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Yearbooks are coming.

Today all 300 copies of the book came in at 11:30. I finished off my final duties as editor in chief by distributing books to seniors first. We spent a while stacking all the boxes and putting them in order by house so that people could come into the MPR and get them during lunch. Can't believe it's all coming to an end... Bittersweet moment! Aside from how proud I am of yearbook elective members, there were still some flaws that could have been fixed and I kind of wish I had a time machine to go back. Nonetheless, a lot of people worked really hard on this yearbook, and I'm so glad I was able to produce my fourth and final book here at iPoly.

Blog 22: Senior Project Reflection

1. I'm most proud of my activity. It actually turned out well because every person participated and followed instructions. It kept the fun and energy high and thus it created a more comfortable and confident environment for me to continue presenting. Also, everyone understood and applied my best answer/what I taught prior to their creations, and they seemed to really enjoy it.

2. a) AE/P; I feel that I did go above and beyond in this presentation by meeting P requirements as well as going out of my way to really decorate and set up a unique and cool presentation room.
b) AE/P; for the same reasons above, I did meet P requirements and went down a creative route in a lot of my components.

3. What worked most was doing this blog. It helped me keep track and showcase the progress of my project and guided me in keeping consistency with everything.

4. Honestly I think I did fine for the most part, but I'd really want to go back and start off my final presentation a bit better. I feel that my nervousness and jittery nerves kind of showed through in the beginning, as I felt myself talking much faster than I had practiced, and that did worry me too.

5. I definitely will use the experience from this project, and mostly from mentorship, to help me in college to hopefully start a career in the publishing and design field. I definitely appreciate the components of this project for diversifying the different ways I can interpret my topic and better improve my skills. Seeing how Mimi did her job and gave me valuable advice in being a better editor, I kind of got thrown the ropes of being in and experiencing an actual publishing career.

Blog 21: Mentorship

Literal:

• Mentorship log on right side of my blog.
• Mimi Orth, Mr. Strand's room at iPoly High School

Interpretive:

• The most important thing I've gained from mentoring under Mimi was learning what it is like to work in publishing for a possible career choice. Mimi's experience in yearbook publishing and Herff Jones has benefitted me in not only my senior project, but also guiding me to real-life application of the skills I've learned under her wing, to use for other endeavors such as internships and working for a student newspaper, which I aspire to do next fall.

Applied:

• What I've done with Mimi in my mentorship really helped me answer my EQ through actual experimentation; for better clarification, I was able to really test out all three of my answers, and see which one of the three stood out the most throughout the duration of my mentorship. Mimi was present for the progress of my mentorship, and through her advice and valuable knowledge when she was present in yearbook, I was able to see how the best answer for my EQ showed through real situations and application. Having her teaching me as a mentor also helped in supporting my EQ and best answer fully and thoroughly, with evidence coming from what I did in yearbook under her watch, and was expected of me as an editorial publisher of a student publication (ie. how the staff worked, how I taught the staff, how spreads and content looked, etc.).