Originally, I wanted to do my senior project on veterinarian medicine, but I couldn't find a vet clinic that would let me volunteer because I'm under the age of 18. That was the initial reason I decided to train a therapy dog instead. Another deciding factor that pushed me to chose therapy dogs as a topic is the fact that I've always aspired to train my dog to become one. This just seemed like the perfect opportunity to finally get the ball rolling.
By the end of this, I hope to have gotten certified to be a therapy dog handler and to also have Jasper become a certified therapy dog.
Becoming certified relates to me improving as an i-Poly citizen because I would be helping to better other peoples lives and be exploring a whole new path in life. Once I'm certified, I will be able to go to various hospitals, convalescent homes, and even to libraries so that the patients and children will be able to interact with Jasper. By doing this, I think I will become a better communicator because I will be exposing myself to a series of different people who have come from different paths of life. Initially, I'll be going on the outings with other groups of people and also with my mentor. Being able to just stand back and observe how my mentor interacts with the patients will help me to become a more effective learner due to the fact that I will have to grasp a different way of learning. Instead of jumping straight into hospital visits, I'll have to slow down and take things one by one. In all honesty, my topic doesn't have a whole to teach me about technology. Although, having to make spreadsheets for the mentorship log and bibliography will most likely in the end help me to become more organized.
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