Second Interview Questions

1. What is your job and rank in the Navy?
2. How long did you have to prepare for Navy BMT?
3. Based on your performance in BMT, how effective do you think was your preparation techniques?
4. As a recruiter, how many applicants have you successfully recruited in to the Navy?
5. How does your Recruiting Station compare to those in Southern California in terms of most people successfully recruited?
6. Out of all of your successful recruits, how many have gone on to pursue a successful career in the Navy?

Working EQ

1. I changed my senior project from soccer refereeing to Navy Basic Training. I've already started training in preparation for that. A good thing that has come out of that is that I have learned to follow orders and push myself as far as my recruiter tells me to. I am better prepared for Navy BMT.
2. Research 7 has showed me that preparing for the Navy is a 90% mental and 10% physical game. I really have to be mentally prepared if I want to accomplish my goals. 
3. So far, I haven't really had a chance to see if what I've learned has helped me so far in my senior project. 
4. The only thing that hasn't worked for me so far is the physical aspect  of my training. I haven't been able to train because of my broken arm. Once that heals, I would be able to continue my training.
5. This year I'd like to know at what mathematical level I should be at in order to effectively to do my job that I was assigned in the Navy an Aviation Maintenance Administrationman. By the end of this year, I want to be as physically fit as possible. I want to be able to go to BMT, and not struggle. Next, I'd like to talk to someone who has recently completed BMT and ask them how it went for them, and what I should expect. 

Problem Statement

1) Soccer Referee

2) Coaches in the La Puente Youth Soccer League do not know the rules as well as the referees. This causes conflict when a referee makes a call coaches do not agree with. Once I have solved the problem, I will make a short video giving a crash course in refereeing with an explanation as to why some calls may seem unfair.

3) Parents do not understand the stress a referee is put under when they are being yelled and cursed at. Added pressure may cause even worse calls. Once I have solved the problem, I will petition to ask the League to organize a meeting to discuss the conduct of parents during a game.

Interview Preparation

Content

1. I plan to interview my boss, Rigo. He himself is a referee and one of the co-founders of the La Puente Youth Soccer League. He has helped me become a better referee and he is also the one who assigns me games to referee based on my skill as a referee. At the moment, he is the only person that I know that could be my mentor as a professional referee. 
2. Aside from the original 5 questions I have to ask Rigo, I want to ask him a few more. I want to know what made him want to become a referee, and why he founded a Youth Soccer League. I'll also ask him if there is anybody else he knows that referee's professionally that can help me become a better referee. 

Topic Choice

Content

a. My topic is soccer refereeing. I chose this topic because it is something that I am very familiar with, and also something that I can claim "professional" experience from.

b. This year, I hope to accomplish a successful senior project with my topic. I feel that as a soccer referee I am allowed to be able to work myself to assume responsibility for my own decisions. For example, I don't normally find out that I'm refereeing a game until two days prior. This means I have to cancel plans that I may have had in order to be able referee. Part of being a referee is being able to listen to criticism from parents and coaches. Sometimes, this may come as insults, but sometimes there are people who genuinely try to help. Other times, it's the players themselves who let me know as a referee that another player may be playing dirty. My job at that point is to keep a closer eye on said player to make sure that no infraction is committed. As it is said in this article, one of the most important responsibilities as a referee is ensuring the safety of the players. My commitment as a referee helps the La Puente Soccer function and allows younger players to enjoy a game of soccer that will be properly refereed.

Summer Mentorship Component

Literal (Know)

Mentorship Log

Contact: Rigo (626) 523-6985

Literal (Need to Know)

How should I appropriately assert my authority while respecting elders at the same time?
When confronted by an upset parent, at what point should you decide to eject the parent from the game?
When is it appropriate to stop a game?
What do I do when a team does not pay their referee fee?
A player has fouled another player. The victim immediately retaliates in self defense albeit, aggressively. Should the victim be penalized as well?

Interpretive

The most important thing I gained from my experience in my mentorship as a soccer referee was leadership. As a referee, you have 22 players on the field who expect you to properly referee the game. While focusing on the game, I also have to deal with parents who will throw a few choice words at me with nearly every call I make. When I started refereeing, I thought that as long as I called everything fair, everyone would be happy. I quickly learned that this was not the case. No matter how well I refereed, 50% of the crowd always hated me at the end. I've learned to be a leader on the field, and how to accept the fact that not everybody is going to agree with my decisions.

Applied

I feel that my experience has helped me choose soccer refereeing as my topic because I find it so much more interesting to mediate the sport I love instead of playing it. As a player, I never really cared for the referee and frequently challenged calls I didn't agree with. Now that I stand in their shoes, I've grown to respect the people who do this for a living, and this really motivates me to continue being a referee.