Thursday, August 27, 2015

Blog 2 - Summer Mentorship



1. List the contact name, phone number, and organization of the person with whom you volunteered.
  • Noreen Barcena
  • (323) 855-8275
  • Law Office Of Noreen Barcena
2. What qualified this person as an expert in your topic choice?     
Noreen has been practicing law for about two years. Although she is not as experienced as others she is very knowledgeable of her field. She is a board member of the Mexican American Bar Association, and is very well connected. Her father is actually also a lawyer so she has a family connection to criminal justice.

3. List three questions for further exploration now that you've completed your summer hours.    
I did my summer mentor ship with a kindergarten teacher and these are the questions i had in mind, before i switched my topic.
  • How do you work with students who are constantly disrupting the learning environment?
  • How do you track and make sure all the students are developing both their knowledge and character? 
  • What are the many ways to meet the state standards?
4. What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?
I always enjoy working with children, and participating in the fun classroom activities. Although I know this is  a possible career I might have enjoyed pursuing I don't think its what I want to do with my life. I've always had an interest in law and after this experience I feel pursuing law is a challenge I'd like to attempt.

5. What is your senior project topic going to be?  How did mentor ship help you make your decision?  Please explain.
After taking my pursue into the world of law it became a challenge to actually pick from the variety. There are so many specialties you can choose from its amazing. I was sure that I wanted to do immigration, but after thinking it over and doing some brain storming a light bulb went on. I was so hesitant to do criminal justice just because I thought it would be so cliche of me, but whats the point of doing the senior project if you're not excited every time you learn something new. Criminal justice also ranges but for now I'm still working on picking anything specific and looking forward for the journey.


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