10/26/15 Mentorship Write Up Assignment

                My name is Eduardo, and I am very heavily involved in my school and community. I am currently a senior at East Hall high School. I am a member of the Marching Band, National Honor Society, Tri-M Music Honor Society, and Youth Leadership Hall. Apart from all those clubs, I am a duel-enrollment student, volunteer, and church-orchestra player. However, from all my activities and commitments, I always find time to attend my internship! I’ve known I’ve wanted a doctor since my earliest visits to the hospital and clinics, and after all my experiences with doctors, this internship is perfect! I can use my time-management skills, my alertness and focusing skills, and my social skills to get the most of this internship, and I am truly and surely getting ahead of my peers and excelling into my career. 

                After around a month, when most other students had already started their internships, my advisor contacted me to tell me she had the perfect place for me! It seemed last-minute and late, but I was eager and ready to meet my mentor. The Honors Mentorship Program had connected me with and placed me at the Guilford Immediate Care Clinic in Gainesville. I had never personally visited the Guildford Clinic before, but after a quick search, I found the address. On my first day, I dressed up and left my house early. Upon arrival, I was surprised to see multiple buildings in the complex, and I was honestly lost. I accidently went into the wrong building, but after some help, I found the correct building, and I was introduced to my mentor, Mrs. Gina Savage! She was very friendly, and she introduced me to all the receptionists, physicians, and nurses. Since that first day, I have continued my internship, and I have now been there for around two months.

                I intern on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and I have a rather interesting routine. When I enter the building, I always say hi, and I go straight to the nurses’ station. My mentor is Mrs. Savage, but she has given me the opportunity to train with the nurses, and I have learned plenty! Although the majority of patients come in with minor problems, like colds or pains, I have learned to take vitals, aided with x-ray procedures, and have seen blood drawn on multiple occasions. These are all very exciting and informative moments for me, it is giving me the opportunity to learn what the work-environment is like and what I need to know for my career. I love my internship at the Guilford Clinic, and I might possibly have a future there.

                For the remaining portion of this school year, I plan on continuing my internship at the Guilford Clinic. I then plan to attend college at either of my top two choices, the University of Georgia or Georgia State University. I then plan on attending medical school and finishing my career to become a surgical physician! Maybe I’ll even have a future with the Guilford Clinic!

10/19/15 Assignment

          I have participated in my internship for a little more than a month now, and I can honestly say that my perception has not changed much. As a student seeking to be a Surgical Physician, I am taking the first step by interning with several nurses, and I get to experience what their day is like. At first, I expected to constantly be moving and seeing patients, but I was slightly wrong. In the mornings, it is busier, and we are consistently treating patients, but once I am done with one patient, we must take time to upload information from charts to the computer system, and we must give the physician time to see every single patient! After the busier, morning hours, there is a period of slowness around lunchtime. During this time, we catch up on uploading information from charts, and we too eat lunch.

          What came as a surprise to me was the friendly and relaxed environment between the nurses, doctors, receptionists, and all workers. It is obvious that we must all work together in order to finish our tasks in a professional and timely manner, but it was nice to see that in our busy hours, the nurses all helped each other in whatever way we could. The physicians would also do their part to see patients and treat them as soon as possible. And in our slower hours, it was a surprise to see that all the employees would eat and talk in friendly tones. And although there is a regular routine of seeing patients, treating patients, and releasing patients, I have found that there is no real boringness in my internship. I always have the opportunity to help the nurses with patients, and I always see nurses uploading information. And even if we happen to have an extremely slow day, one can always count on seeing that one “interesting” patient.

10/5/15 Reflection Assignment

I believe that this journal article gave me some insight into what to truly expect from a good university. Colgate University and Sewanee: The University of the South have both been ranked very highly for the beauty of their campuses, and they have stated that their campuses have influence on a student’s decision on whether to attend or not. Universities and colleges that truly care about their students’ education and resources also provide the most updated and professional buildings to insure that the students truly learn and gain experience.
This entire article can now be a vital resource for me in life and assignments. I can use this article as a legitimate resource in papers and assignments because I have back-up when it comes to proving education and facilities. I want the best for my education, and I know that I will have to not only choose my favorite school that offers the best program for me, but also the best campus that will allow me to excel. With the proper facilities and resources, I can prosper in my studies and research, and I now know what I need to look for when visiting colleges and universities once again.

Graphic Organizer 9/28/15 Assignment

Source/Bibliography (MLA) 10 pts	Papandrea, Dawn. "Building A Better Campus." University Business 18.7 (2015): 38-44. Academic Search Complete. Web. 30 Sept. 2015.
Annotation: (Describe ALL info. that might be important for your paper. Explain to the reader and/or summarize what might be found in this source) 35 pts	In “Building a better campus”, the construction and planning of higher education’s, like universities, buildings is discussed. It is stated that around 50% of a group surveyed said that they have planned, will plan, or have already built new buildings for students to use! It was also stated the main purpose for construction was student growth, and the type of buildings receiving the most construction and renovation would be academic buildings. Lastly, the journal describe that a campus’ beauty and environment had an important role in students’ decisions to attend or not. Many students are attracted to newer buildings and schools with scenic areas, so the campuses are an influential and important variable for universities.
Potential Quotes: (Are there any significant quotes you can use or paraphrase from this source?) 15 pts	One quote that I believe is significant is the statement that 47% of major new construction projects and 37% of renovation projects are for the purpose of building academic buildings. This meant to me that my university’s statistics should generally be around the same amount if it means that they truly care about my education.
Assessment: (Analyze and explain why this source is credible) 15 pts	This journal article is a credible source due to its reputation and resources. The journal is written by a journalist from www.universitybusiness.com, a website described as a professional media group. The website offers multiple business articles that are related to universities. The journal article also uses resources from well-known universities. It states statistics and official opinions from the universities.

Big Future 9/14/15 Assignment

                We were asked to visit a website called Big Future, which is an extension of www.collegeboard.org. In this section, we could enter information about what we look for in a college or university. We filled out filters that included criteria like field of study, size and location, activities and sports and organizations, and even tuition and aid. After having entered all my information into the filters for the college search, I found that were plenty of options for me in the state of Georgia. Out of all the schools listed, I decided that my three tops choices would be the University of Georgia (Athens, http://www.uga.edu/), Emory University (Atlanta, http://www.emory.edu/home/index.html), and Georgia State University (Atlanta, http://www.gsu.edu/). I am not sure what schools will actually accept me, but when choosing which school is best for me, I want a quality medicine program. I will study Human Physiology, so I will choose the school that is most focused in medicine and has the most programs and advantages when it comes to exploring outside school and being hands-on. After looking into the schools, Emory and UGA were the ones with most advantages in the medical field.

                For my major of Human Physiology, there are basic medicine class requirements. I will need to have taken classes like Human Anatomy and Biology, and Chemistry, and Physics. As for my requirements of the school I choose, I would like a large variety for some aspects. I would like the number of students to be anywhere from 5 thousand to 30 thousand. Although that is a large range, I chose it because I do not really know what I really like in a school. As for location, I would like the school to be in Georgia, and I would like it to be around 50 miles from my house. In the fields of sports and organizations, I would prefer that the university to offer all type of sports because although I am not too athletic, I would like the opportunity to try it out, and I would definitely like there to be band, Hispanic and Latino, accelerated, and study abroad programs. Tuition and financial aid is also a factor for my selecting, but I know I am eligible for scholarships. I know I am eligible for the Zell Miller and Hope Scholarships, and after looking at http://www.ngcf.org/page.aspx?pid=396, I learned that I was also eligible for Hall County scholarships like the William T. Carlisle Memorial Scholarship and the Jim and Dee Snow Optimist Scholarship.

Time Management 9/8/15 Assignment

            With school coursework, my future internship, a job, marching band, the church orchestra and youth group, community service, and general family and friend activities, I feel confident to say that I am a fairly occupied person on a regular basis. Although the responsibilities I listed out are my main ones, they also included sub-tasks that I must accomplish. So in order to assure that I accomplish every assignment, task, and job I am given, I tend to write myself a schedule with the importance of the task I have to finish. I manage my time by scheduling my activities on multiple different days so that I am not overworked on one single day, and I always set time aside for emergencies, to finish longer tasks, and if possible, relax. In my future internship, I believe that time-management will be key to my excellence and success. I want to accomplish and learn as much as possible in the time allotted, so I will make sure to schedule myself appropriately and give every task the required amount of time it needs to be finished successfully!

Growing Leaders Blog 8/31 Assignment

           After reading Growing Leaders, which can be found at http://growingleaders.com/, by Tim Elmore, I was amazed by the sudden realization of how serious and profound an internship or mentorship can truly be. In the blog, the writer explains that a friend of his had had an unfortunate and disappointing experience with his interns. The summer interns were 6 college students, and some of them were preparing to graduate and enter the workforce. The students represented millions of college students that would soon graduate. However, from his experience with these interns, the internee knew that the adults in their lives had not prepared them. The writer wants the reader to understand that an internship is truly just a prolonged, 12-week interview. Each and every day at an internship should be seen as an opportunity to watch and learn and work. The writer listed off the most sought out qualities in an intern, and they included: teach ability, initiative, responsibility, and energy.

            As for my interview, I viewed this blog as an eye-opener and a reminder for my standards and actions. In general, I will try to act as mature and serious as possible. I want to be a mentee that is easily taught, and I want to be viewed as an asset to the company. I want to be energetic and responsible at work. I want to have a successful year with my mentor, and in order to positively ensure that this will happen, I will always greet my mentor with a respectful saying, followed by their name, and a firm, professional handshake. Every day, I can set up a serious and enthusiastic tone with that. Afterwards, I will also ask what must be done for the day, and if there isn’t a specific task, I will help in any way possible. This step will demonstrate and prove my initiative. Lastly, I will ask to make sure that all tasks and jobs have been finished before I leave every day, and I will leave with a firm handshake and a salutation with their name.