Blog 14: Independant component 1

Literal
(a) I, Amber Meek, affirm that I completed my independant component which represents 30 hours of work.

(b) Sheri Meek (909)988-2000

(c)https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsEoEBm8As4OdENCc2dBYmlQNmhlWFl4WEhLcGJxLWc

(d) For my first independant component, I focused on bettering my riding on my horse. This included going to shows and competing with people my age and practicing at home or at a park. One thing I did was I attended a show and my placings weren't as high as I would have liked them to be. I then took the judge's comments that she left me and I read them over. I went home and read them over again, this time practicing what I did wrong on my horse. I repeated this process multipule times until I achieved an outcome I was striving for.

Interpretive
I was not able to upload pictures onto my blog. There was a problem when trying to put them up and it would not let me post the pictures. I have many pictures of me and my horse at shows, practicing at home, and also at the park. I will work on uploading my pictures as soon as possible as soon as I know how to fix the problem.

Applied

 

Ginger and I at a horse show

 

I gave ginger a bath after I practiced riding her.

Ginger and I at a horse show. We were participating in the trail class. We got 1st place!

My cousin and I were taking a break after a long day at a horse show. 

Ginger's all ready for the Christmas parade!

Practicing at the park with my fellow riders.

Ginger and I in a showmanship class.

The component helped me understand the foundation of my topic better because it really opened my eyes as to what I was doing wrong and what I was doing right as a horseback rider who competes in shows. It taught me that you can't forget the little details when competing in shows because the judges will notice and your score in the class will most likely suffer because of it.