Naval Manual!

This is the third unit of the term, the class is called endurance. For this AP, we had to create a survival manual based on our last AP. For my AP my manual called Naval Manual will talk about being in the Navy as an Officer. In this AP we had to create our own cover based on the topic of our manual. We then had to write what, we are doing and why we want to do it. We had to write what we have to do in order to achieve this, and why we wanted to do it. In the Lay Of The Land part, we had to describe what exactly we are doing, and any specific about it. After that, we had to create a timeline of important events that had or will occur. Read the manual below to see the rest of my AP and learn why I want to serve my country.

Everyday Survival

In our second unit in class Entrepreneurship. For the second AP, we had to create a business plan for a business we wanted to create. The business that I have created is called Everyday Survival. Everyday Survival is a business that teaches people ways to survive in the outdoors and urban areas. Everyday Survival will give you the tools in which you can survive in dangerous situations. In this AP I will write a business plan for my business. What I have done well for this ap is creating a business that I love and being able to make a profit off of it. What I could have done better was making the math part smoother.

In class, we learned about the Hedgehog Concept, which is part of a business plan that has three main questions to it. What is your business best at in the world? What is your business passionate about? What is your business economic engine? 

12 hour challenge

In our second unit in a class endurance. For this AP we had to do a 12-hour challenge based on what our mission was for our first ap. I did my 12 hours on a Navy Seal fitness test. I wanted to do this because being a Seal you need to be physically fit in order to do the missions. I wanted to push myself and see what I can do. The fitness test was three workouts; pull-ups which were a min of 8 and max of 20, push-ups which were a min of 42 max of 100, and sit-ups which was a min of 52 and max of 100. I wanted to see how close I can get to maxing out all of them. I really enjoyed doing the workouts and pushing myself. What I could have done better was pushed myself even harder for the push-ups in order to max it out.

Entrepreneurship

Throughout history, the teachers would always teach the students but never the other way around. In the last class called Entrepreneurship, the students had to be the teacher and give a lesson to the class.

In order to prepare for this, we had to separate into groups of two. With our partner, we then had to do research about a topic; my group’s topic was managing. While researching about managers, I found what it means to be a good and a bad manager. Bad; managers play favorites, they also micromanage. Good; managers act like a good coach, they also have a positive attitude. At the end of the lesson, we had to rate ourselves and our partners on how well we participated in the research and giving the lesson. In order to get ready for our main Action Project (which is a project we have to do around every 3 weeks), we had to create 10 questions and put all of them in a google doc. The 10 questions would involve what the class has done so far in class. After we created the questions, our teacher chose the 10 best questions and create a test for it. We took the test home and we had to do 5 out of the 10 questions for a take-home test. It was really interesting getting all of the slides ready so that I can teach the class. I had never really taught a full lesson to a class before. I really enjoyed preparing for it and actually teaching it. My teaching philosophy to get the point across was to make the lesson enjoyable and fun to learn the topic. I wanted the class to be engaged with the lesson and I wanted the class to actually want to learn the lesson. I wanted the class to participate in the discussion and the activity that was planned. There are a couple of things that if I were to do it twice that I would change. For one I would make sure that everything is all clear with the slides and no technical difficulties. I would also change some of the last activities we did. I would make them different and a little longer. I do think that my teaching was effective. I could tell that everyone understood what the information was saying. I also could tell that the information that was put out there that they were able to keep in their memory.

Throughout this whole process, I was able to take the role as a teacher. This experience I was able to see a new perspective that I would not normally see and I enjoyed it. At times, it was a little difficult but I think it was worth it. I thought that I could work more on creating hard questions. This can help me for next year in college by teaching me what being a good manager is, this will also help with internship interviews.

Food For Friends

I have been doing Food For Friends for the past couple of months now. I have really enjoyed giving back to the homeless and making sure that they would get lunch, I was doing this at my church. I think that feeding the homeless is good for everyone to do because it shows you what kind of a person you are. I would make a different meal for them every Saturday, with a different group of people. In all this was a great experience for me and I will continue to do this anytime I have to chance. 

This Is Who I Am!

In our first unit in a class endurance. We had to make an autobiography of us when we are in the future. The year is 2050 and I am a Navy Seal Commander. In the chapter, I will talk about how I got to this point in my life. What my life mission was, and how that helped me be able to join the Navy Seals as an Officer. In this unit, we learned about what physical and mental endurance people can have. I really enjoyed thinking about what my future might actually look like, I enjoyed writing the autobiography. I could have written more about the details of what happened in college and thereafter.

Homework

In our last unit in our third term called Systems and models, we learned about I-O Psychology and what it does. One of the major things we learned during Maslow’s Hierarchy which is a five-step pyramid. Physiological needs, Safety needs, Love and belongingness needs, Esteem needs, and Self-actualization needs. For our AP we had to find something in our school and in all schools and write about it whether you agree with it or not. Whether there should be more of it or not. I created my project on homework and why we don't need it. What I could have done better for this project was to interview more people. What I love about this project was learning more about why people like or dislike homework.