Extra Post for September

This month I worked at the L.A. County Fair and I worked at...

It helped me improve my social skills a little more and also working with other people. My job was to run for a cashier (I'd bring the order to the cashier) and then some days I'd be cashier myself. Sometimes I'd have to work until 12 AM and I'd work from Friday's to Sunday's. 

I've had different experiences with customers...

• Many of them were picky with their food.
• One of them called me their cousin (even though we weren't related)
• A drunk couple...
• A lady gave me a Taiwan/Hong Kong coin.
• It was hard to understand people with really heavy accents.
• Some were really friendly and some had the biggest attitude I've ever seen... 

So now that the fair is over it was sad saying goodbye to the people I had gotten close to when working with them. They were really fun and interesting people, I even remembered one of them from primary school.

Second Interview Questions

Content:
The purpose of the second interview is to justify your mentor as an expert in the field. Thus, you will be asking at least 5 questions about their background and/or the background of the organization or company where they work.

1. Who is your mentor and where do they work?

- Ms. Smith, she works at Cortez Magnet. (but technically right now I don't have an actual mentor now that my topic isn't really teaching)

2. What five questions will you ask them about their background?

- When did you decide to become a teacher and why?
- What are some problems that you have faced in the past when teaching and how were you able to overcome them?
- What course were required in college in order for you to become a teacher?
- What would you consider your style of teaching?
- What is a lesson plan you are most proud of and why?

Blog 5: Project Reflection and Working EQ

Content:   

Using what you have done so far, answer the following 5 questions (be specific and use examples).

The Pentagon:

(1) Positive Statement: What positive thing happen as a result of what you have completed so far?

- I got to work with a teacher I've been knowing for five years now.

(2) EQ Content:  Pick a piece of research or your interview.  How has it helped you improve your understanding of your topic?

- One of my pieces of research () has shown me how a teacher should know how to use psychology when it is needed. For example, when I was doing mentorship hours at Cortez a student started crying because she forgot her folder and so the teacher would just use kind and reassuring words but she also made sure the student knew not to forget her materials for class. 

(3) What has worked for you so far in the senior project?

- Being able to have a close bond with the people at the school I'm doing my mentorship at.

(4) What hasn't worked so far?  

- I wanted to get a mentorship at an health organization that worked with psychologists but finding one where I could get mentorship was hard. As for finding forensic science based field (I needed to pay a lot of money in order to get into the Forensic Academy).

(5) Finding Value: 

•  What is a potential question you would like to study this year?  (working EQ)

- How can psychology be used in an educational foundation? 

•  What do you plan to do for mentorship?  If you haven't found a mentor yet, then discuss where you are currently looking and who you are talking to to find it.

- My mentorship will be at Cortez Elementary School although I would've really liked to have gotten in a forensic field. My mentor is a 3rd grade teacher named Mrs. Smith.