Personal Reflection Paper

A bit surreal today as I sit down and write my first paper in almost 20 years. I’ve spent the last 10 years trying to be very concise in my communication, to the point and easy to skim the important facts to ensure what I need to get across will be read. The fact that I am having some emotional response to the stress related to routinely writing papers that ‘feel long’ is just a great example of some of what I learned from my MBTI/Firo B results.

In this paper I plan to briefly review what happened during the counseling demonstration. Next, I will discuss two basic counseling skills that I believe I used well, and one that I struggled with. Finally, I will discuss the next steps I will take in order to improve my counseling skills.

The clocks at LIH appeared to be online and communicating to the WDM. I began my check to start data collection that is when I realized the clocks are not operating normally. I tried to reboot, initialize, and test both clocks though it appeared the clocks were in the process of successfully completing the task, it failed. Within the last two hours, I managed to get both clocks to complete a data collection successfully. I contacted Kari, LIH Coordination Center and request to have a TSO swipe their badge on both clocks located at the Checkpoint and Break Room, respectively.

When I first learned about this assignment, I was a bit skeptical. Having to go to the same place every week and journal about my experience did not really appeal to me and seemed tedious. I was never really big into journaling, but after the first visit, I was hooked. After the first visit, I was amazed at how much of a relief it was to have nothing to worry about except the beauty that was right in front of me. Feeling the this sense of calmness wash over me was unbelievable.

What are some of your earliest memories? Are they mainly joyful or painful? Identify one specific early memory and reflect on the significance this early recollection has for you. What value do you see in the Adlerian technique of having group members recall their earliest memories? Can you think of ways to use this technique in groups you may lead?

At the risk of sounding stereotypical, I can honestly say I have always been known as a “helper”. Even in elementary school, I demonstrated a passion for working with other people and fighting injustices. First, at age five, I held a yard sale for Hurricane Katrina victims and conducted a community food drive to send to New Orleans. I recognized that many of these individuals were not receiving adequate assistance and that I could make some type of difference, no matter how small it may be. As the years went on, I continued to volunteer frequently, such as becoming a member of my middle school service club, altar serving, visiting nursing homes, and helping younger students.

So far in this semester I have learned so much about myself that it really puts me in a perspective that I can’t really believe I have somewhat found myself. I have yet to fully realize my potential, but I have notice the things I really want to pursue and become. Before coming into college I had no clue what I truly wanted to do with my life or what I was capable of doing, that was until I came to college. I came to SUNY Oswego so worried and so ashamed of not having a major and it really freaked me out because I felt so unprepared. I was told that it’s okay to not have a major and it’s even better cause when you don’t have a major you can explore so much more and it has been so much fun finding myself and really seeing how I am. During

It’s a day in mid-July right before my freshman year and marching band is about to start. My mom has the day off because in order for me to be in the band, I have to go to the doctors to get a sports physical. The nurse calls me to the back and tells me, “Okay Maryna, we’re going to weigh you and take your blood pressure.” I am super self-conscious about my weight especially when other people have to see the exact pounds, so hearing that and knowing I have to get on a scale in front of my mom and the nurse is the scariest thing I could ever hear. My heart is a train pounding down the tracks. As I took my shoes off to get on the scale I would think to myself, the nurse and doctor are going to talk shit about my weight, my mom is going to be so pissed about how much I’ve gained, What the hell is wrong with me? This is when I realized I have a poor self-esteem.

Throughout this course, I’ve definitely seen an entirely different side of myself. I've become aware of my strengths and characteristics that I never knew I really had. I started to see myself more positively and that I am worth it.

I was a quiet child growing up; not necessarily shy, but introverted. Now, I consider myself an extroverted introvert. Growing up, I probably didn’t come across as a leader. My kindergarten teacher wrote in my assessment that I was shy; I didn’t speak up enough for myself when I was bullied throughout my elementary school years, and I probably stood in the shadows more than I realized throughout middle school. I could have been more decisive during high school.

5) For 24 years as STE 13 /11 LW, I have demonstrated exceptional and effective communication skills in many projects where I have made public presentations in front of City Councils and in public meetings. These public meetings included Senator’s representatives, hotel and business associations. As and SRE I presented I-15 Managed lanes Middle to the community on several occasions. In addition, I have also represented Ct to governmental and other representatives that visited my project, including the Governor of California, a Japanese delegation, the media, and SDSU engineering students. I successfully served as an expert witness in several instances and worked with State’s attorneys and successfully defended Ct in a $ 15 million tort case. My writing, oral communication, and analytical skills were successfully demonstrated in my claims reports and oral presentations that clearly presented Ct’s side, resulting in the DRB ruling in Ct favor 90% of the time. I have served as the D11 Design’s representative in the Construction/Design joint task force to improve the quality of plans, communication, coordination, and lesson learned with Construction. I have also conducted and participated many preconstruction, PDT, CR, STM, status meetings the majority of D11 and I-5 CM/GC Corridor projects. As STE for 6 years, I have led a Statewide CTAC quarterly meetings where HQs CADD and IT get updated on the districts' training and equipment deployment efforts, challenges, and successes. I

My father, a small town pharmacist, and my mother, a child behavioral psychologist, each had a fundamental empathy and compassion for aiding others. Through them I witnessed, and became inspired, by the ever complicated relationship dynamics of total patient care. I realized my father didn’t just fill prescriptions as the local “Walmart Pharmacist” and my mother didn’t just convene and listen to individual’s dialogue about their personal issues. Instead, the interactions they both faced with each of their respective patients carried a multiplex of red tape, claim denials, write offs, prolonged consults, bureaucracy, and confusing medical terminology from beginning to end. Yet, somehow they both managed to offer the care, sympathy, and willingness to assist anyone and everyone who required it within our small community.

I am now approaching the conclusion of my college career and starting to adjust to work life. This is a period of self-reflection and an attempt to put everything I learned into perspective. During this period of my life, I have been constantly thinking and contemplating my future. I feel very anxious yet nervous during this time while I am adjusting to this new stage of my life. When I was in High school my life was very structured, because I could be very dependent on peoples help and I obviously still lived with my family. When I went to college, I had to break away from that feeling of dependency and start the adjusting to adulthood. In college there was more responsibility and I started to become more independent. This was a crucial step in my life but choosing a career is going to be an even bigger step. It is a bigger step because; I have to start structuring my career goals and family goal for the future. At this moment all I can think about is my career, and how I can I keep improving myself for work life.

For my project I chose to reach out to two individuals who practice a different religion than my own and learn more about them. I chose this project because I wanted to be able to understand some of the things I have learned in the textbook first hand. I thought that asking questions to people who practice a particular religion would help me to understand a bit better. To fulfill the requirements of the assignment, I spoke with Jeff who formerly practiced Judaism but is now an atheist and also Elzizie who is a Sunni Muslim. I also spoke with someone who is a Pagan, but chose to focus on Judaism and Islam. I learned a lot from this project and appreciate the opportunity to speak with both Jeff and Elzizie.

I am about ten years old in elementary school. The foundations that will dictate the rest of our educational career are embedded here. We’re all beginning to become self aware, realising we are separate entities from the others around us, although we haven’t quite understood what that means. We have also begun to wonder what our private parts are meant for and why they come in two different sets. We’re told about these “changes” that we’ll undergo in the next years, how our bodies will change and how we’ll come to resemble our mothers and fathers. In a class of 30 you can pick out four of the girls whose bodies have already begun to morph into something entirely different. I’m not among them, but I wonder about what I’ll turn into when my body starts changing. I am thin and tall with very long hair, but I don’t feel very pretty and I’ve convinced myself that I am not human because if I was then I would like the other girls in my class. The adults around me tell me I’ll grow into myself which isn’t a concept ten-year-old me can fathom and so the adults probably just feel sorry for little ugly me.