Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Third Day...Third Change

Senoir year started this week and everything is running pretty smoothly for me. However, I have been faced with a few hurdles already, one being more major than any other. This year I decided to take on a huge experience by applying to go on a class trip to Costa Rica. After doing so, and getting accepted I am required to take part in a number of preparatory experiences. Sadly one of the most important post trip experiences is scheduled for the exzact day of my actiopn plan event.

Reluctantly, I have decided that this trip to Costa Rica is a once and a life time experience that is worth alot more than one schedule event that will possibly come along again. So i have decided that the best thing for me to do, would be to focus on my internship since i still have a strong connection with alot of the people there.

I hope to base my project on how a senior care facility caters to the caregiving needs required for those who have Alzheimers and various other forms of Dementia. I know this will be alot of work, and im nervous that I may not be able to take the project to the great lengths that I have imagined. This only due to the policies and privacy acts that are enforced within any senior care facitlity.

I must start to recontruct my project all over again, but hopefully it will be easier the third time around.

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  1. Dom DiggySeptember 4, 2009 at 5:26 AM

    I changed my project too, but just I just had to alter some stuff. It wont be that hard or complicated. Just stick to what you want to head for but stay on the project topic... like me!

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