Qualitative Final Reflection

A condition of my admission to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign was the completion of my senior year courses. I admit that my grade in Math Techniques was an F. This fact is not what I wish to explain, as there is no way for me to skirt the fact that I received a failing grade in this class.

The two units that I felt I could connect the most to were the mental health and the factors affecting wellbeing unit. I think I was able to connect the most to these units because some of the things that are talked about in the units applied to my life. In mental health and factors affecting wellbeing, we discussed the different factors that can affect our mental health. One example that we talked about was stress, and this is one reason why I was able to relate to the unit. I often have felt stressed therefore, I know the effects it has on our mental health. Another thing that we talked about was how our mental health is affected every day by little things, and, I agree with this statement because I too have experienced

I have learned so many things out of this class that would be very useful to me in the future. Also, I don’t think that if I truly want to write about all the things I have learned from this class it would all fill a 2 pages paper. However, the three main things that I have retained from this include how to write a response paper, how to read a book better, and how to better write essays.

This was what influened me a lot the philosophy, from any other electives course and general education courses because, I understood the real philosophy of life. All other courses, I learned alot, but somehow, this connected me and my life. These courses are really helpful in my daily life’s and I have used my skills and tact knowledge that I got from this program.

After completing clinical simulation laboratory session 5: surgical scrub, I found that entire process of surgical scrub is way too complicated and time consuming: the entire process took me 5 minutes to complete and one wrong move could result in restarting whole process. My tutor emphasized the importance of surgical asepsis and its role in preventing infection but surgical scrub seemed torturous and waste of time to me. Still not fully convinced, I decided to do some research to find out the importance of proper surgical scrub.

An important aspect of public speaking is appearing confident. Through my use of hand gestures and eye contact, I feel I got sense of confidence across to the audience. By using appropriate gestures that corresponded to the topic or sentence I was addressing, it made the speech feel more active and less stagnant. In combination, by using eye contact and switching being the different people in the audience, this was able to make everyone feel like I as truly addressing them. As a result, the speech came across as a little more interesting and a little more engaging for the everyone in the class.

I'm a final semester Computer Science student at the University of Wollongong, Australia - specialising in Systems Security and Software Engineering. I do have a passion for user interface design, something I look at in my past time. I generally prefer design that is simple and minimal, after all good design should recedes to the backgrond, allowing for the content to take centerstage.

Buddhism has been relevant to my life throughout my own cultural experiences and knowledge that I received from the Buddhist Ethics course taught by Dr. Geoffrey Barstow. The ideas and practices of Buddhism were not limited to my past knowledge and continuously expanded as I went over the introduction level of the course. The study of Buddhism opened to me various aspects that were beyond what I had known. The most standing out topic seemed to change my perspective in Buddhism was karma. The concept of karma is not simply to determine every single action that I have done in my lifetime but it also makes me think critically what is right or wrong in many situations when I make an action or behavior to other people around

As I look back at the initial reflection I see that I was able to achieve many of my goals and fall short on others. I knew going in thought that these may be some pretty lofty goals when it came to blending them all in together. Now that the semester is over I can see that for the most part I am right where I wanted to be academically, socially and with extracurriculars.

In my opinion this project has happened to be one of the most beneficial projects. I personally wanted to do the field of Veterinary medicine because I have always been interested in that field and my fiancée is starting Vet school at Louisiana State Veterinary School, so knowing the statistics about the industry will benefit us. So after talking to my partner we both had an interest, so the decision was easy. Doing research about the job opportunities, salaries, and the stigma of the industry helps one realize the pros and cons. Ashley and I met twice to work as a team for the executive summary. I had finished my half of the project a week ahead of time and Ashley was not as proactive so I got a little nervous

Originally, my first attempt at this class did not work out the way that I had hoped. I underestimated the amount of time I would need to devote to my lessons. Therefore, I am choosing my first attempt at this class as my event that will influence my academic work and goals at Colorado Christian University. I know now that even though having every minute of the day scheduled doesn't always mean that the schedule can be followed. I have learned that my priorities needed to be rearranged and most importantly that it is okay to ask for help.

In my final semester I felt a little stronger as a nurse as more blocks were placed upon my caring base. I felt more comfortable teaching patients about their illness and things that they could do to treat their illness such as medication therapy, diet, activity, and attitude. I felt like I was able to teach patients that they have some control over their health. This semester meant caring for and teaching three patients and learning how to prioritize and balance each one. It was also in this semester that I relied more on the patient care techs for tasks such as vital signs and help with their activities of daily living. In the past I liked to give my patients their bath because I felt as though I was able to obtain a thorough assessment.

My first semester of college was by far my most difficult, as I struggled with anxiety which was physically and emotionally taxing. As expected, this had a negative impact on my academic performance. The grades I received were the lowest of my academic career. I am not asking you to excuse my grades, as I have since corrected the problem, I do want to explain the reason behind the slow start and change in my grades.

To begin, over the course of this semester, I have written many essays. I have chosen to reflect upon my Compare/Contrast essay, and my Descriptive essay because these are the essays that, I received the best grades on. Also, I feel like those essays were my best work. Both essays reflect on my past experiences and things that I have gone through. The Compare/Contrast essay was written about my decision process of going to college or working first, coming straight out of high school. The Descriptive essay was detailed and expressive about my experience with receiving my acceptance letter.

During week one, my initial definition of learning was listening to an instruction, studying and then rehearsing that information in my mind, or categorizing it in a way so I could remember most of what was taught in the course. The class has opened a new dimension for me in the learning process; from understanding how I process information to deciphering which learning processes I use in intentional learning or metacognition. Understanding my learning patterns form dynamic learning relationship is a key element to my view of how and why I process the learning experience, even relating it to every day life.