Blog 2: Topic Choice

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A.   My topic is Animal Control, I chose this topic because of the hard work, dedication and drive I have for helping all types of animals. Choosing this topic I thought going into it, I would mostly be seeing my mentor capturing animals, but there is a lot more than that. Animal control does investigations, adoptions and the seizing of all different types of creatures. I love animals so, knowing that animal control helps dogs, cats and other animals find homes, saves their lives and keep them safe is very appropriate for my senior topic.

• iPoly Citizen:  I plan to rescue, save and adopt out as many animals as possible when mentoring on animals control. This will help me improve an iPoly citizen because every time I share a story about a dog being saved, a cat being adopted out or a animal finding its right owner, it will make myself even more committed to my topic. I’ll enjoy the project more and hopefully that will carry on to others as well.  
• Effective Communicator:  I plan to focus hard on what my mentor is teaching me or what I will be learning throughout my mentorship volunteering. This will help me as a more effective learner because I will appreciate what I am being taught a lot more and also a value other people’s ideas. I won’t just focus on what needs to get done, but the artwork of the job and how to be great animal control officer.
• Effective Learner:  I plan to get as many service learning hours in as possible and be with my mentor as long as possible to learn as much as I can about animal control for my project. By doing exactly this, I cannot just learn more for myself but can teach others about my topic. I will be able to try and do my best on my work because I know I’ve learned as much as I can.
• Effective User of Technology: I plan to document all of my learning and keep track of what I learn for future reference. This will make me more effective as a user of technology because I can look back at what was document, when it was document and where for future projects and for a future career possibly. I’ll be able to document everything and share it with others, teach others and even learn from what I may not have remembered.