General Questions

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c) Have you challeneged yourself to "get out of your comfort zone"? Explain.
- I think I definently have came out of my comfort zone since the begining of the year. I remember being so shy. And I was like, terrified to come up to the front of the class to present what I wrote or even getting called to read something out loud. And now I talk in front of the class almost once a week, probably more. The biggest time I left my comfort zone was when I first got the acceptance letter to come to High Tech High Chula Vista. I remember I ran up to my room because I really did NOT want to come here. &I remember getting ready for school on the first day thinking 'I don't wanna go...' I thought that it was going to be horrible not being with my 15 best friends every single day. But as the year has passed, I'm thankful that I come here. I met a whole bunch of new friends and they are my new comfort zone. [:

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f) Why do we create drafts? Why do we create multiple drafts?
- To me, drafts are kind of like thoughts. &You have a lot of thoughts, so it just adds more and more and more, creating multiple drafts. We make drafts to refine our ideas ad our words to make it better. Because everything can always be better than before. There is always something more you can do or add. We create multiple drafts to show progress in what we have done from the first draft to the final draft.

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g) How do people learn? What are some ways that you have found that you learn?
- Everyone learns differently. One person can be a visual learner and need a picture. Some people need to just go and do the work and some people need to listen to what is being said. I know that I can't sit for a long period of time and listen to someone talking. It bores me. I found that I learn in groupwork, where I can interact and talk with other people. Sometimes I draw a picture, but it doesnt help all the time for me. I think I am the person that needs to do an activity to learn something instead of a worksheet. Because I can remember what happens in activities.

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d) What are your career interests? Have they changed this year?
- Ever since about, 6th grade I knew that I wanted to be in the medical field when i grew up. It changed from doctor, to pediatritian, to nurse, and now I either want to become a physical therapist or a pediatritian. There's a lot of options and this year I really changed my mind a couple times because I spent some time in advisory thinking about what I wanted to do and how I would go to doing it.

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e) If I was your 10th grade teacher, what you you tell him/her about the way you learn, the way you interact with others, your strengths, the way you self-advocate? Would this be a helpful thing to do? Why or why not?
- I am really shy at first. I don't like speaking in front of others and if you put me in a group, I will barely talk. After I get comfortable, I like saying what's on my mind and I'm pretty outspoken when I want to be. My strengths are mostly in group work [mostly 2 or 3 people] and I learn better and remember things when I do an activity rather than a worksheet. When I need help, I do ask questions, but not at first. I will ask my classmates and friends first before I ask a teacher. I think that this is helpful because then it gives the teacher a better understanding of who I am and how I learn, and it would help me in the class because, for example, if we did an activity, I would remember what I learned there rather than reading a story and answering questions.