Independent Component 1

• LITERAL
• (a) Write: “I, Alicia Ramirez, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”
• (b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component.

My mentor, Dr. Wong, helped me complete my independent component.

• (c) Update your hours in your Senior Project Hours link. Make sure it is clearly labeled with hours for individual sessions as well as total hours. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aNNDlcG9CzHrDpRoBfhQ6GMogQoCLR3r3JUnPKto_ak/edit
• (d) Explain what you completed. 

I did an extra 30 hours of mentorship for my independent component separate from my Senior Project hours.   

• INTERPRETIVE
• Defend your work and explain its significance to your project and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.   Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work.

Shadowing my mentor and others who work in an optometry clinic is significant to my project because I get a deeper view on the things that happen in an optometry clinic. I have a log of the hours of mentorship I did. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1D3TMyUXMnnmlAS8Tt_S9HroMBxlgr4yhMwRB7fsaXL0/edit#gid=0

• APPLIED
• How did the component help you understand the foundation of your topic better?  Please include specific examples to illustrate this.

My independent component helped me learn more about optometry by spending more time around the optometry office, and at mentorship.