Well, Jordan and I have finally found a permanent mentor. She's a social worker and we were going to borrow some text books on cognition and how the brain works in terms of fears and phobias. We're also developing a list of questions we wanted to ask people in our documentary.
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Okay, it's official, we're changing our project up a bit. We're planning on writing a research paper fears and how one should go about controlling them. We're currently searching for books on the internet about fears that can assist us in creating an informational paper/newspaper/magazine article. Also, Jordan just started formatting for said paper thing. It's safe to say we have our work cut out for us.
Unfortunately, Ana and I have been stuck in a pickle for a long time. We don't exactly know where to go from here. We were thinking about completely changing our project. We both knew that we are not people persons. We want to do something that we are both passionate about. Since we are both into writing, we were thinking about writing a story, or a documentary about something, or research opportunities. But as a whole, our social skills are lacking, and this type of project just isn't our thing.
Today will be dedicated to tidying up (again), since my partner, Jordan, decided to change our theme (again). Time consuming as that may be, it gives us an opportunity to remember our goals and refresh ourselves. We've talked to a friend of ours, Bailey, and she has given us some numbers and advice. This might help us get a mentor, and we greatly appreciate her help.
Unfortunately, Ana is not in class today, so I won't be working on the Project-Fearless things. I myself am working on a second 20% project that I am doing with my foreign exchange partner from Holland, The Netherlands. More information about that if you are interested in seeing what's happening. Our website for that is country-identity.weebly.com
Bailey Souza, a friend and a fellow 20%-er has offered to call the Merced MUHSD Board of Directors and set up an appointment for herself and her project, as well as Ana and my project. Possibly, she could become a new cohort who accompanies us, and someone who helps us find a mentor.
Also, Kelly Bentz has never gotten back to us. Today we're checking in with Mrs. Spurlock, the English teacher that is guiding us through our 20% project. Our progress is going moderately well, though it is still hard to find a mentor, and protegees who are willing to accept the help of others, but we are staying optimistic and trying to think of new ways to advertise our program to others.
Ana and I have come up with a backward 5-month plan to set in motion. We have sent our plan to Mrs. Spurlock.
January: Get a mentor. And start trying to kind of form a group maybe. February: Assemble a group of people and find a place to meet. March: Begin working on our May Presentation and begin to collect data and evidence to show our progress. April: Have regular sessions with the protegees and have a consistent place to meet. May: Have something to showcase and hope we helped people. Maybe ask someone that we have helped to talk. We can continue to search for a permanent or co-mentor through the other months. We may have found a mentor who is interested in helping us. The school psychologist, Kelly Bentz. She has yet to get back to us, but we are being optimistic.
As far as the planning process, we have finished our five month plan, and are still working on forming a group. We have 2 confidential protegees so far. We are looking for 3 more. Ana and I have been working on a large list of fears and phobias since the beginning of the project, as well as taking notes on forms of treatment for said fears and phobias. It's going to be hard, but we can do it with the help of our mentor, hopefully a trained professional.
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