Cumulative Blog Reflection

As of now i have completed my 25 hours of physical work on my capstone project. To complete all aspects of my capstone project i used critical thinking, communiation, collaboration, and creativity in many different ways. I had to use critical thinking when it came to actually having to plan the amount of time i spent on the physical project as well as the research paper. Along with critical thinking i had to use communication and collaborate with my mentor and the people involved with helping me complete my project. Planning hours with my mentor involves alot of scheduling because of both of our busy schedules. I also had to communicate with other people like the ones i interviewed as a primary source for my paper and those who i had to interact  with while preforming my job shadowing hours. 

From my capstone project i gained personal, social, and intellectual experiences that i believe will help me throughout my life. Personally i think i have become a more open person to everything and more patient overall because throughout the project it took time to complete alot of aspects of it. Socially i have become a more outgoing person in situations that used to make me feel uncomfortable. For example in more work related areas i used to be shy now i am more calm and outspoken. Intellectually i have learned many things relating to hair and hair care. Overall my experience was great.

Although the experiences i had were great i had to go through challenges to complete it. My first challenge was a personal challenge which was getting over my fear of speaking with my mentor. My mentor herself did not give me fear it was the fact that it was a new situation that made me feel uncomfortable. Secondly was the challenges of busy schedules and planning everything out. Lastly it was a challenge overall to do the project but in the end i got it done and i feel like i have learned alot from this experience and what i gained was definately more than anything.

Hours completed on 5/4/13

Hours completed: 5 ;Running Total: 25

Yesterday on may 4th i went into my mentors job to complete my last five hours of job shadowing. It was a really laid back day because there was not too many clients and there was alot of wait time between the time the clients came but when they did arrive it was very intresting. Considering its a salon it was the usual. I got to gossip and talk to the clients again which alwys makes me feel more an more comfortable an it was sad to say bye at the end of my hours cause i wouldnt be coming back to see them again. Everyone was so nice throughout the whole processs. That day i watched as the clients were very happy with there new looks and also i saw a regular client that was there the first im i went in. She seemed happy to see me again and itwas nice to see the regulars.