Importance Of Personal Reflection

In this program, I really learned how to appreciate the tutors when it was crunch to help me revise my work as well as to make sure I understand what I need to know for the course. It has taught me to make use of every resource I have to my advantage. The tutors here in EOF will not be around as often in the fall semester. So how I plan on keeping up the habit of using my resources is to meet with my teacher for office hours to receive extra help. I will also go to the tutoring center provided during the academic year where the tutors are trained and experts in each subject offered there. With learning how to utilize my tools it should help me throughout the year and reach my academic goals.

As a result of the traumatic injuries which I sustained on December 4, 2014, while working as a police officer and on duty, I am unable to perform my duties as a police officer in a safe and effective manner, without jeopardizing the safety of myself, my coworkers, as well as the public’s, which I took an oath to serve and protect.

Recollection of past experiences has proven to be one of the best teaching tools in existence. It is not just the reminiscing of the past that benefits us; it is the critical thinking that follows said reminiscing that is the most fruitful. Hindsight is 20/20, as they say, and much can be learned when reflecting on past situations. These observations, in turn, have the potential to guide our future decision making as well as our future actions. As I ponder the events and actions that have lead me up to this point, I have found that I have done much better at handling my workload and personal life simultaneously than I previously assumed I would. If all goes marvelous and I continue forward through this semester while maintaining my current work ethic, I postulate that I will finish this semester strong and continue to not only learn, but to fully integrate all of this fresh knowledge into my mind to be readily available for years to come.

Research has been increasingly done on learning and self-reflect and its effectiveness, one of the first researchers' john Dewey stated, 'we do not learn from experience... We learn from reflecting on experience.' John believed that deep learning comes from array of experience, reflection, abstraction, and active testing. James Zull's (2002) fascinating book on the biology of learning, points out evidence that the learning cycles arises naturally from the structure of the brain. Donald Schon also amongst the first to write about reflective practice with his exploration of experience, interaction and reflection with his book 'the reflective practitioner' in 1983, Donald defines reflective practice as the practice by which professionals become receptive of the implicit knowledge base and learn from their experience. 'The practitioners allowed Donald to experience puzzlement, surprise or confusion in a situation which is found uncertain or unique. Self-reflection is like considering a mirror and describing what you see. The term refers to an activity or process in which an experience is recalled, considered and evaluated to gain insight on oneself, ones valued or knowledge gained. The ability to reflect on experience encourages insight and complex learning. In contrast, self-reflection is a process used to study one's own performance in order to improve it. In order for one to succeed, it is vital to have knowledge of what each strengths and weaknesses are for self-development

Peoples appearances in todays society is based upon the clothes they decided to wear that morning, the hairstyle they spent hours on doing and the hours that they would never get back deciding what pattern would look cute to wear on the outside of their skin, bedazzled with sterling silver. With no anticipation of being stereotyped people continuously repeat these actions in the purpose of self satisfaction or expression. The two articles referred to in this essay provides personal experiences of the causes in self reflection decisions in addition to a medical perspective on why sometimes the risk outweighs the rewards.

My freshman year of highschool, like most people’s, is not something that I remember fondly. However, it wasn’t about the social displacement or awkward phases that so many upperclassmen lament about-- it was the academic pressure that proliferated my life. As a student on the honors track, I always had a great enthusiasm for learning, but I also experienced an immense pressure to perform above average in the face of the looming honors workload. By the beginning of second semester, I had found myself sitting in the school social worker's office having a full blown breakdown after a concerned English teacher found me crying in her class and had no idea what to do. I remember feeling like I was drowning in a wave of responsibilities that of which felt impossible to fulfill. My grades, my work, my intelligence just wasn’t good enough for all the expectations I had placed upon myself. A year later, I was put on medication for my uncontrollable bouts of anxiety and depression. As someone who already experienced some issues regarding mental health, the amount of pressure I experienced from my parents, teachers, and even myself, pushed me over the edge.

I believe I can keep a cool head during difficult situations which allows me to think clearly and not worry. When my team sees this, they feel secure and are able to let go of the negative and keep moving forward. This leads to my team and I being proactive in starting new projects instead of worrying about something we couldn’t control.

Throughout the semester we have gone over a lot of topics ranging from our short and long-term goals to our desired major and career choices. I have always had a general idea of what I wanted to do, and the only thing that has ever interested me was working with animals. But when I graduated high school I wasn’t completely certain if I wanted to major in veterinary medicine, so I came to school as an exploratory studies student. And when I first attended this class I didn’t think that it would really help me make up my mind and that it was filling up a foundational studies class that I could be taking. But throughout the semester I’ve come to find out that this class has helped me a lot more than I thought it would.

The writing I did this semester for Engl 110c has meant alot to me because I was able to pick a topic that has such a huge impact in my life. I was able to do the topic about Navy Wives, which has a huge impact on me. I recently became a navy wife a year ago and my life has changed drastically. I was able to share everything I wanted to about the life of a military wife through my writings, as well as share to my classmates about my topic. I really enjoyed creating my ePortfolio because I could come out of my shell and be me. I made a ePortfolio website that would be for military wives to read. I believe this website would be perfect for any military wife reading it. I was able to give tips and information on what it’s like to be a military wife, how to prepare for deployments and how to stay strong being a military wife.

When interacting in a group setting, I tend to overanalyze everything by cause of being a highly sensitive person (HSP). Consequently, I am usually more aware of subtleties. This in turn, helps me to analyze concepts, behaviors, and needs –accurately. In other words, I tend to focus on finding answers that align with my observations, ethical responsibilities, and commitments -when needed. For instance, I will go above and beyond to accomplish successful outcomes, even if I have to work longer hours; my motivation relies on the organization’s success, helping others, and my personal pleasure of accomplishment. Also, I would demonstrate honesty and keep promises, trust and support, I am understanding/ empathetic, and have respect for all of the group members.

I started my lesson off by allowing the students to shake their wiggles out. This helps them stay focused on the lesson. We meet after lunch so they are usually tired and ready to go home. After, we did that I asked them to look over their push/pull charts from the previous day. I told them to reflect on the lesson (interactive PowerPoint) from yesterday and to think about their opinions they developed. I gave them one to two minutes to reflect and turn and talk to their neighbor. As they talked I went around to listen in on the pairs to make sure their conversations were on task. After the two minutes were up I asked each pair to raise their hand if they were finished discussing their opinions. I allowed several pairs to share their opinions. I also asked the groups to provide two reasons to support their opinion. I restated some of their answers to make sure they were providing two reasons. I also did that to allow other pairs to possibly learn new reasons to support their opinion. After, three pairs shared I asked the class “what is an opinion?” I let two people in the class share their answer and then I restated their answer. Next, I asked them “why do opinions have to be supported by reasons?” I called on one student to share their answer. I told the class to think about what we said yesterday. After, I explained why opinions had to be supported by reasons I informed the class that today we will be constructing an opinion piece. I asked the class if they had ever

To begin I introduced the learning intentions at the start of the lesson. Students were extremely responsive to this. Tim commented that chemistry was less ambiguous as he knew what the purpose was and what each class’ purpose was (Appendix P). Tim preferred when learning intentions were introduced at the beginning encouraging him to engage as he saw its purpose and how it connected with his life. For Mark, it gave him a purpose and he could understand the importance of each lesson (Appendix P). John enjoyed when learning intentions were discussed in the conclusion as it was an individual interpretation of what was important in the lesson (Appendix P). With all three students, I observed a greater level of engagement in class, especially during discussion around the learning intention. It allowed the lessons to look more closely at real-life context, which I think is extremely important, and this class discussions led. Utilising a sheet with learning intentions, students wrote what they knew at the start of the lesson and what they knew at the end (Appendix Q). This was an extremely valuable piece of formative assessment as it gave a direction for my next lesson, depending on what the students had learnt, and where there were still areas that could be covered in more depth. The class were more engaged in the learning and had more enjoyment and focus during lessons where the expectations of their learning were discussed. Students know their expectations and the purpose of

Throughout class, we absorb each combination as a whole in order to grasp the main idea and main goal from each concept. We then, break it down step by step and work to redefine each part. From here, majority of the time, we repeat and repeat it. In the readings, deep practice does best when we work with repetition, however only for a certain amount of time. Sometimes it’s even best to take baby steps when practicing. By breaking things down, we allow for our brains to absorb each concept that will later translate into muscle memory, therefore making it easier for us to recall these skills because our body has been practicing the feelings over and over again.

Life is an expedition. At times your success tangent is positive, and at times it goes down. But the aim should always be campaigning for your set milestones and keep on gauging your success. When it comes to me not me exactly everyone life is a protest and you have to be a rebel. The cloud of people is still dragging towards the so-called remarkable piece of paper and guess what is that a Degree. And don’t worry I was under the same umbrella. I was a daydreamer of seeking admissions into an XYZ for under-graduation in the engineering dominion. But alas I couldn’t sweat that much to get that much. But the seeds of XYZ were germinated in my mind. Life shows you the shades of black and white as an act of Mime. I was a part of a route that was contesting XYZ blindly without knowing the purpose of their lives. I never pondered over that a degree from any institute is not a patented orientation for the secure future.

Participating in local, county, and even state and national government is an essential part of seeing your vision put into action; Legislation can be seen as that one last step before enacting change. As I can attest, from witnessing it for myself at this week's town hall meeting in Fort Bragg, brilliant individuals such as George Reinhardt and Doctor Thais Mazur can devote so much of their life to a cause, for it just to come down to a “yes” or “no” vote in the end. For our semester project in civics, each of the students were tasked with objective of learning what we can really be doing in society to see even our change realized. Attending this local town hall meeting, and participating in our discussions in civics class, has allowed me to start participating in some of the civic responsibilities I will have as an adult and an American citizen. By the end of my senior year of highschool, which is comming up a little sooner than I expected, I will be thrust out into society, and I think I have learned enough to get me a good start on my role of citizenship. In this paper I will be writing of my experiences in attending my first town hall meeting, and to what I have taken away from that day relating to how I belive society works.