Culminating Blog Reflection

During the time I spent with my mentor I used critical thinking throughout my project and the assignment my mentor gave me were challenging but i got through it. I never performed an oil change before in my life and I had to think on how I was going to do the job, what i needed to use, and figure out where to start. I asked my mentor several of questions about the assignments he gave me, I was a beginner. Throughout the tasks I've gone through, my mentor would guide me at times but made me learn and do things on my own. I was being creative with how many tools I used while performing my actions. I used all sorts of tools I've used before that I was familiar of and I wanted to impress my mentor that I knew some of the tools he owns, it was a fun experience. 

I learned a lot from my mentor, he taught me new things that I can use in the future and I can now put them on my resume. My mentor gave me experience on performing great tasks that can help me in the future, something I can fall back on if I don't succeed at what I'm trying to do now. I learned a little bit how to talk to someone I didn't know at first with a so-called stranger before but now is friend which is my mentor. I was really shy because I didn't know him like that, I saw him as a stranger but as time passed by we grew a relationship and became very good friends. Now I can contact him at a certain time whenever we can hangout and do things together.

With my mentor, I encountered some challenges when I did some tasks he assigned me. I was scared to ask questions at first because I didn't want to sound stupid or felt like my questions were stupid but I overcame that challenge and got out of my shell, asked my mentor questions. For example, when he was teaching me how to use jumper cables I didn't realize that I had to use clip on a certain clamp first. In my perspective, I thought you put the clamps on at the same time but you were suppose to start with the negative first so the fuse of the battery doesn't get fried. I was also afraid of my mentor when I first spent time with him because he was a stranger to me. I overcame these challenges by becoming a little more comfortable with my mentor and he would guide me through the assignments we've done together but he wouldn't tell me exactly what to do, he would explain to me some pros and cons of what can happen if I don't perform the job right. To wrap it all up, I'm glad I had a chance to learn and experience new things with a new person I just met and I'm very thankful of it.