Senior Project Reflection

(1) Positive Statement

What are you most proud of in your Block Presentation and/or your senior project? Why?

• Honestly, I'm really proud of the fact that if I were given the chance of having two hours to present, I would've made time for it. I honestly am not one who likes to present or necessarily speak for a long period of time. So, I felt that was a huge personal accomplishment. 
• When I was getting feedback from my audience, they complimented me on my presentation organization, and I was also given the comment that it seemed like I was really passionate about my topic and truly engaged myself into it.

(2) Questions to Consider

a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your Block Presentation (self-assessment)?

AE       P         AP       CR       NC

b.     What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project (self-assessment)?

AE       P          AP       CR       NC

(3) What worked for you in your senior project?

• What really helped me throughout my senior project was my mentorship for the mere fact that I'm getting the experience for myself and living through my answers in person. My first two answers came from my mentorship.

 (4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would have you done differently to improve your senior project if you could go back in time?

• If I were given a time machine and rewinded time, I believe I would've liked to get started on my mentorship a lot earlier. Towards the end, I was straggling on getting my hours. Fortunately for me, the Pasadena Humane Society was kindly willing enough to take my help and allowed me to be an intern.

(5) Finding Value

How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors?   Be specific and use examples.

•  The senior project has actually been very helpful. It's allowed me to adventure and explore in a topic I'm really passionate about. Every research check, I was learning new things that I had no clue about before. This has made me realize that if you're really passionate about something, and you start doing research and acting upon it,  you can go so far with it. In the future, I aspire to be a part of the film industry and aim at becoming a director of photography. Doing this project has inspired me to want to actually go out there and start working towards my goal. With that, I'll be interning in Georgia as I was interning at the Pasadena Humane Society.

Mentorship

Content:

 Literal

• Pasadena Humane Society 
• Mary Ann Nation-Greenwall, Vice President of Volunteer Services
• Milena Warns, Special Events Coordinator 

Interpretive

     The most important thing I gained from this experience was learning how much work it is to actually run an event. For both my mentorship during the summer and throughout the year, I worked with people who were in charge of promoting and educating people about the shelter. During the summer, a workshop for kids was hosted to educate them about current animal welfare issues.  They were given the privilege to meet a beagle who was rescued from an animal testing laboratory. When I was working with the development department, I helped them prepare for their most famous events. It was a ton of work that I didn't expect.  

Applied

     This has helped answer my essential question because it's allowed me to gain the actual experience of my best answer, along with my first answer. Had I not have the mentorship, I wouldn't have a slight clue of how much work is put into creating a successful adoption event that's both fun and helpful. It's helpful because people get to meet some of the shelter animals at the events. It encourages them to either want to adopt or donate to help the shelter out. With that, these events could also be used to promote responsibility amongst their visitors and to also educate others around them.