Helping 2013

~Who did I interview: Gina Thi (North)
~What day and time: Thursday, April 19, 2012 @ 12:45pm

1) What ideas do you have for your senior project and why?
- Their answer: pharmacy
- What feedback did you offer when you heard the topic ideas: It's a popular topic, since it falls under medicine. Make sure your prepared to try your hardest no matter what topic you decide to do.

2)What do you plan to do to complete the 10 hours of service learning (working with an expert) which is due prior to senior year starting?  Note: They also have to complete the 50 hours during the school year.
- Their answer: Gina said that her cousin works at a pharmacy, and there, she would be able to shadow and learn about her topic.
- What feedback did you offer them in response: Make sure your service learning is a place where it cn benefit you greatly. The best way to learn is to experience it personally. So make sure to choose a place where you can do a lot of hands on and be able to get help when needed.

3) What do you hope to see or expect to see when watching the class of 2012 present their two hour presentations?

- Their answer: Gina wants to see the types of activities the students will have. She doesnt have a clue what to do and since she never has done something similar to the senior project, is not sure what to expect.
- What suggestions did give them regarding how they should approach watching the 2 hour presentations: Make sure to pay attention to the types of activities, because many of them are under the categories of medicine, you can get a slight idea of what to do. If you want, and I would recommend, take notes on what you see. How they present, what activities they do, how they get the audiences attention, these are all things that can benefit you later.

4) What questions do they have about senior project?  What additional recommendations would you give the 2013 student about senior project?  Be specific and note what you told them.
- Questions they had: Is it hard? Any other tips? Is it just research? Does senior year get hard?  

- What additional recommendations did you give them: Make sure to have good connections with service learning and interviews. They can help you in the future. Many students are telling me that they have been offered internships and jobs for the summer.
You do research but you also do a lot of presentation preps. Seniot year does get hard during second semester, because of core classes, grad night, exit interviews,2 hour, product presentations, prom. If youre going to take a college class, make sure you have the time to do so. You dont want to over work yourself. Focus on graduating high school and doing well.