Fischer Quinton

I had the opportunity to work as a mentor for the Autism Mentoring Program. Each week I would meet with my mentee, Raine, and help him with various goals that he had made throughout the semester. Some of Raine's goals included meal preparing, staying on top of classes, and developing social skills. Each week he would come to us with questions and my co-mentor would try to give our best advice on how to handle the problems he was having. We also had bi-weekly training meeting that we would have were we would learn various tactics on how we could best help our mentee.

There is a tradition in Japanese culture that says that if you write a wish on a piece of paper and fold it into an crane, then that wish will eventually come true. Each week a small group of people, including me, would go to the homestead assisted living and fold paper cranes with the residents there. Our main goal was to get to know the residents and brighten their day by spending quality time with them. I did not have much responsibility put onto me, but I did try my hardest to make each person I interacted with feel important.

I was a TA for Principals of Physiology at BYU-I. Most of my responsibilities were in the lab. Each week I would help stud over a three hour time period where they would study a specific case study. I was expected to answer questions and help guide students along while also promoting learning. I was also expected to grade essays, and other assignments in a timely manner.

Each week I wrote an article that contained useful advice that have learned through my experience of applying to dental school. I shared personal stories as well as something that I wish I had known before I applied.

I volunteered at the Red Cross Blood Drive. I had a variety of responsibilities, including checking donors in, setting up and taking down chairs and tables, and making sure donors were okay after they had given blood. However our main goal was to just make it as easy as possible for the phlebotomist to take blood from the donors. Most of my time was spent at a computer talking to donors before I would sit them down and alert the phlebotomist they were ready to donate.

I was a tutor for General Chemistry II. My main responsibilities were to help students learn complex material. Students would sign up on there own and meet me in the tutoring center where I would help them on whatever topic they wanted. Because of that, I had to stay fresh on an entire semester of material in order to be able to provide those students with help. I was expected to be one time to each appointment and be able to effectively communicate with each student. I also was expected to report my own hours on time.

I was a TA for Human Anatomy at BYUI. My main responsibility was to help other students learn various structures of the body each week in lab. Because of that I was expected to remember the things I have previously learned. Often times I helped other students learn from models of the body, as well as from cadavers. I also was responsible for overseeing a dissection done by the students. I was expected to treat the cadaver labs with respect as well as to make sire they were clean.