1. Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.
- For my first independent component I studied the fundamentals of contacts lenses, which varied from teaching patients to learning technical information of the different products. For my second independent component I want to head in a similar direction, but this time with glasses. I want to learn and understand the fundamentals of glasses. There are so many complexities that go into making a pair or even fixing a pair. Because there are so many complexities with glasses I am able to reach and surpass the 30 hours needed to pass.
- I will divide my second independent component into 3 sections that will take up roughly 10 hours for each section. The first ten hours will be "Equipment & Tools", in which I will break down and understand the functions of all the items needed to repair and make glasses. I will also repair and make glasses myself to further understand the process. The second ten hours will be "Fighting patients", which consists of various things that have to deal with the different features glasses have. This can range from the type of material the lens is to the style or brand of the frame. I will also interact with patients to understand their needs for their glasses. The final ten hours will be "Trouble shooting", which is essentially customer service revolving around glasses. This is when patients have complaints and other things that need fixing that could range from a wrong prescription to lab errors.
- So far I have been focusing on how poverty correlates with poor vision. This topic goes in depth over different causes that create poor vision. One of those causes is lack of inventory, which includes glasses. Glasses aren't cheap so people in low-income settings cannot afford glasses. My independent component will help me understand just how expensive they are and how to make them more affordable for everyone.
This sounds fine as long as you make a specific connection to this and your EQ.
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