Senior Project Reflection

1. In my senior project I couldn't be more proud of myself that I was successful in finding different meaningful answers for my essential question , which was my goal. B) I'd give myself a P I learned so much that I'm going to take with me to my new girl scout troop. With my research in my service learning all the books and articles I read, I really dug in deep and found different ways to help girls build self esteem and it really helped me during my 2 hour presentation , giving me the ability to interact with the group. I used my own research and build up a healthy self esteem for myself and was able to give a very good presentation. Nine months of research along with my independent component one and two, service learning, and interviews taught me that every girls different but at the end of the day we all come together as one and are alike in many ways. Again with my research and experience I will take it to my girl scout troop that I will be starting , to Share my experience with young girls. 2.For my 2 hour presentation I was extremely proud of myself that I got through it all. As well as getting to teach what I wanted to teach my way and everything went perfect and ran smoothly. A) I'd give myself an AE for my presentation. I had never been more proud of myself in my four years at ipoly high school. I did it all on my own, 9 months of research really helped me get through every second of my presentation. I stood up tall, talked with confidence, made eye contact, met 35 minutes of talking time, had creative activities, along with a creative wall set up. I engaged my audience and made really made them feel what I was talking about. I have clear understanding of my three answers and made my audience feel welcomed as if I were talking to them personally. I couldn't be more proud of myself and with that I am strongly asking for an AE. 3. What worked was my service learning , even though I didn't get to 50 hours , I learned so much with Debbie Head. She taught me what she's learned over the past 18 years being a girl scout troop leader. She gave me books to read, articles to read, videos to watch and really expanded my knowledge for out self esteem in teenage girls. 4. What didn't work was telling the students to sit where they wanted to sit, I wanted them to feel comfortable but they were too comfortable. I had a few groups talking with Eachother, so that didn't work. 5. My goal was to find different answers for my essential question, that were meaningful to every girl. I found those answers and made them work with my activities. After my whole experience I'm taking it to the next closest level , which is finding girls for my own girl scout troop. I want to take all my knowledge about self esteem in teenage girls and teach young girls how to build their self esteem.

2 hr lesson plan

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BznZ8zNXpjXPDz5TQmOLfF2ab7g4f9P8VXpnCKg6J60/edit

Service learning

1) Literal : Debbie Head Interpretive: I gained the answer to my product, which is to become a female leader in my community as a girl scout leader. My service learning advisor was my girl scout leader, she taught me so much about self esteem and how girls can Gain healthy and high self esteem. The most important thing is to change the way you feel about yourself. I felt that Debbie was my role model as a female leader and taught me so much about making a girl feel beautiful and that is what I wish to do to other young girls. I think it's important to show young girls how to appreciate themselves and care for themselves and having a female leader to lead you in the right direction is significant. Applied: Being taught different ways to gain young girls self esteem and how important it is to have self confidence really helped me answer my e.q because I had so many answers and I found the best one to complete them all. I worked with my girl scout leader Debbie Head with my fellow girl scout friends. Learning why girls have low self esteem, how they can gain it, what are the pros and cons of high and low self esteem, effects on school related activities and events, What different sports can do to self esteem, what specific ways girls can gain high self esteem etc. My essential question is what is the best way to help teenage girls build self esteem? Self esteem as in the pride you have in your self. The best way is to write down your positives and negatives. Admiring your positives daily and learning to love your negatives . Taking what you've written down and going over it daily. Admiring your pros so that you never loose love for them, and work on your negatives. Either by learning to admire it or talk with a female leader in your community someone who can change your mind about how you feel about yourself and show you how special you are.

Helping 2013

Kayla Cruz :

1) What ideas do you have for your senior project and why?

 Kayla: Something with flowers

My feedback : I told her that, if she really enjoys it to do it, but if isn't something she loves then don't do it. I explained to her that you want to choose something you know your not going to get tired of if really interests you. So that by April your not ready to fall down a cliff or anything like that, you need something that is going to motivate you to the end.

2) What do you plan to do to complete the 10 hours of service learning (working with an expert) which is due prior to senior year starting?


 Kayla: I'm really not sure


My feedback: I asked her if she enjoyed anything other than flowers and heir textures. She explained to me how she has a love for mythology and I said why don't you do that. If you really love that subject you can make it work. Knowing that you have a love for your project really means you won't get tired of it easily. As well as that saying if you love what you do , you'll never work a day in your life. That is what you want for your senior project something that is going to interest you the whole year.


3) What do you hope to see or expect to see when watching the class of 2012 present their two hour presentations?

Kayla: I want them to know what they are talking about and keep it interesting at the same time know their subject well.


My feedback: I told her that she needs to find one that interests her so that it will make it interesting rather than boring. And to really pay attention to things so that you won't be lost. Take notes if needed, things to keep you interested. Being that the two hour presentation of Atiana Price , shaped my senior project this year. And it really made me hooked at that topic the second I walked out of the room , which made my summer stress free.




4) What questions do they have about senior project?  What additional recommendations would you give the 2013 student about senior project? 


Kayla didn't have any questions, she said she knew what to expect and that obviously it wasn't going to be easy. I told her just really do something you love or really enjoy. I came into my project super eager to find out why girls have low self esteem and to this day I love learning new things about it and that is what you want to feel when doing your project. 

independent component

I, Amanda Gutierrez, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work. Which was my song team, teaching girls how to dance and how to be one group. Love one an other and respect one an other, at the same time having fun.


I had so much fun getting to know these girls and working with them. At the beginning of Independent Component 1  , I had about 12 girls in my team. But I now have 6 amazing girls. The other six we're all sophomores who were best friends and one left , which left me with a domino effect. But it was great because I taught the rest of the girls how to deal with the loss of team members. You just have to dust yourself off and move on. And even if it's hard to move on or let go you need to remember life goes on. It was extremely hard to preform because of so many of their schedules being in different things. Especially trying to get the uniforms , girls weren't turning in the money and things like that made it harder to preform. So I made it work but practicing in front of the tennis courts so that when people walked by they had courage to be who they are , and it worked. I also made it more of talking with the girls and telling them it is okay to be shy but the biggest  fear you can have is the fear of not being yourself in front of others. I explained to them that dancing isn't just about having fun and always being on point. It is having the pride in yourself in the ways that you do. My third answer is " dancing in the way that makes you feel the most content". And that was my mission to these girls, not necessarily having them dance infront of a crowd, but being able to dance and be themselves. When I say " dancing in a way that makes you feel the most content", I mean not caring what anyone else thinks about you. Thinks about the way you dance, and their negative opinions. At the end of the day it all depends on what you think, and that is what I taught them. Unless it is a compliment , it goes through one ear and out the other. Girls need to be strong and be one, so that their isn't all the drama and fights. Not caring about the drama is very important, it all matters about your own opinion . It really helped me answer my essential question " what is the best way to help teenage girls build self esteem"? Dancing in a way that makes you feel the most content, because being content with yourself helps you build your self esteem. 

Answer #3

- What is the best way to help teenage girls build self esteem?

- Surround yourself with supportive and positive people, so they make you feel better about yourself not low of yourself.

: surrounding yourself with positive people is always better than people who always have negative comments. Negative comments about themselves or yourself doesn't help you feel great about yourself.

: Supportive people as in family or friends help you gain confidence and believe in yourself.

: Having positive people around a girl at a young age help them grow easier and happier. The more positive they feel the healthier their self esteem is.

- My service learning with Debbie Head.

3 collumn chart

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