Blog 22: Senior Project Reflection

(1)Positive Statement
Something I'm most proud of is that I've been able to progress throughout these couple months. My 10 minute presentation, and 30 minute presentation were alright, but I feel like I did a lot better during my block presentation because I actually knew what I was talking about.

(2) Questions to Consider
a. I would give myself a P. I think I managed to hit every point that I was supposed to.

b. I would probably give myself a P- just because I started lagging on getting stuff done and I didn't try my hardest on certain components.

(3) Something that really worked for me during my senior project was taking research checks and the iSearch Paper seriously. At first I felt like they were tedious and pointless tasks, but when it came down to my final presentation, I was able to get everything done and organize myself because of those two components.

(4) Something I would have done differently is definitely my mentorship. I wasn't able to find an actual substance abuse counselor, but if I had asked my friends and teachers for help, I probably would have, and I probably would have been more knowledgeable too.

(5) The Senior Project has helped me because it's allowed me to step out of my comfort zone and take initiative to finding the answers I need. I'm not the type of person who will just go up to any person and talk them, but I had to for this project. Looking for interviews and mentorship  forced me to be able to talk to professional adults and not feel intoimidated, even after I was turned down.

Blog 21: Mentorship

Content:

LIA Response to blog:

    Literal

·     Log of specific hours with a total and a description of your duties updated on the right hand side of your blog

Okay.

·     Contact Name and Mentorship Place
Isabel Godoy, Soledad Enrichment Action.

 

    Interpretive

     What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?
The most important thing I gained from this experience is the opportunity to put myself in the shoes of a counselor and experience firsthand what it takes and how much effort you have to put into improving someone else's life. Although I don't plan on majoring in Psychology, this project has opened the door to me having future connections and experience/knowledge about a topic that is worth going into, if I ever change my mind.

   Applied

     How has what you’ve done helped you to answer your EQ?  Please explain.
This helped me answer my EQ because I got to work with a lot of different counselors that have dealt with a lot of different clients and I was able to listen to their feedback and take advice from them and interpret it into a way that fit my essential question. All these counselors deal specifically with adolescents, which was a plus, because it made it evident how this problem is so huge yet unnoticed amongst young adults. Not only was I able to get insight from my mentor, but I was also able to get insight from her coworkers, which helped a lot.