Novemberrrrrrrrr woooooo!

Not gonna sit here and lie and say I have been doing a whole lot for my senior project.
College applications and model assembly have been taking up a lot of time
I have been continuing my mentorship however.
It's been a little difficult since Antonio has been real busy this month.

woooooo notes.

The little time I've got to be in his office I worked on my Independent Component, taking notes.

and yeah.

the end! 

Blog 9: EQ

1. I reviewed the rule of three for writing an EQ.

2. Review the following EQs and tell us if it meets the rule of 3 criteria. Tell why it does or why it doesn't.

a.       What is the most important factor in healthy weight loss?

a.       No because it can lead to just a list of the most important factor is, then again it can lead to a constructive argument on which is best, so I’m not quite sure.

b.      What is most important to securing a conviction in a criminal investigation?

a.       Yes because you can research the different methods and argue the points

c.       What is most important in creating a hairstyle that best satisfies a customer?

a.       No it is a bit confusing in the beginning, like what they mean by “most important”

d.      How can an Anesthesiologist best treat chronic pain?

a.       No because a person may not know what an anesthesiologist is and may require more detail into the question.

3.  Based on your review of the rule of 3 and your experience with assessing four EQs, please write another draft EQ for your senior project.

What method or change can science and society make to better themselves in order to lower criminal activity

October Update Blog~

So, so, so,
I've been going to my mentor ship and I have to say, I didn't think they would be willing to help me so much.
Anything that comes up, or something I get to when we're shuffling through things around the office they explain.
I really am trying my best to keep up with all this information, but it's hard understanding it all, and even remembering all the terms.
The things I have noticed however is that Antonio is incredibly busy. Doing up to 15 cases a day? WHat? I can barely do 2 homework assignments.
Although busy, he has been a great deal of help, as much as Lisa (the secretary), and I laugh a lot more than I thought with them.
However back to my independent component, I did try to look into open court cases, but a lot that Antonio has are in the morning or in another city. Some are in Downtown Pomona, but he doesn't want me to have to sit through a divorce, he wanted me to deal with something more interesting.
So instead they let me shuffle through an old case box, called the Mejia case.
It was tons and tons of information.
Not to mention the stacks of CDs.

This picture?

It's only about half of what I was going through

Kinda interesting to see the sides of each story like in the police reports and people interrogations.
They said I can bring my laptop and go through the CD's, they said it would probably take me a while to find what I was looking for since when they get them they're never titled.
So maybe case studies it is for me
On another note, I'm looking up more sources for my research, and the numbers are somewhat the same compared to that in my old book.
I don't know what else to update on.
Maybe one day i can be excused from school to go to a case?
Woooo?!
Okay I guess that's it.

PS. Antonio's daughter is the cutest thing ever. I'll get a picture next time.

Blog 8: Research and Working EQ

Content:

1.  What is your working EQ?
What ways can society and science improve themselves to lower criminal activity.

2.  What is a possible answer to your working EQ? Please write the answer in thesis format.  

Legalizing certain things in our society that currently are in more cases than not, only illegal due to fear, religion, and pressure. For example if we were to legalize marijuana, we can be able to monitor the amounts, begin taxation (helping the economy), and keeping people from getting involved with the wrong people because of money problems.

3.  What is the most important source you have used that has helped you come up with an answer to your working EQ? 

The most important so far is the book by Peter McWilliams called "Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do"

4.  Who is your mentor, or where are you volunteering, and how does what you are doing relate to your working EQ?

My mentor is Antonio J. Bestard and it relates because he is an attorney, which in turn involves law. 

Blog 7: Independent Component 1 Approval

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

Let's do this again! Wooo! Okay so for 30 hours I want to be able to attend open court cases to get a feel for how it is in the court house~ On the 15th when I interview Antonio, maybe he can give me a heads up on where to go. 

2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

To show some evidence, I wish I could take some pictures, but to make up for that, I'm gonna type out some articles with a newspaper feel to it. I hope to maybe draw out a scene of whats going on (if it's allowed of course)

3.  And explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.
It'll help me because I'll be able to experience the courts from a first hand view. I've only been in there twice, and I don't think I was quite taking it in. So hopefully with this I'll be able to see not only the case, but also maybe take note on what is usually being discussed.

4.  Post a log on the right hand side of your blog near your mentorship log and call it the independent component 1 log.

done?

September Blog Update....whatttt?

This September I thought, “Arianna, you really have to get to it, you've been slacking off, you've been getting grades that in another life you would've been disappointed of.” So that’s what I did. I got to it. This month I was able to finally find a mentor.

His location is somewhere in downtown Pomona, right above Starbucks.

He was incredibly nice, and I was pretty much nervous for nothing. He told me how he’s had other Ipoly students in the past and that he could take me to the courts so I can follow him around.  My 2nd interview date is now set for October 15 so that this time I can actually turn it on time (woooo!)

Also Irma (the person I interviewed for my first interview) has let me know that she can possibly get me connected to some possible Judges, and also to be able to visit some Juvenile halls (which I thought can be pretty rad.)

On another note, I'm incredibly lost on what I could possibly do for my Independent component. I might look into taking a class up at CalPoly (because my Chemistry class is probably not gonna work out) so it can help me out. Other wise I might look into getting statistics on my own accord about consensual laws.

Anyways I'm just really excited I got a mentor, and wooooo!

Blog 6: Second Interview

Second Interview Questions

Content:

1.       Who is your mentor and where do they work?

Hopefully Antonio J. Bestard. He offers criminal defense services as an attorney at law.

2.       What five questions will ask them about their background?

·         What lead you to want to pursue a career in criminology?

·         What would you say was the most difficult thing to accomplish when becoming a lawyer?

·         Has working in the field of law, changed any views you held before?

• Do you find it difficult to stand for things that are "wrong" when in the courts?
• Do you think religion is too entwined with law?