Blog 22: Mentorship

Literal

• Log of hours on the right hand side of my blog
• Dr. Leonard Sigdestad, (909)825-3144, Loma Linda Animal Hospital

Interpretive
The most important thing I have gained from this experience is learning about Veterinary Medicine and what veterinarians do on a daily basis. It was important because all the information I learned I could use for my senior project and present it to the class. It was also very interesting learning about it through hands on situations. I also met knew people while I went to my mentorship. Volunteering at the Loma Linda Animal Hospital has also helped me decide that I do not want to become a veterinarian when I am older due to the suffering animals go through. Animals have a special place in my heart that I wouldn't bear being a veterinarian.

Applied
All of what I learned and all that I have experienced has helped me come up with my essential question and my 3 answers. I see a situation that relates to all of my 3 answers every time I go to my mentorship. At the beginning of the year I wanted to focus my essential question on surgical procedures because of preference. When I first started volunteering at my mentorship, I noticed that the hospital is known for performing surgical procedures. I got really interested in that topic and based my whole senior project on it. As I continued the school year and I got to the point of coming up with my 3 answers, I didn't know where to look, but I later realized that my best source of information is my mentorship. There I found my 3 answers that I felt really confident about it. My mentorship has helped me a lot in my senior project.