Reflection on Senior project mentor hours

This is my reflection of my capstone project.  Capstone project was very fun.  I used critical thinking, communications, collaboration, and creativitiy in my project.  First off I used critical thinking by learning the process of rehabbing an injury and preventing another injury.  By that I mean not rushing my injured knee, and taking my rehabilitation process seriously with my physical therapist.  Next communication was important to me.  Communication took place when I have to talk with my mentor about what are the steps I need to take to become healthy and to gain confidence in my injured leg.  For collaboration, our goal was to get me at full strength and healthy with my knee, so I can perform at a high level in basketball where I had got injured and just try to prevent getting injured again.  Creativity was one of the most important aspects of my project.  Creativity was important because I told my mentor I want to play basketball at a high level without getting injured often.  So he designed a physical therapy regimine for me and it was a process.  My routine involved some type of cardio exercises, stretching, and exercises for the knees, such as lunges, leg press, etc.

Capstone project helped me tremondously.  At first I was scared but I realized I wanted to be a physical therapy and it was a time to get a head start in leaning about rehabilitaion.  Personally I learned dicipline, patients, and work ethic.  I learned that if you want something you have to attack it and be patient because results might not come as fast as you want them to come.  Socially I learned how to interact with my mentor.  For example, talking about my goals what do I want and learning new ways to get better.  Intellectually I learned to stay positive and focus at the task at hand.  There may be some bumps along the journey but the main focus is to remain focused.  This was a fun process.

There were many challenges that I had to overcome such as staying patient so I dont rush back from my injury.  Another challenge I encountered was consistency, this was one of the toughest parts of my project because for my project there was a lot of working out and getting into shape and it becomes tough and when you can really use a day off but its better you dont because you want to become better than ever it is tough.  To be the best you have to work hard, and that was my main focus.  Lastly, the cardio and conditioning part of my rehabilitation process was tough mentally.  When you are tired and you have to run it can be mentally challenging but you have to stay focused and fight through it because you want to be the best you can be. 

This was my senior project and I had lots of fun.  It was challenging but it feels good to almost be finished.  I want to thank my mentor and my English teacher for helping me in my project and I hope I show that I learned alot because I feel I did.  Thank you one more time and it was a good experience.