Culminating Blog Reflection

     The way I used communication, creativity, critical thinking and collaboration to complete this project was quite simple. I had great communication with my mentor so I could get my hours done, and also so she could help me understand everything that I was observing. Communication was a key part in getting hours done for this project. The creativity part of this project was pretty hard because my topic was pretty straight forward, so I tried being creative with my paper by putting in many resources and different opinions. My research paper also consisted of most of my critical thinking. It took me a very long time to complete my paper even with all the hard work and critical think I put in. Putting the whole project in the presentation is where it all collaborated. I got to reflect on the whole project and see all the different aspects to it. 

       From this project, I realized that my dream job as a dentist was just that. A dream. I now know that I can't be a dentist because of all the circumstances they're surrounded by. I didn't take into account the amount of blood and germs are around dentists and also the patience they have to maintain while doing procedures on patients. I personally can't be around germs and blood 8 hours a day 5 days a week. Although I know I can't be a dentist, this project helped me develop confidence and patience when dealing with patients. This project also helped me a little bit with my fear of germs, but there's still a part of me that can't be around them for too long. Over all, the capstone project saved me a lot of time deciding on what I would want to study after high school. 

    Some challenges I had included transportation, and my fear of bacteria. It was always hard finding a way to get to my mentors office since my parents worked, and they didn't let me take the bus. Because it was small challenge, I overcame it in the end by getting my hours done. The hardest, and main challenge I faces was the germs and bacterium around the stations. I had the hardest time watching Dr. Legaspi perform procedures on patients because of the blood and other germs that would come out of the mouth. I feel accomplished knowing that I got all my hours done and not giving up.