Blog 19: Answer Two

• EQ: What is most essential in being successful in the Civil Air Patrol Cadet Program? 
• Answer 2: As a cadet in Civil Air Patrol you are expected to have the qualities that is the CAP Core Values. This includes Integrity, Volunteer Service, Excellence in All We Do, and Respect. 
• Evidence: The CAP Core Value of Integrity is show as taking responsibility and don't blame someone or take credit for their work. Volunteer service is the act of selfness, its like when a higher ranked cadet mentor and train a new cadet. Excellence in All We Do, is giving your best effort no matter the challenge, this is like when performing physical fitness and pushing yourself to do more. Lastly, Respect, this is evident in the relationship between sergeant and cadet.  
• Source: My first piece of evidence is Sgt. Gardner, the second is service learning, and lastly my Lear To Lead booklet. 

Blog 18: The Product

As of March, my product is that I know how to act in different environments.
Evidence:
My service learning- When I go to service learning I wear a uniform, perform drills, and act militaristic.  I  give respect to the squadron leaders, take off my hat when I enter a room, and salute to officers. I also before every time I wear my uniform that boots are shined, uniform is ironed properly, and have no loose strings on my uniform.  Service Learning

My 20 min Presentation- For my 20 min i presented on drills. I kept it professional by wearing my Civil Air Patrol Uniform and showing the class how to perform drills by showing them by example. I would repeat each step so that the class could see each step, this I would only do to teach the students.

Science Fair- For science fair I had to stay professional, out of respect for the judges. Also I had to be able to explain my science experiment using the terminology that is appropriate. My evidence would be getting almost perfect scores from the judges durning science fair.

Overall, Each example above is how I act differently in each situation. When I go to a CAP metting Im professional, 20 min presentation Im professional and instructor, and lastly science fair I was professional and knowledgable for my project.

Independent Component 2 Update

This is one certificate that I have received for going over the reviewed material and have taken a test and had a passing score of 80% +. 

Blog 17: Fourth Interview Questions

1.     What is most essential in being successful in the cadet program at Civil Air Patrol?

2.     How could I improve my own leadership?

3.     What traits are important in a cadet?

4.     Describe the relationship between leader and followers and the importance of this relationship.

5.     Why does having the quality of being an active listener help a cadet?

6.     Should a cadet only focus on cap or participate in other things outside of cap?

7.     Does there happens to be a certain type of leadership that is better than the rest?

8.     How can leadership play a role in school project groups?

9.     Why do groups like the army, wear uniforms?

10. What advise do you think is most helpful for a cadet to promote?

11. How do you define the term success?

12. What mistakes do cadets commonly make?

13. What role or duty do you feel is most important for a cadet to perform?

14. What advice would you give to a basic airman cadet?

15. How can a cadet stay motivated to attend meetings regularly?

16. How does having the CAP core values help a cadet succeed?

17. How can encouragement from other cadets help a cadet succeed?

18. What benefits does as a cadet receive as her or she move up in ranking?

19. Should a cadet always hold themselves in a mature manner in all cap meetings and activities?

20. What appropriate behavior should a cadet have outside of cap and related activities?

Blog 16: Independent Component 2 Aproval

1. Write a description of what you plan on doing for your independent study component.  
 For my independent component I plan on working on my online Civil Air Patrol connect account. It takes about an hour to 30 min to complete one test and I get certificate of completion. 
2. Describe in detail how you think your plan will meet the 30 hours work requirement. 
Well it takes about an hour to thirty min. to complete one test. So it should be not too hard to get the required thirty hours.
3. How does your independent study component relate to your EQ?   

This relates to my independent component because in order to promote you need to complete the test and receive a grade above 80%.

Blog 15: Independent Component 1

Evidence:

Link to my calendar: Oct-Jan

Literal:

a)    I, Melissa Araiza, affirm that I completed my independent component, which represents 30 hours of work.

b)   In the past couple of months I have been working on my independent component, which is keeping a log of my physical activity. I have been able to bring down my mile time to 8 minutes and have been able to do about one third more push-up than before. In attempting the sit and reach something that I was never really good at have improved tremendously. I also, have been using my work out machine to increase my strength partially in my arms and leg muscles. I plan on trying to exercise on a regular basis but probably less due to my busy schedule. 

Interpretive:

            My individual component will be very helpful to me in both my service learning and my own health. I will continue to stay physically active because it’s something that will be beneficial to me in years to come. I have noticed that when I go and do physical activities I feel less stressed and wanting to do it again. It demonstrates 30 hours of work because simply I had 3 months to do exercise and when its spread out over time it was easy to accomplish.

Applied:

            In bring what I did in my independent component; it has helped me with my essential question, “What is most essential in being successful in the cadet program at Civil Air Patrol.” By being physically active it has helped me when we have a “PT” or physical testing night allow me to keep up with the other cadets. During these PT nights we would run the mile, do sit and reach, push-ups, curl-ups, and short distance runs. In my log of my physical fitness I would do all of these exercises so that when my next PT night approaches I will be at my best. I know that being physically active can help especially for promotion. I also see how stretching before exercising can greatly help so that I don’t strain a muscle. Lastly, I see how when we have PT nights how all the cadets will encourage one another to try their hardest, I think this means the most because it is teamwork at it’s best. 

Blog 14: Presentation 2 Rough Draft

Rough Draft