Personal Reflection : Personal Strengths In Chemistry

Overall, I have been very impressed with how this course is going so far. I appreciate having a short presentation on the topic each week then having the opportunity to discuss the topic with other group members. I have learned a lot from the readings as well as from other group members. By having everyone share their ideas and thoughts, I feel that I have gotten more out of this course than I had expected. With everyone coming from different educational backgrounds and experiences, it has been interesting to be exposed to different ideas and perceptions on some of these topics. In addition, having group members question and challenge my ideas have promoted me to think more in-depth and explore more closely about the topics. As of right now, there seems to be no issues with my group. Everyone participates in weekly discussions as well as writing the summary. Ideas and opinions are shared in a respectful manner

I showed up to every class period that we met and completed the tasks that were asked of me when discussed amongst the group. I would like to think of myself as generally a nice individual with a personality that is easy to get along with. In the beginning, when we first were put into groups, we established a set of simple rules to communicate with each other, which I felt was a great aide in the effectiveness of working with each other. When talking about myself, I was very respectful, open to listening to everyone’s ideas and making sure what was input to the project was relevant to what our topic was (Domestic Violence). One thing I learned from this experience was how to take on a leadership role, especially in dealing with certain challenges that came up. It gave me a better appreciation for group dynamics because I got to do something I am not typically used to. It forced me to come out of my comfort zone a bit, an essential tool in working with the

In conclusion, this class has changed my perspective about working in a group. Since my prior experience with groups was so unsettling, I believed that all groups were going to be the same. However, this class has made it possible to believe that there are groups that respect and take into consideration other members’

Out of my three years in high school, this class has been the most memorable and noteworthy. This class as a whole has been an excellent learning experience for many different aspects of my scholarly self. Attendance wise I missed at the most 1 class a month. All of my absences were unavoidable, and whenever I missed a class I prepared for the content I missed. Whenever I missed a day I had no shortage of assistance from my fellow scholars, and when applicable I contacted and made arrangements with Mr.Bailey. In the grand scheme of things the time I missed had minimal impact to my education as I had a safety-net of peer feedback. Preparation-wise I never came to class missing key items and I frequently assisted others whenever I noticed a fellow scholar in need of support. I meet a majority of the goals I set for myself this year in regards to my participation. I began the year with a keen interest in the smaller group, and I slowly pushed myself into the larger group. My initial interest in smaller groups was my ability to lead a conversation and understand group dynamics. This understanding of small group dynamics subtly showed itself to the larger group. I’m a very introverted person in general so when I began making excursions into the larger group my moves were small and simple. Most of participation mid-way through the year was low-risk and infrequent. As the year progressed I started offering my opinion and understandings to group as a whole; however, I still could

When I was at a young age I used to love writing with all my heart. I would write only about fantasy because it was my own way of getting out of reality. When I wrote my fantasy stories I would go so deep into my writing that I would not notice anything else other than the words flowing through my mind as I write. As I grew older my writing changed. I started to write about my everyday experiences and my thoughts all on one paper. I found this method to be relaxing and I felt at ease when I begin writing.

As I was reading this book, I kept having awe moments because I have either seen the material covered in real time or have thought about it. Out of the five career strategy components, the two that stood out for me were extending experiences and networking/connecting. Reflecting on my educational and professional career, these two themes have been the most relevant.

For those of you who know me well, you know that since last November I actively participated in recruiting with the big four accounting firms. My free time throughout the week in the school year was spent going to socials, interviews, case studying and team building exercises. I was learning how to socialize in a business environment and I was learning to like the black pants suit with a nice pair of Tory Burches for comfort neatly packed in my purse. In fact, I even mastered the cocktail social. The cocktail socials were the most difficult for me because I am only 20 years old and thus, I couldn’t drink because I figured using a fake id to buy alcohol in front of a future potential employer was a bad idea. So I had to schmooze recruiters completely sober, which as easy as it sounds is a hard feat to accomplish. However, by the time my final two cocktail socials rolled around I had mastered what I like to call my signature power move to impress employers and that move was packing my own bottle of Stella Artois in my purse and then casually bringing it out once the full social was in swing that way I could drink alongside the seniors from Terry and Franklin college. I felt my recruiting game had instantly improved after making the revolutionary connection that BYOB was my golden ticket to a summer internship with one of the BIG FOUR.

My first client sat in silence, save for the occasional kissing sounds he made. He had been involuntarily committed under the Baker Act the day before. Since he lacked family or friends, I was appointed as his guardian advocate and became responsible for overseeing his treatment and protecting his rights as a patient. I mentally rifled through my training manual. It can get better. This phrase peppered the pages in my mind, but advice on helping nonverbal, slightly suggestive clients was scarce. Ask open ended questions. I heeded the manual's suggestion, but his stubborn gaze met each attempt. Frustrated, I left with a promise to return the next day.

In the past year I have produced three different pieces of writing with different purposes and intended for different audiences, but they all share a common theme of family ties. The first piece of writing was a creative piece centred on fixing family bonds and bringing the family closer together. The creative piece was intended to entertain a more adult audience and was based around a real life even that happened when I was younger. The next piece was an exposition arguing the point of technology creating a divide between adult and child, it was made to inform and persuade the audience on my point of view, I chose this piece as it seemed a good topic to debate and related to the theme of family. The final piece was a magazine article, this piece was made to inform the audience of which holiday destinations are best for families and there is to do in the suggested towns or cities. In that the magazine piece was created for a target audience of parents with younger children. This piece is heavily linked to my creative piece as the knowledge I gained to create that piece was acquired through my travels as a kid and was based around what places I enjoyed most as a kid.

Here, I enrolled in the several classes during Fall of 2016. Towards the end of November, I was going through some really bad mental issues. This caused my boyfriend of two and a half years to break up with me, which caused me to spend a week in the hospital for behavioral health help. Once I returned, there were three math classes that I had missed, a paper in english that was due soon, and a painting due in my painting 1 class. I was never able to make up the math classes because of the amount of work that I had missed, but I did try to finish my english class and the painting for the painting 1 class. Trying to distract myself, I signed up for another class over winter break. I managed to complete the first set of assignments, but the manager of my job at the time, Jodi, was constantly scheduling me 6 days of the week, for 7-9 hour shifts. As well as working another job about 4-5 days a week to help me pay for a trip to Hawai’i with my friend Vanessa and her significant other. With this amount of stress, I was never able to complete my course work because of working 12-14 hour shifts almost everyday at both jobs. I realize that putting off school for work was my mistake, but I was still not in a good place in my mind at the time, and only wanted to make time pass, so I could distract myself. I believed that the only way I could do this was working, and unfortunately let my school work pile

During this year I had the chance to work and achieve my goals, put into practice my experience to demonstrate my abilities to solve problems and help to achieve common goals as a team in the new challenges presented in the design of an isolation product. Also, I had the opportunity to continue learning and growing as an engineer, expanding my experience to isolation products. Had the opportunity to work on the design on two blocks in the si89200, the modulator and isolation channel. The isolation channel was an excellent experience because it gave me the opportunity to gain more experience in the requirements of an isolation product. Also, had to opportunity to mentor and work closely with the summer intern.

Reflecting back to the first semester of English 5A, I have made progress in my writing abilities but feel that I have more room for improvements. The class discussions and peer review were useful to me because I was able to get a different perspective on my essay and take different idea suggested. My goal for the second semester is to learn more about how to construct a strong thesis and be able to hook the audiences into my essay. After looking the rubric and reflecting on my essay, I could improve on incorporating quotes to help my essay be more effective instead of adding a quote without any explanation about it.

When meeting others, the observations I make are immediate. I often assign traits and characteristics to them without being conscious of the fact that I am doing so. How I react to them – and whether or not I desire another interaction with them – is dependent on these assignments. The characteristics I admire in myself, and the attributes that I observe in others form these assessments. The Role Construct Repertory Test allowed me to recognize what traits I value in others, understand my personal constructs, and given me insight into my own cognitions.

When this course started, I didn’t know what to expect. Quickly did I learn that it was more than just about a single individual and his or her ideas and behaviours. As the course progressed, I learned that it was very important to understand how small groups work. Reflecting upon my personal journey with my group, I have learnt that working in small groups requires commitment, synergy, communication, listening, conflict resolution and decision making and problem solving. This brings me upon my personal journey with my small group and how I have learned to work in such an environment.

Firstly, this course has exceeded all my expectations. When I first started the semester, I honestly thought the course was going to be boring just like some of the classes I took in the past. But, to my surprise it was absolutely not. Of course, the class was exhausting, but I chose to remain positive. Therefore, I got to learn something very important which is how to work in a team. I worked with a diverse team of people coming from different parts of the world. A diverse team sometimes faces all sorts of drawbacks to accomplish a certain project and this is exactly what happened to my team. Every member had a valuable suggestion to add to what we were working on, but it took us some time to actually accept what each one of us had to say. Later on, we decided to put our differences aside and join forces so we can aim higher than what the professor expected from us. Therefore, I have learned that one brain is not as efficient as five brains joined to work together and be successful. My teammates proved me how wrong I was to think that I