Blog 22: Senior Project Reflection

 1) Positive Statement

What are you most proud of in your Block Presentation and/or your senior project? Why?

I was able to give my audience the knowledge of how Starbucks as a corporation runs and how it effects America. Many students don't understand how the service industry works therefore explaining that to them as well was extremely important and how one day they'll be able to experience this. 


(2) Questions to Consider

a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your Block Presentation (self-assessment)?

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b.     What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project (self-assessment)?

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(3) What worked for you in your senior project?

What worked for me was having the ability to gain a strong and reliable mentor throughout my senior project and having my amazing house teacher there to push and guide me throughout this entire senior project. 

(4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would have you done differently to improve your senior project if you could go back in time?
Perhaps improve the effort in general that i put into this project. This subject was extremely amazing and I've could've so much better if I just started trying harder in the beginning.  
(5) Finding Value
How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors?   Be specific and use examples.

Because my senior project surrounded on basically the service industry in the United States , it has allowed my to gain numerous skills that are needed in the real world. That is whether its communication within people or trying to develop and gain personal skills. This project has opened my eyes to what people are really like out there and how to achieve goals that many would think otherwise to be impossible. 

Blog 21: Mentorship

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

The most important thing I've learned from this experience was the people are just people in the end. All you have to do is strip away all the money and titles including the things people own and you break that barrier that the service industry has worked so hard to create. Working at Starbucks has given me the opportunity to enhance my ability to relate to others, and love and serve people even when they don't serve or love me back. 

     How has what you’ve done helped you to answer your EQ?  Please explain.

When people have a job or do something that they don't mind doing every day they find significance in adding value to something other than themselves, people want to help and change the lives of others. Working and experience Starbucks has allowed me to commit not only to my own personal gain ( which isn't a huge check btw) but I invest my own time in what I'm doing each day. Its my own personal conviction to help enlighten other people's days with a smile. Everyday I come from work learning something new about myself, about the business and other people, these are life lessons that are basically found everywhere including a job that you hate, there are always things to learn with the right perspective.