I did a mixture between the Canada Flag and the flag of Iran. The reason why Most of the flag is replicating the flag of Canada is because it is where I was born, and it’s my home, and I put that part of the Iranian flag because my parents and all my family members were born in/from Iran. So I am pretty much a Persian decent.

Reflection:

I think that the core competencies I mainly focused on were Positive Personal and Cultural Identity. The reason for this was because the project mainly focused on my background/culture and it was basically talking about my identity a bit. I think that the flag I drew made it clear what my background was. It shown pretty clearly (at least for me) that I was a Persian decent. What I could have done to make this better was by possibly talking a bit more about my drawing and background. I feel I also did good using creative thinking, as it helped me to come up with a unique and interesting flag.

This is my mom’s office

Name of host: Nilpar H – Relationship to me: Mom

The Interview:

What is your job title? Notary Public
What is your job description? Providing legal services. What are the duties and/or tasks you perform at your job?

Writing wills, selling, buying or mortgaging property, create powers of attorney, do representation agreements and notarize documents.

What qualifications do you have for this job in the following areas:

a) training? Mentoring experience with a notary is helpful

b) education? To be a Notary Public, a Master of Arts in Applied Legal Studies is needed

c) experience? Having experience in the following could help: Legal fields, accounting and administrative fields, skills and attributes (personal qualities)? Attention to details, self-learner, being able to observe situations from different aspects, integrity, organizational skills

4. What are some of the things you like about the job? Helping others with several milestones in their life and explaining complex legal procedures and jargon in a manner which they can understand

What are some of the things you dislike about this job? Job can be very stressful, you can have legal liability and you sometimes need to put in long hours to meet deadlines

How do you anticipate this job changing in the next 5 years or so? Lots of younger people are becoming Notary Publics and there is a chance that the field of notaries will grow and include tasks that they can’t practice now.

Student Reflections:

Give three reasons why you would like this job (be specific):

a) I enjoy helping too, and I get to help lots of people

b) I can have financial security if I succeed in the practice

c) I don’t have to follow a certain schedule, because I can pick my own hours.

2. Give three reasons why you would not like this job (be specific):

a) High legal liability

b) Having so much to do in so little time with all the deadlines

c) I may have to force myself to work more hours than I want to

3. Is this job for you? Why or why not?

It isn’t really for me because I can’t handle the stress that can happen in this job knowing myself, and even though I can have my own schedule, sometimes I have to force myself to change the schedule to more hours of work, and I could get extremely weary by the end of the day. I also run the risk of possibly getting sued.

Explain the value of the TYKTW experience in relation to your ideas about your post secondary (after high school) plans (education?, training?, travel?, work?).

I have observed what my mom does for her job as a notary, and I am not really interested in becoming one, so if I don’t become a notary public, I won’t need to study for the requirements to become a notary public.

I still had fun coming to my mom’s work place.

Here is the document for TYKTW2018 including everything above and a bit more: