So for me I don't really feel like the question about the mind map so I'm altering the question a little bit to fit me and more just talk about how this experience has affecting me and how it's affecting my future. Working at the rabbit society is nice. It's good to give back to the community and help out somewhere that I've never been able to before. It's also definitely not something I want to pursue forever. I don't like working somewhere that when I get home I immediately need a nap. Or where I tend to get very sweaty and things like that. Very laborious work, it's just not for me. Doing it however makes me really respect the people who do, do these jobs and it makes me appreciate those people way more.
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As high school preparation goes my high school (High Tech High International) is great at doing it in ways most other schools don't. Especially for talking with people and, in my situation, working with customers. How it goes is just like BAM WHAM I can get into a conversation with anyone like its nothing. Like I've known them for six months. One of the funniest and best examples in my recollection is the other day I was eating lunch, currently on the cheese string part of the meal. Then I hear a lady walk in the door and say "Hello?" I walk out from the kitchen cheese in hand and I pull another string off of it as I say "Hey! How are you doing today? How can I help you?" Just very casual and relaxed. I don't think I would be able to do that so easily if I didn't go to this high school. Another thing it prepared me for is the projects I'm working on at the Rabbit Society. Currently I'm making and uploading videos to YouTube about how to do things at the rabbit society all volunteers need to know how to do. So having the knowledge of how to make, upload, and edit videos really comes in handy. It's somewhat similar to things I've done before in the past but just different subject matters. I get to make videos like in the past but about new things I'm learning at the rabbit society.
I can actually answer this as a two in one. In the beginning of this week I encountered a very difficult situation involving my breathing. I was working on the litter boxes when I started to notice having trouble when I would try and breath. It was because of my dust allergy and my asthma that I just couldn't do that job if I wanted to breath. I was wheezing terribly and was feeling light headed. After experiencing this I realized that it wasn't the first time just that day was especially bad. But I knew that I couldn't keep doing jobs like that there. The pen cleaning at the litter boxes can just be too much for me to handle. This is the challenge I've faced and going through it has shown me how supportive the people I'm working with are and how supportive my mentor is. I told them all these same issues I was facing and I was proposed by my mentor to either switch internships or see if they could give me a new position to work in that wouldn't be so dust heavy. Upon talking with my mentors they were immediately supportive and I've already started doing different jobs that are way better on my lungs. Showing me that my mentors are people too of course and that I really don't need to be afraid of them or made nervous by them because they are nice good hearted people.
I learned many important things this week especially about rabbit care. I learned how important the diets of rabbits are, and if you go over the amount of pellets they're supposed to have it can be very problematic for them. I also have learned the proper way to pick up and hold rabbits. I have also learned how to clean pens for rabbits. They're very difficult animals to own and having to help around 30 of them a day can be a real handful! I'm having a great time to and I'm really loving the rabbits.
As for a new skill I've learned, I now know quite a few! My personal favorite is I now know how to pick up and hold rabbits! My least favorite is I now know how to clean rabbit litter boxes like a pro
What am I excited about and what am I nervous about?
I'm really excited to be working at the San Diego House Rabbit Society, it's something completely out of my wheelhouse and its going to be cool to try something so completely new to me. I'm also extremely excited to be working there with my friend Cade because we're externing at the same place! I'm excited and nervous about working with the rabbits, as i've never worked with them before. I want to make sure I handle them properly and with the right amount of care. I'm nervous about working with a whole bunch of new people, even though i am too looking forward to it. |