Jasmin Ruiz Senior Project Job shadow Reflection Narrative October 28, 20 !

"ver# child should have a carin$ adult in their lives, and that%s not alwa#s a biolo$ical &arent or famil# member' (t ma# be a friend or nei$hbor) often times it%s a teacher' *hat+s a&&ro,imatel# how it was at m# &revious hi$h school, -armon# .a$net /cadem#' 0nfortunatel# ( was unable to job shadow m# &rimar# career choice a &ractitioner nurse, because of all the factors that were re1uired to job shadow a &ractitioner nurse could not fall into &lace' ( needed to have2 m# &arent+s consent, criminal bac3$round chec3, m# *da& vaccine, N45"67RN which is the test needed to become a nurse' 8indin$ out that ( couldn+t job shadow m# &rimar# career choice was a hu$e disa&&ointment) it would have been a $reat o&&ortunit# to job shadow someone that had wisdom in the field that ( want to enter into' ( then had to switch to m# alternative career choice which is $ettin$ a doctorate de$ree in histor#' On October 2!, 20 !, ( was able to job shadow m# mentor 9en Nelson he is a social studies instructor at -armon# .a$net /cadem#' *he reason ( did the job shadow was to e,amine the &rofession from a &oint of view of someone that has a better understandin$ of the field, because the# have e,&erienced it firsthand' ( arrived at -armon# .a$net /cadem# in Strathmore, 4alifornia at :220 to ma3e sure ( had time to s&are' ( had an idea of what was to come since ( had alread# been in his class three #ears in a row' ( wasn+t nervous at all for m# job interview it felt li3e home when ( went ( felt li3e ( had never left the wa# he treated me with res&ect as a #oun$ adult not li3e a child' ( had written down all m# 1uestions &rior to the job shadow ( felt ver# &re&ared

Jasmin Ruiz Senior Project Job shadow Reflection Narrative October 28, 20 ! and was stress free' ;hen ( be$an m# job shadow of course ( $reeted him with $reat a&&reciation for him allowin$ me into his class room' /s the da# &ro$ressed ( was able to see his teachin$ st#le with all 3inds of diversit#' ;hen ( first wal3ed into the class room he was $ivin$ a test to his 0'S -istor# class which is tau$ht to the juniors' *he# were all e,cited about ta3in$ the test ( remember when ( was in his class he was alwa#s funn# he would &la# a mid evil son$ before the test' /s a wa# to li$hten the stress from test ta3in$ it reall# hel&ed me to $et the test ta3in$ nerves relieved' /fter that was brunch at 02<< .r' Nelson had #ard dut# so he had to $o out to the court #ard, and watch all the students to ensure all the students safet#' /fter brunch he was su&&osed to have his civics class, until 22<< but the seniors were in the multi&ur&ose room for a colle$e orientation' So while the# were $one ( too3 that time to have m# interview with .r' Nelson, and had a $reat conversation with him durin$ the interview' Over all this was a $reat e,&erience to learn what it+s li3e in the shoes of a social studies instructor' (t was a fun da# (+m not to sure which job ( will end u& with but (+m sure ( would love either job that ( ended u& committin$ to'