Blog #24: Independent Component 2

Literal:

a. I, Phoebe Luong, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.

b. I have completed 30 hours by going on a healthy diet and applying what I have learned. I also went above to exercise more because I learned that to be able to be completely healthy I must exercise more.

Interpretive:

Going on a diet is a 24/7 thing. I have to resist the urge to eat junk food and it also takes time to prepare healthier foods. The log is here.

Applied:

This has helped me with my EQ because it has is a primary source I could use to understand what it takes to actually change a healthy lifestyle. I learned a lot of helpful tips and strategies that would make it easier to eat healthy. For example, I learned that it is harder to eat healthy if getting healthier foods is harder to access so every week I make sure I have something in my cabinet or refrigerator that is healthy and easy to grab so that I would not resort to junk food. 

Blog #25: Helping 2013

Who did you interview: Andy

What day and time: 3/24 12:38p.m.

1. What ideas do you have for your senior project and why? 

• His first choice is something with engineering and his back-ups are computer engineer, piano, and something with fashion (because he might have service learning here)
• I told him he really needs to find service learning for engineering right away because it is hard, especially if he might need more hours for independent component and piano is a really good back up since he is already doing private lessons. I pointed out that it would be better for him to do engineering if he wanted that to be his future career though because he could take advantage of his senior project to see what it is like to be an engineer and possibly form connections. 

2. What do you plan to do to complete the 10 hours of service learning?

• He doesn't have service learning yet, but he is emailing engineers and trying to get someone. If it doesn't work out he is just going to do piano.
• I told him that my mom might know an engineer or a program he may intern with because I think she sent my brother to do something like that in the summer, so I would ask her and I could send him the contact information. I also know a civil engineer who went to Cal Poly so I will ask him to see if I could give Andy his contact information. 

3. What do you hope to see or expect to see when watching the class of 2012 present their two hour presentations?

• He is interested in learning about the different careers and seeing what they do.
• I told him yeah a lot of people chose future careers, but a lot of us also chose hobbies because of many different reasons. I also told him that some who chose future careers realized that they did not want that to be their job anymore.

4. What questions do they have about their senior project?

• He said he didn't have any other questions as of right now
• I gave him my phone number so he could text me if he had anymore question. I told him to try really hard to get engineering because it will be really useful if he wants that to be his future career. I also told him about what the teachers expects and how they grade and what is really important to do in senior project. 

Blog #22: Answer 3

EQ: What is the best way to achieve a nutritionally healthy lifestyle?

Answer 3: You have to find out what kind of food you, yourself, should be eating.

Evidence:

• Everyone's body is different, (there are bodies for athletes, pregnant women, children, people with a sickness, ect.) therefore, people have to find out what is healthy for themselves
• The best way to do that is to use the a test that includes muscle mass (BMI is useless)
• People may have an "obese" BMI, but in reality it may just be muscle. This person may think to eat less, but instead they would have to eat more to maintain their health.

Sources:

• Service Learning: Jennie Lessmueller
• "Engineering a Healthy Body" by: Nick Hallale

Blog #21: 3-Column Chart

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ak8KiPjPxiWTdFZuM0g5c3FTZzJMOUpMMjN2STdFRVE

Blog #20: Room Creativity

1. I will cover the walls with pictures of unhealthy foods and overlap that with bigger pictures of bowls of salt and fat to show what they are really eating. The collage of pictures will gradually form into pictures of the bad effects on what unhealthy eating can do to you. This environment is to set the motivate the audience to want to be healthier because they can visualize the consequence right in front of them.

2. My first answer activity will be a trivia to prove how much they learned. As for my second activity, I have common foods found in households on each table and the group is supposed to take away what they think does not belong in their pile. They will write down what they could replace it with.

Blog #19: Answer 2

• · EQ: What is the best way to achieve a nutritionally healthy lifestyle?

  · Answer 2: The best way to start a nutritionally healthy lifestyle is by getting rid of anything that is unhealthy.

  · Evidence:

  o People are more likely to be tempted to eat whatever is available in their refrigerator/pantry because it is easy to get. If a person clears their households of unhealthy foods then they are only able to get unhealthy foods.

  o Prepare small meals and snacks to keep in case you get hungry. This is because most people want whatever can be made quick, so instead of resorting to something like Top Ramen, they can eat something healthy that was already prepared.

  o People are more likely to eat food at home instead of eating out if there is more available food at home.

  · Sources

  o Forks over Knives (documentary)

  o The Engine 2 Rescue with Rip Esselstyn (documentary)

  o Service Learning with Jennie: at the YMCA

Blog #18: The Product

Although, eating healthier is one of my top products from my senior project, I believe the most important product I got from my senior project came from all the research I did. I learned that I cannot listen to one point of view, from one source, to shape my opinions. I have to learn about multiple points of views and do my own research to formulate an opinion. For example, I became interested in nutrition because my teacher, Mr. Ogden, always talked about how we have a common misconception on what foods are considered healthy and the best diet is a plant-based diet, but my whole life I was taught that eating in moderation is the best diet. I did multiple interviews, who all had different point of views of what healthy eating is, and researched numerous articles. One interview always seemed to contracted the last one and same with the research, but I was able to formulate my own diet by taking bits and pieces of each article and interview.This applies to everyday life with examples such as Invisible Children and whether I should support the organization or not, even though I am in H.O.P.E Club. Since freshman year I was taught only with the information that Invisible Children showed, but now instead of blindly supporting this organization I am doing my own research to see whether or not it is worth it. I never actually thought about the fact that this organization I was supporting could make the president of the United States send our troops to Africa just after the war was over. Is it worth it? What are they doing there, now that they are over there? How are the children being affected (coming from a source not associated with Invisible Children)? Is Kony actually in Africa? What is Invisible Children doing to help (coming from a source not associated with Invisible Children)? These are questions I have to find out in order to form my opinion. I feel as though this is a very important life skill to have. I know that I am responsible for my own research and I have to find the facts from every point of view before I start doing anything so I could get my facts strait. This applies to almost everything in my life.