Blog 7-Second Interview Preparation

The purpose of the second interview is to justify your mentor as an expert in the field. You will be asking them at least 5 questions about their background and/or the background of the organization or company where they work.

1.)Who is your mentor and where do they work? If their workplace does not reflect their expertise, what makes them an expert?
-My mentor's name is Justin Arceo, his work place does not reflect his expertise. However, his Senior project dealt with fitness, he's been working out and learning about nutrition since then. My mentor has also helped several people reach their fitness goals, whether it's to lose weight, gain muscle, or tone up.

2.)What five questions will you ask them about their background?

-How do you spend your time?

-Do/did you have a mentor if yes, how did they influence you? If no, have you been a mentor to other people, how did that go?

-I know your familiar with Senior project, looking back now would you change anything? Such as your approach, possibly your topic, EQ, etc

-If you were me how would you approach this project?

-How do you think I could enrich my project, whether its through the EQ, Independent Components, Lesson Plans, etc.

The interview is due 10/31 by 8 am in numbered Q&A format to turnitin.com. Additionally, a reflection of the experience as well as a 5 minute audio/video clip should be posted on the blog by that time.

Blog 6-Advisory House Prep

We'll have a house discussion in place of research check this Friday to check in on how things are going.Please copy these questions and answer them in your own blog. Don't forget an image to promote interest.

1.)What worked well for you concerning senior project this year? What has made it a positive experience for you?
-What's worked well so far is being able to keep track of what I'm eating and actually committing to the exercise plan we worked out before starting the P90X. Whats made it a positive experience is genuinely feeling more energetic because of the exercises I do and the food I eat. I'm super excited to see the more notable difference from myself now and later when the projects all done.

2.)What are you finding concerning senior project? How can you adapt to make that portion work better for you? How might the senior team help?
-I'm finding that need to get stricter with my diet and amp up the exercises if I really want to see results. As of right now I'm keeping a food and exercise log, which are helping me, but I need to have a specific meal plan and exercise plan if I want solid results.

Blog 5-Interview 1 Reflection

Please copy these questions and answer them in your blog. Attach a link to your video or sound file. As usual you'll want an appropriate image to lead this.

Audio:
Interview 1
Interview 1 Extra Stuff

1.)What is the most important thing I learned from the interview? Is there anything I would do differently for other interviews?
-I learned several things from this interview, one of them was that I should  try to find the workout/diet that best works for me. This was helpful because I was extremely nervous about having to lift crazy amounts of weight but my mentor told me that I would do workouts that best suited my person so as to not overwhelm myself.  Justin also explained to me about supplements that are taken to help an individual reach their fitness goal. He said that I wouldn't need any right now because I'm just doing exercises to prepare my body for the P90x and gym. But nonetheless he explained about the different types of supplements and the best time to take them.
-I realized later on that running through a practice interview would have been better so that he could  relax and prep a bit. He provided amazing information but he seemed more comfortable after we talked about the project without audio recording anything, the conversation had a more natural flow. Talking about the project without audio recording also allowed us to get more familiarized with each other which also made things run a bit smoother.

2.)Did I get additional resources and contacts? What is the most useful? Why?
-Justin didn't provide contacts, but he did give me several websites to look into, such as bodybuilding.com, darebee.com, and he also provided a couple of apps such as Freeletics and Loseit.
-All of the sources  he provided have been extremely helpful in helping me find workouts, good eating habits, and helping calculate macros and such.

3.)What makes my interviewee qualified to help me?
-Justin has been a certified fitness instructor for about 2 years now and in that time has helped several people reach their fitness goals.

Blog 4-House Advisory Prep 1

Write a short explanation of what you are hoping to accomplish through your senior project topic. You will be sharing out on what you've written here with your house advisory and classmates on Friday, 9/11. Don't forget to start off with an interesting visual.

I'm still deciding between two topics so I'm going to write about both.

Criminal Investigation:I hope to gain a better understanding of criminal investigation, not only what they do, but what other people they work with, how they manage to get witness accounts of a crime, how they track people down, the precautions taken to preserve evidence, and so on. I also want to see if this is a possible career in the future.


Fitness: I want to find the best workouts and diet for my person to be able to reach my fitness goal. This project is obviously a big part in senior year, and I'll be able to dedicate all that time too improving my health and fitness.