Independent Component 2 Approval

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

For my Independent Component 2 I plan to attend the FBI Citizens Academy with my mentor. This Academy is a course for people from all different areas of the community that is given to teach about law enforcement and how they can do their part. By going this I will constantly be meeting new people that can help me with my project topic and help me learn in general.
2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

When I am there I will be sure to take pictures and take notes while the agents are teaching. I will also conduct interviews if possible with people that can  help me understand my topic.
3.  And explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.

This Academy will help me explore my project more because it will help me meet many new people while also learning and being part of an event that many people are not invited to.

4.  Post a log on the right hand side of your blog near your other logs and call it the independent component 2 log.

Independent Component 1

LITERAL 
(a) I, Analysa Gallegos, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work. 
(b) During my independent component I attempted to focus mostly on psychology. Having previously taking a college Psychology class, I decided to find someone who could help me expand my research in the topic even more. Unfortunately, I was not able to get a FBI Profiler to help me, yet, but my mom's friend Elvia Arriaza who is in the FBI was able to help me by talking to people she knew and giving knowledge to me as to what to research and what to read. 
(c) Refer to the Independent Component Log 1 under Lists. 
(d) Through this new contact i was able to talk to many different and new people within the field my project is I'm. Mostly, I found credible sources and things to read that were a big help. I completed lots of research and made many new contacts that can help me in the future. 

INTERPRETIVE
My work for the Independent Component 1 consisted of lots of meeting new people and having interesting conversations with them. Because I talked to people who had already gone through the same process i hope to go though, they were able to provide me with materials and advice to use in the future. 

APPLIED
This helped me understand my topic better because unlike with research checks I knew a bit about the things I was about to look up and how it would be beneficial. Doing this for my Independent Component expanded knowledge of my foundation because unlike with my mentor Karen I was able to focus on the Psychology aspect, and not just FBI and law enforcement. This connection and expanded sources and information making it easier to narrow down my EQ while we were working on that and more recently develop my first answer and activity for my Lesson 2 Presentation. 

Independent Component 1 Approval

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

For my Independent Component I plan to add an additional outlet for research to my topic by working with professors of Criminology and Psychology. Hopefully, working with people in the field can not only provide more background but a mentor as well. Through this I hope to gain more knowledge in my topic and more connections with people that can assist me. Learning from these sources will give greater insight and make it easier to retain the information, than simply reading from articles and books. With another mentor I would like to experience more and go more into the general idea of my EQ and not just the FBI. 

2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

In order to show evidence of my 30 hours I will most likely provide photos, if there is anything of interest to photograph. Working with a new mentor I will also gain a lot of new knowledge that will indirectly show evidence of my 30 hours. 

3.  And explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.

My Independent Component will help explore my topic in more depth because at the moment with my mentorship I am mostly focused on the FBI. With a different mentor I hope to focus on the other aspect of criminology. Concentrating this component on my other area of interest will allow me more research and exploration.