Blog #2: Topic Choice

Content: 

A: 
- What is your topic and why?

•  The topic I choose to do was Pastry Art, meaning that I am going to look at the creative side of being a pastry chef and how they are able to create a story through cake or other confectioneries based on a certain event or party. The reason I decided to do Pastry Art was because I always enjoyed seeing cake and other types of pastries and seeing how beautiful it looked on a plate or cake. Most of the time, I could tell that a pastry chef's creation was trying to tell a story through the food they made, and I instantly got the idea that I wanted to introduce that aspect of a pastry chef in my senior project.

B:
-And what do you hope to accomplish this year with this topic?

• iPoly Citizen: I plan to create many cakes and other  confectioneries for other people, and this relates to me improving as an iPoly citizen because every time I bake something and I give that creation to someone, I always see a smile on their face, that is what I enjoy to see. I want to be able to make people smile when they seem down or sad.
• Effective Communicator: I plan to be able to listen to my mentor and anyone else I work with in this field. This will make me more effective as a learner because from those people that I work with, I will learn more and more about how to bake, work in the kitchen, and also more techniques in this form of art. I will be able to take this to school because I will need to listen not only in class, but also to others.
• Effective Learner: I plan to learn as much as I can during my mentorship. By doing this, I will become more effective as a learner because I will have to learn as much as I can for my senior project, and I also have to learn many things in my classes. I cannot just pretend to pay attention to anything, and then end up doing the wrong thing, this goes for being in both the classroom and in the kitchen.
• Effective User of Technology: I plan to help learn more about basic equipment other necessities in the kitchen, but also use technology to help my mentor's business take off. By doing these things, I will become a more effective user of technology because I need to be able to understand how the equipment works and what it is used for, but since I will also help in advertising my mentors business, I will need to use different mediums of technology for her business to rise.