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1. Please explain how you are spending your mentorship time (Is it at a workplace or somewhere else? Are you shadowing? Are you able to do tasks that are meaningfully related to the topic? If so, what? Are there other people who are experts in the location? Etc...)
The way I'm spending my mentorship time is actually at my house and sometimes in his workplace, but for most of my mentorship, it took place at my house. The reason for that is because since my mentor has been working at his company for a long time now, his boss gave him the privilege to not only work at his office but also where he lives. So, my mentor has all the machines he needs to do his work right where he lives. For my actual mentorship and I my mentor makes me do a hands on type of mentorship meaning he shows me how he does his job and then later on I attempt to do what he did while he is supervising me. I am able to do the task that are meaningful to my topic because my mentor teaches me skills of what a graphic designer does, like creating a design and putting it on a shirt either by a sticker or paint or by using a machine that sews in the design, and he also explains some of the experience he had while working too. As far as I know, I do know of some experts but they don't live in the same area as I do, some live in Pasadena and another one lives on the far side of Fontana.
2. How did you find your mentor? How did you convince this person to help you?
It was a coincidence on how I found my mentor because even before senior project began, I knew what I wanted to do when I grew up. When I was growing up I liked to draw a lot and I knew when I grew up that I wanted to draw and design my on stuff. It was funny too because at that time I was about 7 or 9, I had the opportunity to go to work with my dad because of the whole "bring your son to work day". At first, I was a little bit skeptical on going because I thought my dad just worked at a normal office job but I ended up going and it was a pretty cool experience I had. So when I got a little older I watched what my dad did and I remember that I always would ask him if I could help him because what he did was so cool to me, but it bothered me because I knew what he did but I just didn't know what his official title was. So fast forward to now, when we got to do the senior project I knew that what I wanted to do was what my dad did, because of how I was so fascinated with the work he did, and so when it came time to pick a topic, I asked him what his official tittle at work was and he told me that he was a graphic designer. And I just asked him if he can be my mentor for the senior project and he said yes, and at first I thought he would say no because he is the kind of person that doesn't like giving people hand outs, he rather see you work for it.
3. How would you rate your comfort level with your mentor at this point in your relationship? How does this relate to the time you've spent so far at mentorship/with this person?
2. How did you find your mentor? How did you convince this person to help you?
It was a coincidence on how I found my mentor because even before senior project began, I knew what I wanted to do when I grew up. When I was growing up I liked to draw a lot and I knew when I grew up that I wanted to draw and design my on stuff. It was funny too because at that time I was about 7 or 9, I had the opportunity to go to work with my dad because of the whole "bring your son to work day". At first, I was a little bit skeptical on going because I thought my dad just worked at a normal office job but I ended up going and it was a pretty cool experience I had. So when I got a little older I watched what my dad did and I remember that I always would ask him if I could help him because what he did was so cool to me, but it bothered me because I knew what he did but I just didn't know what his official title was. So fast forward to now, when we got to do the senior project I knew that what I wanted to do was what my dad did, because of how I was so fascinated with the work he did, and so when it came time to pick a topic, I asked him what his official tittle at work was and he told me that he was a graphic designer. And I just asked him if he can be my mentor for the senior project and he said yes, and at first I thought he would say no because he is the kind of person that doesn't like giving people hand outs, he rather see you work for it.
3. How would you rate your comfort level with your mentor at this point in your relationship? How does this relate to the time you've spent so far at mentorship/with this person?
I would rate my comfort level with my mentor at about an 8 at this point because, for one, my mentor is my dad so it can be awkward for both of us when he is trying to teach me something. Also since he is my dad I feel that he expects so much for me because I am his son and he doesn't want me to fail and just wants me to do the best that I could. It has gotten better since the mentorship over the summer because my dad isn't the type of person that talks a lot plus not only that but when he asked you to do something he already thinks you know what to do. So, as time went on with the mentorship he stop thinking that way and he also was open to questions I had about what he did.
4. What went well in this interview? Why do you think so? What do you still need to improve? How do you know? How will you go about it?
I don't think my interview went too well because my mentor didn't seem so into the interview. Also he answered in short answers which made the interview way too short. I need to improve on asking more in depth questions that don't have a yes or no answer. I also need to have a conversation, and not just asking questions. The reason I say that is because I also just asked questions without having a actual conversation and I just went from one question to another which made the interview go so fast.
