Discovering Yourself

After watching such a presentation writing notes and revisiting the key points of the presentation are study tools used to help this author acquire new information. Furthermore, participating in group discussions which provided question and answer times provided this other with another learning style that facilitated successful retention of information.

Chapter one and two were both good introductory chapters to what specific topics the book would cover. Chapter one focused primarily on the psychological and racial

The learning outcomes are important. There has to be a reason on why something is being taught, and how it will be useful to the students future. Throughout the paper, I’m going to give you an example of a lesson plan I

scholarship. I feel that chapter four is more important than chapter three because the topic is

Lastly, was the topic I found most compelling, community colleges. Did you know 55 out of 100 graduating students at a university actually went to a community college? That's an amazing statistic because it gives a second chance for those of us who didn't meet university requirements. Not to mention, some of the faculty told us they graduated from Goldenwest as well. This information made me feel more secure that I was on the right track to my academic success.

One topic that stuck out to me the most during this semester was chapter seven, which is The Working Poor and the Underclass. I feel as if this chapter is and will always be a big topic in society today. Being in nursing school and working at the local hospital in our community, I feel as if this is an issue I encounter a lot. Many people I care for on a daily basis are in poverty and cannot pay for their hospital bills. I see homeless people and other individuals barely surviving and just want a warm place and a meal to enjoy. From reading this chapter, I learned that there were different types of poverty, the amount that poverty exists, as well as new information about the homeless population.

Include the topics you feel comfortable with, any topics you struggled with, and how the topics relate to your field.

According to Psychologist Abraham Maslow in “Self-actualization and Beyond,” self-actualization is a process in which one identifies his inner ability to do something productive. Once this inner talent comes out, that’s when a person actualizes himself. He believes that every individual self-actualizes, and while doing so one might make many wrong choices. Sonny and his older brother are faced with several obstacles while being on a journey to self-actualization in “Sonny’s Blues” by James Baldwin. However, these obstacles not only come from their surroundings, but within themselves as well. The narrator himself and his younger brother, Sonny struggle with, and gradually develop their own

This way I can be a source of knowledge rather than a teacher who fills the students head with knowledge. This technique should also be able to direct students’ enquiries as well as allow them to ask their own questions and follow what directions their enquiries about Science might take them. My next key learning element would be the value of group work and the peer collaboration between students to enable better understanding about the topic being investigated or the experiment being conducted. My other key learning experience that was gained from this lesson was the determination of what prior learning had the students done on a particular subject so that their constructs can be added to or modified to achieve better scientific results. My thoughts are that, even more careful planning has to go into a design and make (discovery learning) lesson than into a mere investigation through books and the internet. These tasks increase student motivation and the willingness to accept Science as practical, necessary and important in today’s modern

The first topic I found of interest was the one of history myths. It was interesting to see how through out history we have fudge it a little to make it more interesting. Learning about Betsy Ross and the American flag was very interesting. Also, reading other classmates post about Paul Revere ride.

The topic that I chose was that colleges and universities should not use affirmative action in determining which students are accepted. I am personally against this issue and it should be dealt with immediately. Affirmative action should be banned in all parts of the world. Colleges and universities should not use affirmative action because it gives students an unfair advantage, it does not matter what ethnicity you are, and it is illegal. I believe that colleges and universities should not use affirmative action.

After various writings by Richard Rodriguez and Octavio Paz, I have come across several realizations. Who am I? Should I be a part of a nation and a “system” that does not value me, or should I be a part of a nation that does not acknowledge my existence? The United States as a nation does not value me, and México does not even know that I exist. These are difficult matters to discuss. We are all in search of our own identity. However, some of us are placed in a situation that makes it very difficult and confusing to know or understand. I have always asked myself, “Who am I?” I should put it in more crude words, “Where do I belong?” After this specific question is asked, I begin to realize that

Adjusting learning and studying strategies can be a fast easy way to improve a college grade from a B to an A. Through studies of learning styles I have been able to decipher my learning types. I am a visual learner, have an integrated brain, meaning I use both hemispheres, and ranked highest in bodily-kinesthetic and logic-mathematical intelligence.

Without a doubt the lessons and exercises on time management were the most meaningful to me. They brought insight into why I seemed to be constantly working yet still never really got anything I wanted to accomplish throughout the day finished. I realized the majority of the activities I had been spending the most time on didn’t reflect my values of hard work and self discipline and long term academic goals to be successful in college. This motivated to completely change the way I managed my time by effectively striking a balance between my maintenance, committed, and free time.

So far in the semester I have had a top three out of all the chapter and subjects we have learned about. I chose to start with psychological disorders because I find the concept of multiple personalities and what it abnormal and normal to be interesting. Second, I decided to go with sexuality and gender because sexuality is something that we all struggle with every day along with identifying who we are. Lastly, I decided to go with stress and health because stress is also something that we go through daily and struggle with.