Reflection #987,768,023

What did you learn?

My path for my future throughout this semester has become clear.

How did you learn in?
The obvious answer to this would be through internship, i have gained an better understanding of the field i want to go into after college. The awareness of the troubled economy triggered by blogging and lessons has made me think about my future how will things be. how can i change them for my kids in the future? How will i get to college through times where funding is low? I never thought about those things before the lessons in this class. I also realized that although biology is my favorite subject and i want to be a dentist when i grow up i really enjoy writing and i can see myself writing for the school paper or taking another humanities class in college.

Why is this important?
Personally i think working just for a grade isn't as good as working for a reason. I have no problem working for no reward if i see the bigger picture after asking "why". its important to look at the bigger reward and that for me is my future. I already see working paying off in my writting draft by draft i could see my paper becoming better and better. I'm really proud of my article and this project reminded me again of why its important to show yourself that you CAN do anything when you work hard at it.

Reflect this and that

1. Overall, when you think about the big picture of your writing, what improved? How did it get better? Why?

The area that i did the most improving on would have to be getting critiques. Normally my mentality was like "i wrote it, its from the heart 3 critiques are okay but its good the way it is" but i realized even the best of the best writers go through many drafts and listen to others. Im not naturally a productive listener...but its all a learning process.

2. Overall, when you think about the big picture of your writing, what still needs work? What do you think will help you improve? Why?

I still think my headline is horrible. Its improved but it still could be better but after going through 20 headlines it honestly was my best. A headline is what draws the reader in i honestly think its the most important part of the paper. And i couldn't get it right so to me it messed up my whole paper.

3. Specifically, show us something that improved and describe the path it took to get better. You can quote your article, your drafts, link to evidence, etc.

Honestly i can see the improvement from draft to draft. But the real improvement in my writing is a mystery. I wont fully know how i have improved until i write and critique my next paper. My personal improvement isn't clear to me in my writing, however i can see my critiques on other people's papers have become more relevant. So i know im learning something because I'm becoming a better critiquer.

4. Describe something specific (or a few things!) that you learned about writing.
I learned that when you are in a class, it is a community of learners. Your teacher may always have the answer, but regardless you should put faith in your fellow citizens of the class and ask them too. That makes them better teachers which helps them learn. It also helps you so that when somebody comes to you, you can share your knowledge with them. i think this makes sense comment me if you would like to challenge my statement.

Magazine Reflection

1. What went well for you during the process of creating this magazine?

I think getting a one-on-one critique session with Karima was the only thing positive i got out of this project. It improved my paper a lot more and watching and listening to what she had to say was a lot more effective than passing my paper around to kids around the classes and just getting it back.

2. What challenges did you face as you moved from an early draft or idea to a final product?

I had a hard time staying focused because the project was just so long and too dragged out to me that i just cant stand it anymore. especially because from the beginning i said i didnt wanna do a magazine in the first place next year if we have to do a magazine im really going to think outside of the box to see how to make it different.

3. What other examples of work—student and professional—stood out as exemplary and served as a good model for your own work?
I really liked Wyatts layout for his paper whoever did it. I felt like it was clean cut and stood out as a pretty page. I didnt read his article but im sure people would

Photo Essay

“when I grow up I want to be a baby doctor” at the time I didn’t know the official title for my goal was OBGYN. I remember saying this when I was 5 years old to my mother. Yet here I am. In the 11th grade, a junior at High Tech High Media Arts and beginning to think about my career path. Since I was 5 I have changed my goals a numerous amount of times, lately I have been thinking about the field of dentistry. At my school every 11th grader was given the chance to choose their internship. And given the circumstances I chose to work in a dental office. As it turns out I loved it! My favorite thing to do was prepare trays for the Dentist, it was nice knowing I contributed to the office and helped get the job done faster. I have accomplished an ample amount during my time spent at internship.

During my immersion Dr. Stevens (my mentor) taught me how to do fillings and crowns. I was able to do a tooth colored filling on a false tooth and I made a temporary crown on a clay mold of a mouth. Out of the work I did my favorite part was taking the mold of the tooth to get the temporary prepared. As I mixed the two putties together I felt as if I was in kindergarten once again it was moderately fun. When I looked at my final product I was not pleased with it even though my mentor said it was good for my first try. It was just that to me “good for a first time” not GREAT. But the mold came out almost perfect so I carried it around with pride that day.




Working with teeth isn’t the only thing I got to do while at internship. Since I was considering designing their new ad for their office I learned how marketing was important for business. During my lunch breaks I also realized how businesses could help each other survive. Dealing with our current economical crisis some dentist has been struggling because of the lack of dental insurance and people losing their jobs. Without money or insurance, a visit to the dentist is overlooked. In order to get business you must advertise your company and to draw in customers this office in particular gave people the “ New Patient Special” and because of their location, their advertising, and there special prices there able to build up a business in such a bad time economically.



With businesses thriving it was interesting to see that other businesses could actually help each other. During Lunch on days I was at my internship I realized I had a variety of places I could eat at most times the business was slow so I had a short wait but one day I was at Panera and saw a girl give a discount to a neighboring store employee then I thought to myself “this company probably is making profit right now, it seems as if the economy hasn’t even effected them as I would expect.” But as I realized how many companies have offices at liberty station it dawned on me that it was other companies who were keeping this particular store a float. And if every company looked out for each other we could grow as a nation.

At the end of the day the dental office is built off of education, relaxation, and communication. Everyday politics, science, and personal relations are all brought into the office but the main key to a successful office is balance. The office was such a vibrant place to be, full of happiness and joy. When it came to crunch time everybody knew how to handle a challenging task. Life in the office is pretty much…life. One action can affect a lot of different aspects of your work environment and knowing that I learned this through internships as a high school student makes me confident in myself to be thrown into the real world of work. And I wouldn’t trade that opportunity in for anything in the world.

Contribution

1. What article(s) would you like to write for the magazine? What photography could you contribute? Art? List three different ideas for your major contribution.

• Editorial on my experience with internship
  
• student guide on what not to do during your internship semester
  
• editorial on picking internships
  

2. Suggest at least one (or more) possible title for the magazine. This could be a title with or without a subtitle. For example, I work for UnBoxed: a Journal of Adult Learning in Schools.

• Internships Uncensored: Student driven magazine revealing the truth about internship.
  

3. Suggest a topic for an article that you were personally like to read in a magazine inspired by the internship semester.

• I would enjoy reading the steps and tools it takes to get a good productive internship and make it fun.
  

Internship Reflection

How could immersion impact your experience as a student?

I feel like internship made me see the bigger in my goals and it made me feel like some of the classes i take are worthless. Yes some math is helpful in being a dentist but it isn't all complicated like the stuff i'm learning and it kind of made me feel depressed that i was sitting here wasting my time with an unnecessary class.

Although it made me feel like i was wasting my time it made me see that with hard work and determination your goals will be met eventually even if you take a long unnecessary journey there it will be met. I loved being in a work environment such as the office i was in even if i don't become a dentist it helped me know what i want in a work environment. and talking to my mentor taught me how to get there, he still had to take math in college luckily for him he was strong in math however even if my personal best is a B or C as long as you score high on the DAT you are all set and i am good at stuff when im passionate about it which is what im excited about.

immersion just left me all confused. but it definitely changed my views as a student.

confusion

1. What are you most excited about in regards to your immersion experience? Why do you feel this way?
I am most excited about seeing a full day in action in the office.from beginning to the near end. I am excited about getting my project started during these 2 weeks and challenging myself with my internship even more than i have already been challenged.
i feel this way because its easy to just sit around the office when there aren't any patience but i will work on my project when were slow.

2. What are you most concerned about (what causes the most stress) regarding immersion? Why do you feel this way?
i am most concerned about my project i keep talking to my mentor about it but hes not really telling me if my ideas work for him and stuff... he just keeps saying YEAH SURE but im just going to make an ad i guess ill see whats going on.