Today we took this test called the Grit Scale. There was ten questions asking about your determination or also known as Grit. I received a 4.09 out of 5, which is high. Over my whole project I have used grit so much. It’s been extremely hard to find time to meet with my mentor and my physical therapist. I have had to take off some school in order to make it happen and due to that I have had to grind on assignments. Another way I have used Grit is when I am actually shadowing Jeff. He has me act as an assistant and some of the things he has asked me to do or grab I have had no clue so I am trying my best to learn outside of just our time. Overall my project is coming along great and I have no other issues.
As this blog comes to an end I had a lot of fun and had an overall great experience. First, I stuck to my driving question of “How can I learn from a head therapist to encourage and help me to become a therapist myself?” Answering this question is extremely challenging as there is so many intangibles I learned including ways to talk to patients, questions to ask to diagnose, etc. Working with my mentor was a breeze as he sort of controlled what we did. When we weren’t working with patients he was teaching me things about college and life and tips for the adult life. Jeff gave me many pamphlets of information about patients so that I could learn a little more about their injuries and how to treat them. In a way he gave me homework to do which really helped for my understanding and progress of the whole project. Overall I really enjoyed this project and even though I most likely would’ve shadowed this summer, I’m extremely happy this project gave ...

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