Personal Reflection Essay

The purpose of this, my reflective essay, is to consider the journey I have taken to develop and create both the story research task and the story task. In the first task I was tasked to do an in-depth research on a topic that was trending or perceived as popular with a wide and varied audience. Accordingly, this would be a topic that could be seen to span a range of Social Media and established news sources. Then, in the second task, I was required to create a well-structured article based on the topic and crafted to meet the well-established journalistic standards of an established periodical, such as Time magazine. I now regret not adding an image to both support and establish the storyline. If correctly used it would have become

As an individual makes their way through life, it is easy to forget the exquisitely beautiful and complex inner lives that seemingly play second fiddle towards the immediacy of the everyday. Self-reflection can serve as a vital tool for one to understand, analyze, and correct behaviors or outlooks that affect the way everyday interactions are handled. One such way to reflect is through the use of online evaluations, which can measure everything from assertiveness to deep underlying characteristics. The tests to identify the Locus of Control are based on an individual’s perception of direct or indirect control over their own situation. However, some might say that an individual’s position in life can be entirely dictated by the level of assertiveness towards it. While very revealing, the results of test such as these do have the possibility to change with the passage of time and subsequent growth of the individual. Today, I have completed some such evaluations and found that my current self-image of my imaginative analytical nature seems to be continuously confirmed.

“I liked the poem ‘The Road Not Taken’ for a lot of reasons,” was how I started my first writing assignment of this course, and now it is how I am starting for last writing assignment; but for different reasons. In the beginning of this class, my knowledge and understanding of writing was very limited. Fortunately, I did not submit my assignment with such an uninteresting and bland hook, but this shows the tremendous growth I was able to experience as a writer as a result of this course. Throughout the course I have been able to learn and understand the components of a strong written piece, and have hence learned to create intriguing hooks, a strong body that contains vivid descriptions, imagery, and literary devices (similes, onomatopoeia, and metaphors, etc.) and a satisfying conclusion.

I have established key relationships by partnering and influencing program leadership team by being the first point of contact for Finance & Service for CPS program if they have financial, O2D, contracting etc. queries.

From the group discussion we had about each other political views there was many things that I learned and reflected on. To start off, I identify with the Democratic party, but since the previous presidential election I don't know if I still want to be associated with it. The current Democratic party is a party right now that I feel alienated right now because I believe they are not reflecting the current working man and are corrupted by Wall Street officials. Based on my previous answer, I classify myself a subset of the Democratic party: a Social Democratic. On social issues, I believe that the environment is the number one priority facing the nation because the environment affects everyone and with no end in sight, there needs to be increased regulations in order to protect it for future generations and the future of the country. Another social issues that is a concern for again everyone is who has guns. I pointed to the events in Las Vegas and Newtown and the unnecessary amount of killing resulting from the inadequate amount of mental health facilities, of gun ownership education, and of regulations on certain guns. On economic terms, I see that a bigger government will be better for the American public because it's natural that people especially the wealthy will only benefit themselves; it’s just human nature. Therefore, the idea of trickle down economics will not work for the average worker, but the everyday CEO. The most important political topics that is needed for

The main goals for this project, as I said in my email last year, were to improve my work ethic, and create something I was proud of. I believe I accomplished both of those things, but first I will discuss the things that I would have done differently. Most importantly I would have captured more emotion in my photos. Not just more photos, but a wider range of emotions. I did capture some other emotions, but I had a lot fewer shots of them and therefore even fewer made it into the final project. I think that Braden purposefully wore a hat when I was taking photos of him, but I didn’t notice until it was too late. I would have worked harder to make him comfortable without it, but it took me too long to realize. I think I captured the main mood of what he does which is a sort of peaceful kind of work. He really seems in bliss when playing guitar and I was really able to capture that with the images I already took. As I continue to photograph Braden I will try to get more images depicting sadness, happiness, frustration, etc. I also wish I had more time with Braden. I took very opportunity that I had to take photos of him, and I shot at many different locations, but I am looking forward to photographing him during the school year when he is not gone with his family so much. This way I will have opportunities to photograph him in even more environments and doing more than just playing guitar. I will focus a little less on composition and more on the story, emotion, etc. I think

When first embarking on my college journey, my writing skills were not a salient topic of concern. I have always considered myself a solid writer, and have earned corresponding grades that reflected, while somewhat bolstering, my assumptions. As I enrolled in HNRS 103: Honors Written and Oral Communication, I felt that I would do well, and it would not be a course that I would necessarily be constantly worrying over throughout the semester. I expected to write papers and do written assignments regularly, in addition to give speeches and oral presentations.

The second to last essay type we wrote this year were personal essays, which were a blend of reflection, analysis, and persuasion. The first was about A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich and the second was about The Odyssey. The purpose of writing this kind of essay is to develop a thesis, which “probes” the theme of an issue or text. While writing these essays, I learned to “probe” and question the meanings of a certain issue. I also learned important techniques and lessons for integrating multiple sources, such as a book, philosophy, or personal experience. A sentence that I feel used both personal experience and historical evidence was in my first paper, where I state: “If not hero had ever thought to allow women’s rights to education so long ago, I would never have written this essay in the first place.” This sentence, I felt, was a personal sentence yet still upheld my thesis. Another sentence I felt was well crafted was in my Odysseus essay, where I state: “Because we can shut our mouths when we want to beg. Because holding onto the world for what it’s worth makes you human again. Because we can drop our hand.” This sentence, to me, sums up my entire paper while still alluding to an earlier metaphor, which aided me in “showing” my ideas. Altogether, it was difficult to balance my ‘showing’ and my personal essay, as a large part of a personal essay includes taking from multiple sources. Explaining several sources while still connecting it to a thesis is complicated,

With the activities centering primarily on perspective in Chapter 5, I found myself enjoying the text. When writing the lifeline, I saw the variety of experiences that have shaped who I am emerge. At first glance, it seems as though I have gone through the most transitions during the last 10 years of my life, moving to new states, starting new jobs, etc. However, taking a closer look, I realized the transitions before then were perhaps just from a different perspective. I married, had children, and started to establish my own identity separate from my parents. Overall, the pattern I see is one of continual growth, being open to new opportunities, and taking paths leading to expanded learning. Socially, my web showed numerous relationships; however, there were several dissonant ones that gave me pause. I realized I often spend a lot of energy on those relationships, which is draining. The importance of balancing the resonant and dissonant relationships became very clear in the exercise, giving me a broader perspective.

One thing i feel strongly about is fighting against racism and discrimination .Racism has done nothing but bring us to hate one another, and fear. However the very idea of embracing our differences makes us feels too vulnerable for the majority to accept. Racism and slavery still unfortunately exist to this day.I do understand that many people may feel uncomfortable with the different cultures and beliefs.I on the other hand truly wish to do what is in my power to help people understand that differences make us unique in a good way. Learning different words in different languages is something have passion for; I would love to make people comfortable just the way they are especially in such a diverse school like Tennyson. You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty-Gandhi.This quote is makes me feel better about myself and makes me reflect that sometimes you will struggle with a group of people in life but that does not close your dose if someone suts you down.wrong things done by few cannot define the entire humanity.In this world i believe there is greater good by ignoring the terrible things done by bad people.

I would like to start by saying the paper was a very good way of getting a reflection of what people thought of you. I was surprised to see so many people replying back it was overwhelming. I wanted a very wide range of people's feedback as I believe that a person is different with different people and maybe one's core values remain the same but a few traits change person to person hence my feedback is filled with a mix of people including my best friends, me ex girlfriend and my business partner from back in college.

I believe my current strengths encompass the following. The first one is avoiding set patterns of doing things. I always don’t take the same train home every day. I have realized that I should try out new working routines daily. Additionally, I should not just stick to one kind of food, but frequently, I should try a new food item. Next, is being open and receptive to ideas. When I’m, receptive, it implies that I’m open to other people’s views and changes. If I do respond to other peoples positive ideas, I will become not only receptive but also flexible in life. Learning and understanding one is another current strength. I understand that my intuitive controls a large measure of my conduct and in this way the thinking behind considerable impacts my choices in life. In any case, if I know what to look like, I can pick up a more noteworthy comprehension of myself. That is why I settle on the choices that I do. Understanding oneself is I another strength what makes me happy and gives me chances to improve in life. Having courage and self-confidence is also one of my current strengths. The best approach to create confidence is to do the thing I fear most. I have learned to pick up quality, courage, and certainty by each involvement through leaving my fears. I usually state to myself, “I have survived this obstacle. I can say anything else”. Keeping a sense of humor is an additional strength. Having a great sense of humor is a critical component when I want to grow through happiness. Risk taking is my last current strength that makes me try

As I reflect more on my childhood years and the complexity of my family as it goes back generations I have come to better understand myself. Consequently, there are a number of personal and professional implications from these reflections. The personal implications have been the most difficult to work through, and many have only come to the surface through working on keeping a healthy marriage with my wife Megan and in raising our daughter together. The first implication, is the need to live out something different than what was model to me growing up. This analysis has helped me realize that most of the relationships that I was a part of, or witnessed growing up, were filled with anxiety. This was often caused by not sharing the same core values, or conforming to expectations. However, I have been challenged in my own expectations for others and how I can be a non-anxious presence in my family relationships.

I grew up in a home with a mother and father who would take their kids to church. One Sunday I sat in “big church” where the pastor mentioned sin and it’s consequence. That night I told my mom that I did not want to go to hell. She proceeded to tell me about the work of Christ Jesus, which ended with me saying a prayer to get out of going to hell.

Whether you are the CEO of a huge corporation or you manage a small business, if you are in a leadership position at any company, one of the keys to your success as well as the success of the company is self-reflection. Often, this self-reflection starts with understanding why you do things a specific way and working to change your habits and attitude to allow yourself to be more successful.