Blog 2: Summer Mentorship

1. Link to hours and description spreadsheet.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zd3MIrPUPNVljtpLon2j8tczyqSWK1waxVvv2aAuW2M/edit

2. What is the contact name and phone number of where you volunteered?   

Mentor 1 (Suicide Youth)

Jose Montenegro

Telephone Number: (909) 242-7621

Mentor 2 (Teaching)

Dale Reyes

Telephone Number: (626) 933-4200 

3. (Need to know) What questions were raised because of the 10 hours of experience? List them.     

 Mentor 1 (Suicide Youth)

* What is the most important skill that is needed to be able to ensure to give the patient the help that he/she might need?

* How many hours and days of the week is one suppose to work?

* How do you know when the patient needs more than just someone to talk to?

* What do you do when one of the patients starts to refuse one receiving ones help?

Mentor 2 (Teaching)

* Is there any skill that is recommended to have?

* Do you get paid for the holidays, summer break, etc. or not? 

* What makes one a good teacher?

* What grade and subject is recommend to teach?

4. What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?

The most important thing I gained from this experience is how to work/help out others. Yeah, going to Ipoly has taught me how to work with people not taking encounter if you like the person or not, but there was something different with my mentorship. They were both about working with teens, the suicide youth one was from ages 16-25 and the teaching one was from 11-13 years of age. I realized that not everything is about doing it  because its necessary but because its nice to help others. 

5. What is your senior project topic going to be?  How did what you did help you choose a topic?  Please explain.

My senior topic is going to be Suicide Youth, I did my mentorship in two different places and I realized that for my senior project I want to do something that I actually want to do for the rest of my life. I do not specifically want to go into the career of a Well-Being Specialist but I do want to go into the psychology field. Listening to the patients talk about their stories made me realize that at least for these couple of weeks that that is what I want to do.