Diego Molina Honors Portfolio: April 2015

Received invitation from this first aid group early in quarter, instantly signed up to their mailing list.
Always wanted to do first aid, never found an opportunity to get trained.
Unfortunately, didn't hear much from them, apparently they had problems with club organization.
Only major event was a volunteering opportunity at the Husky Tower Climb in January.
Hope next quarter get more information.

Interesting note: tried to join Kendo autumn, but missed registration period because of chaos of first weeks. did not make same mistake this time.
chose Kendo because felt like it was a good source of martial arts training and physical conditioning, wanted to do something physical.
worried it would be too hard, but fortunately was able to get into it well.
still very demanding, get callouses every week.
Community very good, go on Fridays to bubble tea.
Unfortunately, scheduling made it so that I can only go once a week, still hope to maintain skill
While don't intend on becoming competitive, would like to become better at it, definitely will continue it.
one negative point: very expensive

Began application process early in quarter, turned out to be much more long-winded than I thought
took 1 month before I heard back, 1 more month to get trained, only had a handful of weeks I actually worked.
still 100% worth it, I'm enjoying it greatly.
Volunteering at the Emergency Department, actually by chance that I was able to find such a perfect position, fitted perfectly Wednesdays from 6 to 9.
work involves cleaning, general support for the nurses, mostly basic stuff
Some gross stuff, gastrointestinal bleeding, sad rate of alcoholics coming in
Very interesting as well, learning a great deal about how hospitals work
looking forward to it next quarter

very simple course, but taught a lot on biology at UW
learned how the future course will work, what to expect from tests
also learned about biology major a bit, not as much on pre-health as I would have liked, mostly research oriented.
professor very good, will keep in touch as I begin biology major

Without a doubt favorite class of quarter
Very relaxed atmosphere, with assignments that I truly wanted to do
Emphasis on storytelling made for a unique educational experience
opened my eyes to alternative methods of teaching and learning, will use it to learn better from now on
Whole class very friendly, learned a great deal from each other, hope to stay in touch with them
Professor also extremely friendly, she also surprised everyone with her interests in video games and DnD, try to include her into my gaming group

Most difficult course of the quarter,
Math always a challenge, and now got very difficult, especially since its honors level
However, since its with the same professor, helps
Got to learn more about professor, even got a letter of recommendation for internship and scholarship from him
while struggled with grade at first, with 3.2, final project+test helped bring up grade to 3.5
Glad to be done with calculus math, will miss the class.

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Sunday, April 5, 2015