Blog 27: Self Reflection

1) Positive Statement

I was able to make my presentation both engaging, and fun. I feel that i was able to present otherwise dry material in a fun and effective manner; students were entertained, but they were also thinking throughout the presentation. Students showed that they learned the content from my presentation when groups made the patient portfolios.

(2) Questions to Consider

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

I would give myself an AE assessment for my 2-hour presentation. I was able to provide a presentation with rich information. My activities were engaging and fun; they had students thinking about the answers that I had presented, and overall, students were engaged.

 

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

AE. I went above-and-beyond throughout my senior year. I have 230 hours of community service (only 50 are required).  I've been told by my house teacher throughout the semester that my research and interviews have been of AE quality, and i have been able apply this senior project towards my life in many aspects.

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

 

Students were given so much freedom and independence throughout the school year. We were to independently find a place to do service learning, to find our own interviews, and to do our own research. This allowed us to think outside of the box and to create a purposeful and meaningful senior project. I believe that the freedom and independence that we were given "worked."

 

 

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

 For me, the exit interview didn't really work. Ideally, the exit interview should be the last thing we do senior year, after 2-hour. But instead, it is done before product presentation and 2-hour; we are given the impression that we are done with high school ("exit") when in reality, there is still a long way to go. Also, i personally didn't do well on my exit interview due to the fact that my time slot was bumped down significantly. I was supposed to do my exit interview at a 1:10 time slot, but to my surprise, i had to perform mine at 8:20 am. I was taken by surprise, and i ended up performing poorly on my exit interview. waSo on a personal level, exit interview didn't work for me.

(5) Finding Value

Through research, service learning, and interviews, I have made a final decision on my career path, which is to become a psychiatrist. At the start of senior year, I wasn’t quite sure what career I would seek. While I knew that I wanted to work in a “helping field,” I was torn between psychiatry, endocrinology, and psychology. After doing my senior topic on psychiatry, which basically served as a 1-year internship, I have come to the conclusion that this is what I want to do for the rest of my life. Without senior project, I wouldn't have been able to make this huge decision and I could have possibly pursued a career that I would end up hating.