Blog Post 9

1. Positive Statement

What are you most proud of in your Lesson 1 Presentation and why?

I’m most proud of the fact that I remembered to cite all my sources, and I pretty much gave all the information I intended to give.

2. Questions to Consider

  a. What assessment would you give yourself on your Lesson 1 Presentation (self-assessment)?

  AE    P       AP    CR    NC

  b. Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the Lesson 1 component contract.

Professionalism: I spoke clearly enough for the class to hear, maintained eye contact with the audience as well as proper posture, and made sure to engage the audience by asking how they were following along. making sure they were following along.

3. What worked for you in your Lesson 1?

I ws extremely nervous but I had everyone’s attention once I finished my hook. After that, I’d say my knowledge of my topic and experience definitely helped me make time and convey what I was trying to convey.

4.  (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 1?
If I had a time machine, I would rework my presentation to be topic-to-topic. I feel like going by just the lesson plan confused some people, because a few points basically said the same thing about certain topics (like communication). The third quarter of my presentation is where I struggled most, because I didn’t take the time to dive as deep into “Personal experience” as I should have, and I ended up with more time than I anticipated.

Extra October Blog

During the month of october I was super busy!!! I had one wedding 15 Bitthdays and halloween. I had tons of shifts this months and I was really able to show my true colors at the shop. I created and sketched out a cake design for a wedding and I created and decorated cupcakes for walk ins on Halloween. Although I had encountered some problems like having less frosting than I anticipated to decorate the cupcakes but It was completely fine because I just placed the remaing of the frosting in the fridge it just gets so overwhelming I lose my mind sometimes. During this month I had a consultation sit in with my mentors I got to get hands on experience with getting to know the customers thoughts and expectations it was great to be able sit down and sketch out a rough draft of what their ideas and our ideas were able to become. I can't wait for what's in store for the future.

Blog 8: Research and Working EQ

1.  What is your working EQ?

•  How can one create and perfect the idea and image a customer is expecting.

2.  Possible Answers:

•  Receive and communicate details and information accurately and efficiently between you and your customer.

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

•  Answer 1: The most important source I found supporting this is “How can one create and perfect an idea and image”, an article from the renowned business magazine Forbes.

•  Answer 2: "How to run an effective business": Effective Strategies” was extremely useful in finding this answer.

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

•  My mentors are Darla and Briana who own their own cake decorating store in chino hills. They have been helping find my answer by demonstrating the perfect customer service.

Blog 7: Independent Component 1 Approval

1. What I plan to do for my 30 hours of Independent Component is to keep doing the same thing I have been doing with my mentor, this time I want to go more in depth with my topic get heart to heart with it and perhaps get to do am cake order by myself. I will shadow with her more often rather than how much I did for mentorship. I will shadow and see how she interacts with clients how she handles remedy's if there for some odd reason comes a problem, as I'm shadowing her I will write down some questions that I'll have for her to answer by the time she's done seeing her clients.

2. To meet the expectations of showing 30 hours of evidence for my Independent Component I will type out the questions and take pictures perhaps some videos if that's okay. That way I have my evidence.

3. What I will be doing for my Independent Component will help me explore my topic in more depth by, helping me understand and answer my senior topic and essential question. The answers and experiences I will receive from my mentor will help me with my senior topic..

September Extra Blog Post

This Month in the life of Vince I encountered my very first cake order with my mentor!!! We got the order to make a minion cake for an up and coming two year old. Getting to make this cake was so incredibly fun it took tons of work but it was great when we finished the face of the little boy was priceless just know the customer completely loved the product you spent hours trying to recreate what they had envisioned in  their head is worth any payment. Having this opportunity gave me tons of background information I wouldn't have understood unless I had the hands on approach on it. I am truly grateful for such incredible mentors. Attached below is a picture of the cake for Nathaniel's 2nd Birthday.

 

 

Blog 6- Second Interview Preperation

1. Who is your mentor and where do they work?
    My Mentor/Mentors are a Mother in Law Daughter in Law duo. Ms. Darlene Swain and Mrs. Briana Ainsworth. They are Co-Owners of Darla's Cake Design in Chino Hills. They specialize on cake decorating and gourmet cupcakes.

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

1. What type of problems did you encounter as a out and coming Cake Decorator?
2. Besides growing up with inspiration from family what or who drove you to be where you are right now?
3. How have other people in your field impact your work?
4. At any time did you have any doubt that this wasn't for you?
5. If you didn't grow up in the household with a line of bakers do you think you'd be where you are at right now? 

    

Blog 5 - Mentorship Reflecion

1. Finding a mentor was one of the most hectic and crazy stressful thing i have ever been put under and I'm a senior at Ipoly but out of all the crazy things I've done the past three years is nothing compared to this year so far! At the beginning of summer i was sure i was going to have a mentor at this cupcake place down the street from my house but come to find they didn't let me so the search was on! i went everywhere called everywhere in the inland empire area but zip! So at this time I wanted to begin sobbing and curl up in a corner with a tub of ice cream and watch Netflix and totally forget about the world. BUT i am a ipolian and clearly that's not how we deal with things so I got back on the search bus to find a mentor and I came across yelp and it gave me a list of bakeries in my area (which I had already contacted) but for some odd reason i found this one tag that I had totally missed Darlas Cake Design in Chino Hills I called and spoke to the co owner who said to send her the paper that explained the project and she would get back to me and sure enough after a weekend and two days later they called me saying they would be more than happy to help me and that ladies and gentleman is how i found my mentor (BTW they are AMAZING).

2. The Most important article I've read so far is "How To Open Your Own Bakery"- By the Business Inquiry. When i came across it i thought it would be interesting giving the idea of always wanting to open my own bakery when I started to read the article and I began to get all this info on what to do and what not to do and how a business should run effectively.