Blog 23: Exit Interview

me during final presentation

1. What is your essential question, and what are your answers? What is your best answer and why?
    My essential question is "What is the best strategy that a shelter can employ that will improve the chances that its animals get adopted?" The best answer that I found was, pet adoptions. Pet adoptions seemed to be the best strategy that a shelter can employ to get most animals adopted.

2. What process did you take to arrive at this answer?
    There was not really a processes but I found this answer with the help of my independent component one. But I did not know what my essential question was going to be at that time but knew it was going to do with getting animals adopted and out of the shelter. So as I settled and got my EQ I noticed that my independent component fit as one of my answers. And it was one of the most effective way to get animals adopted

3. What problems did you face? How did you resolve them?
    The problems I faced through senior project was one finding a mentor and keeping that mentor. That's one of the reason why I changed my topic. At the shelter most of the workers there are busy and never have time to slow down and ask questions, there is always something to do at the shelter. Another problem I faced was finding enough research, I would have to say most of my research came from online sources. I tried to look for book at the library but they just talked shelters and what they do. So the books did not help me with my answers.  

4. What are the two most significant sources you used to answer your essential questions and why?
    The sources that helped my answer my essential question, were ASPCA (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) and Best Friends Animal Society. I have used these organizations multiple times for research, they did help me a lot. These organizations helped me because most of them had information that I was looking for. Most of time it was right on the dot, it was amazing. Another source would be the volunteers and some of the workers at the animal shelter. They have taught me a lot of things along the way.