers. The volunteers may have more experience but that's about it. But the sergeant are usually the head of the shelter so they have to have a lot more work experience than most at the shelter.
2. Verify that you have called your interviewee to schedule an interview. What is the date and time of the interview? I have not called to schedule an interview but I am going to try and schedule one this weekend.
3. Phrase an open-ended question that will help you find research resources that would help to answer the EQ. What are some of the other ways shelters around the U.S. get animals adopted?
Why is this way effective?
4. Phrase an open-ended question that will help you think about other useful activities you might do to help you answer the EQ
Do pet adopts get pet people to adopt animals quicker?
Are events any different than just adopting an animal at the shelter?
Phrase two open-ended questions that help you to understand your interviewee's perspective on an aspect of your EQ.
How do you get so many animals adopted?
Do you know any other techniques that may get animals adopted
1. Where are you doing your mentorship?
I am doing my mentorship at the Baldwin Park animal shelter.
2. Who is your contact? What makes this person an expert?
My contact is Jiame Ramos. He is an expert because he has been working at the shelter for years and the years before that he worked with animals as well.
3. How many hours have you done during the school year?
I have done 49 hours.
4. Succinctly summarize what you did, how well you and your mentor worked together, and how you plan to complete the remaining hours
I usually help with dogs at the shelter since they do make up the majority of the shelter. Me and my mentor work pretty well but he can be a bit socially awkward. I plan on finishing my hours there at the shelter or maybe another shelter.
It is important to consistently work on your senior project, whether it is break or we are in school. What did you do over the break with your senior project?
Over break I just did a little more research online. I wanted to do more mentorship time but I couldn't since I am out of the country.
What was the most important thing you learned from what you did, and why? What was the source of what you learned? One thing I did learned is most countries around the world do not care for homeless animals. There is only a few that do. For example Costa Rica was the first in Latin america to become a "No-Kill nation", they outlawed euthanasia as a form of animal in 2003. Costa Rica is one of the FOUR countries around the world that care for homeless animals. So ever since I got to colombia I have seen a homeless dog every single day. I have seen it in Mexico as well but it just goes to show that most do not care. I think most countries do not care is because they are third world countries.
Your third interview will be a 10 question interview related to possible answers for your EQ. Who do you plan to talk to and why? For my third interview I plan on interviewing someone that either volunteers or works at a "no-kill' shelter.
