Blog 1 – Senior Final Lesson/Interview Reflection

1. What three lessons were most helpful for you to see, and why?
• The three lessons that were most helpful for me were criminal law, special ed advisor, and teaching elementary. Criminal law was helpful for me because I learned a lot about the law and the speaker had me very entertained with her activity and this helped me pay attention more to her knowledge of criminal law. With the experience I have at home with my younger brother I have decided to do my senior project on special needs children, therefore the special ed advisor presentation helped me a lot because it gave me a background of what I'm going to learn while doing my project. Lastly, teaching elementary was helpful for me because it also gave me information about children and what to expect when mentoring at school during the summer. 
2. List one thing that you learned about the senior project in interviews that will help you get off to a good start?
• One thing I learned about the senior project in interviews that will help me get off to a good start was to do my service hours right away. I learned that once I do my service hours/mentorship then I would have a handful of information ready to be used for my senior project. 
3. What topic(s) are you considering, and why?
• The topic I am considering is special ed teaching or special ed nursing. I'm considering these topics because my brother is special ed, therefore I have quite a lot of experience with how special ed children react to learning, and what kind of care parents would want their children to be in when they are sick. 
4. What EQ do you think might be interesting to consider in guiding a project like this? (Please don't worry about any sort of formula...we want this question to come from your genuine interest).
• An EQ that I think might be interesting to consider in guiding a project like this would be...
• What kind of training would a special ed nurse have to have to be more successful than others? 
• What kind of training would a special ed teacher have to do in order to teach more to the kids?
5. What are some ideas you have about finding summer mentorship?
• Having to find a summer mentorship can be quite hard for some people. It can be hard because a hand full of people still do not know what to do their senior project on and having to know right away so one can find a mentor can be quite hard and forced. Also it can be hard to find a mentorship because some topics require a harder to reach mentor than others. However, for me it was easy because I'm planning on mentoring at my brother's school while he attends summer school.