I had always liked to cook and had spent much time at home before this class just cooking either by myself or with my mom but mainly just with my mom. This class has given me much confidence in feeling comfortable in being alone in the kitchen and feeling like I don’t need supervision while cooking. It was also nice learning about how the food cooks and how it works such as the leavening agent and acid in certain baking dishes. I feel that I could have been faster on certain recipes and not dragged my feet when others around me were finished and cleaning up while our dish was still in the oven or on the stove.
(I was only able to take a photo at the beginning of the project.)
Core Competency Reflection:
–Some things I think about before dividing tasks among group members include…
If there is a lot of work in a group project and my group members want a job I usually try to think of ways to make the work the most equal and think ahead about all of the stages of the project. I also put into consideration what they want to do and which part they think they would do the best in/like the most. I’m also not just deciding their parts for them, i ask questions as well.
-I remain open minded as I explore viable options or alternative approaches, like when I…
When I was trying to connect their wiring for this project I had very little understanding of what i was doing but then I had decided to ask for help from either my peer tutor or my teacher and even my peers. And just when in thought i had figured it out, i had done the wiring wrong and had to move them which I couldn’t have figured out without the others around me for clarification.
• One strategy or activity that stimulates my imagination is…
I believe the main issue for this entire project for me was that I lacked imagination for the construction process, I was quite confused for most of the project until around the end. To fix this issue I think that i should ask more questions in the beginning and pay attention more when instructions are being given.
