Senior Project Reflection

(1) Positive Statement

Out of my entire senior project I have say that I am most proud of my Two-Hour Presentation, because I was not entirely sure I could do it. When it was finally over, I was ecstatic. Just knowing that I could do it felt great. I also was surprised at the decoration of the classroom; I had not expected for them to work out so well.

(2) Questions to Consider

a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your 2-Hour Presentation (self-assessment)? Why?

For my 2-Hour-Presentation I feel like I deserve an AE. It was full of useful content and the activities were easy to relate to both the answers and the students. Though some of the activities were personal, people were still willing to do them.

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

I think that my overall senior project should be a P, because I have done mostly P work throughout the year. I have had my ups and downs, but overall it should balance out into a P.

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

Being able to chose the topic that I wanted to research so that I could easily relate to it was really helpful. 

(4) What didn’t work for you in your senior project?

Having all of first semester be about Model Assembly, because I felt like I lost a lot of time doing that. I also felt like there should have been more time in between big assignments.

(5) Finding Value

PTSD may be a very specific disorder that effects only a fraction of the population, but the treatments for it can be applied to everyone's daily life. Everyone has some level of distortion in their perspective in which Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy could be useful. Everyone is exposed to stress and should know how to respond to it in a positive way. Learning about these methods and how they work has allowed me to take a look into my everyday life and ask myself whether or not I am going about it in the best way possible. Though I know that I am not, I also know of how I can change that. Learning about PTSD has given me the ability to be more critical about sensitive situations. This has given me more confidence about my ability to go become a psychiatrist in the future.

2-Hour Presentation

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Service Learning

Literal ·
This is my Log
Mrs. Ortega was my supervisor.
I was in charge of making PowerPoints and presenting them along with Griselda S. We also created a video with the help of Liam R. and the juniors, Priscilla W. and Dominic Z.
Interpretive
The most important thing I gained from this experience was the ability to problem solve by being able to separate myself from a situation. By being able to see how the problem looks through an observers point-of-view it is easier to break it down and find what is working and what simply needs to change. I also found that the knowledge I accumulated from it allowed me to understand the importance of cognitive-behavioral therapy.
Applied
Because this service learning allowed me to expand my knowledge of problem solving and peer mediation, I was.able to use that knowledge to find something that could work best, even with the variety of people that we're talking about.
Mrs. Ortega was my supervisor.