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Blog 13: Lesson 2 Reflection

What am I most proud of in my lesson and why?

I was glad to be able to give people the chance to prove why being vegetarian is a great choice and allowing them to see for themselves by trying a vegetarian meal. The reaction of surprise when I told them that everything was a meat substitution was great. It was nice overall to show them that they can save the rain forest by the way they eat.

Self-assessment.

I think I deserved, at the very least, an AP. I believe I deserved an AP because overall I felt like my lesson was interesting and I was able to keep my audiences attention. I felt like I did a good job in explaining why the rain forest were very important. I cited my sources by showing my book and sort of giving them a lay out of what it was about. I did my job of informing them about what is happening to our environment that SHOULD be common knowledge.

As of right now I'm not sure what my second answer should be. I need to speak with my mentor and see what my second best answer should and could be.

Blog 12: Mentorship 10 Hours Check

 1.   Where are you doing your mentorship?

I am working with an organization called Planet Rehab. We educate people on environmental issues through the volunteers we receive on Saturday mornings. We also use our events as opportunities to educate people, as well as raising money in order to feed the animals we hold.

 2.   Who is your contact?

My contact is Gary C. Mitchel. He is the founder of Planet Rehab and my mentor. I chose him because he is very educated on the environment. Planet Rehab has a huge goal that we call the "Rainforest Initiative," which would allow us to purchase part of the rainforest in order to protect it from human expansion.

 3.   How many  hours have you done during the school year? (Summer Mentorship Hours and Mentorship Hours should be reflected separately in your Senior Project Hours log located on the right hand side of your blog).

I have done thirty hours throughout the school year. I usually go to Planet Rehab early before our meetings to do my mentorship hours.

 4.   Summarize the 10 hours of service you did.

I do my mentorship hours on Tuesday nights when we have our craft nights. I tend to go earlier to get more one-on-one with Gary. We usually speak to each other about new statistics on rainforest destruction as well as what has been going on worldwide. He informs me on what California is doing to try and help out environment. Gary has also spoken to me about our plan to sponsor tours to Costa Rica, where we could gain lots of publicity as well as profit for the organization. This will also us to be able to get a step closer to our Rainforest Initiative.

Blog 11: Holiday Project Update

Over break I only went to Planet Rehab twice. I went on Tuesday nights, like I usually do, to help out for craft night. Gary was able to catch me up on some of our progress on our Rainforest Initiative. He also told me that we are taking a huge step by sponsoring tours to Costa Rica! I was also able to help plan a couple of our events which are upcoming pretty soon.

I learned that our hardest goal with our Rainforest Initiative is the money we need to raise. We have set many events to raise enough money to at least purchase a couple of acres by 2016. It's a huge project in progress but we are slowly making our way to our goal.

In a ten question interview I'd speak with Gary. He is my best source because we are suppose to make my senior project come to life. What I mean by that is my project is based on our Rainforest Initiative. I'd ask many questions on HOW were are going to be able to sustain such a huge portion of land. I'd also like to know how Gary would go about managing life in the bush and in the city.