Senior Project #20

I really enjoyed the whole senior project experience. I still have a few more hours to go with my mentor, but those will be done once he returns. I feel as if I accomplished something that is beneficial to the community who has given so much to me as a I grew up by simply giving my time to the children. This really did make me realize that the children ARE the future, so making sure that they get the best education possible is crucial to the world.

Graphic designing was something I had never thought about doing before, and that is why i chose to look into it. The feeling of accomplishment after finishing a piece is the type of feeling that I live for and depending on how creating this building with Doug goes, I may think about looking into graphic designing as a career.

I will have a 21st blog on May 6th about how my last hours go.

Senior Project #19

Today, my dad and I were talking about school and he asked me why I've been gone for so many hours per day and I answered with "my senior project". My dad does not live with us during the week so he does not know much about my senior project so as I told him about it, I told him and it taught me to be selfless instead of selfish and he replied with "that's the key to life". I feel like my senior project is going to help me out in the future either with networking or as a simple reminder to put others first.

Senior Project #18

I learned today that Doug will be leaving for a vacation with his family and will not be back until May 3, so he had told me we would work together on our final project on May 6.

I will post an extra blog about the last of my mentoring hours on May 6.

Senior Project #17

Senior project has taught me so much, and I am really thankful that our school has this. I was never the type to volunteer my time until this project and now I feel like coming back and becoming apart of the Boys and Girls club during the summer (if there is a summer program). I am glad that before I leave my home town of South San Francisco to go to college, I was able to make an impact, even if it was a small one. I am very grateful for the opportunity to work the the children.

Senior Project #16

Doug and I met again today and we worked on all four shapes that he had taught me so far: the square, rectangle, triangle, and circle. We began to put some together such as the triangle and square. I really admire the work Doug does because he makes everything look so simple. He had showed me how to create a building, which took a while, and he used all of the shapes plus a few other abstract ones, and he said that next time he will be working with me to build my own building.

Senior Project #15

At the Boys and Girls Club today, I helped a second grader named Brianna with her multiplication homework. I actually got very excited to help her because when I was in the second grade learning multiplication, my teacher had songs to help us remember multiples. I had taught her the songs, for example, "2 4 6 8 10 12, 14 16 18, 20 22 24, count by 2's, learn some more" and they really helped her. I felt VERY good inside because those songs are the reason I was so quick with multiplication and I am hoping that in the future she will be quick as well.

Senior Project #14

Today I helped a fifth grader named Jessica with her language arts homework. It was pretty easy to explain since she was a very smart girl who caught on very quickly. She had told me "thank you so much!" after we were finished, and that really made me happy because that proves that I helped someone, and I'm all about helping others.

I went home very happy after helping her.