Reflection About Self Reflection

To tackle my goals this semester I needed to have a clear focus. Tackling my goals this semester has made me a stronger dancer. From the start of the semester, I have wanted to work on the continuation of my goals from the previous semester. In each class I have worked on finding ways to work on my goals anyway possible. Reflecting my work from the beginning of the semester until now, I have seen myself wanting to be more dedicated to my goals each class. The goals I had for the semester helped me to progress and I continue to work on the ones I struggle with. By having a strong work ethic and clear focus I have had a chance to work on all my main goals throughout the semester: musicality, fluidity, tension, staying lifted in the core, and confidence.

This is my end of year grade 12 culminating self protariate. The project was to create two self portraits but to have them on one page. Initially, I did not expect myself to finish before school ended due to how long it took me to complete it last year. But by reflecting on what happened last year with my lack of time I was able to change my techniques up to fit the time span.

I got a 39 within UCLA Loneliness Scale on the textbook and I was surprised with my result because I did not know that my score has been this higher compared to other men scale which is average of 32. I did not feel any anxiety and fear when I took this scale in the textbook because I feel very confident with myself and relationships with other people. I always trying to respect other people during the conversations nor hanging out with them during a free time because they were always respect me as well all the time. Furthermore, I always listen to other people who needs advice because I want to help them with my experiences. Therefore, they could think that other people have hard times just like anybody else and it could happen to be anytime.

In 2013, an estimated 24.6 million Americans aged twelve or older (9.4% of the population) had used an illicit drug in the past month (NIDA, 2015). In 2016, about 3.6 million adults aged 18 or older received any substance use treatment in the past year, representing 1.5 percent of adults (SAMHSA, 2017). These numbers are not even taking into account any type of behavior addiction such as shopping, gambling, social media, etc. Strong of these numbers, as counselors we can see the importance to gain knowledge about drug and behavior addiction and its process. In order to have a better understanding of the process of change, we have been assigned to abstain from a substance or a behavior for a period of 15 weeks and to reflect about it.

Self-reflection is one of the most challenging aspects of writing. Rationalizing why I deserve the Top Graduate award is a humbling task, but I feel as though I can present a strong argument. Consequently, the goal of this essay is to inform the board of my journey at Park University. My selection to compete for this award has been an honor in itself, and will do my best to give you my credentials. However, before I begin, I will lay out a concise background on myself to help you understand a little about who I am.

I enjoyed writing this essay. I feel like this is the first time I ever formatted as this. It was interesting to use a block quotation and close read and analyzed each part relating to each part of the story. I could sum up the whole meaning behind the conclusion so it was neat. I don’t mind what I will get on this essay because I worked my hardest to accomplish this essay. Also, this is the first time I tried this method so I am also anxious how well I will do.

“It’s not about money or connections—it’s the willingness to out work and outlearn everyone...And if it fails, you learn from what happened and do a better job next time.” -Mark Cuban

I cannot help but think how useful this course has been. Reflecting on the content covered over the course of this semester I have seen growth, and how changes to my lesson plan have not only benefited every student, but also changed my focused on using different methods of instruction to fit the needs of every individual student. I truly enjoyed that the course was divided into main topics to help me grow on a professional level. Each topic attempted to provide specific examples, lessons, broke down information, incorporated research, used external resources, and used real-life examples to help individuals in the education system understand the importance of instructional interventions. The course was divided into

There were two things I took away from the article, the first being finding out the root cause of where self-concept stemmed from. For example, according to the article self-concept is first shaped by our mother; we respond back with decisions or judgments based on our initial experiences from our first caregiver. "A child who had an unresponsive mother will act obnoxious or withdrawn so that people will want to keep their distance. Those with consistently responsive mothers are confident and connect well with their peers" (Flora). Evidently, this has always been the case, specifically true in a sense where our self-perception would be a result from how our

Going into this paper I really wasn’t sure what to expect. You do a lot more workshops then any English teachers I’ve had in the past. This also meant that I had to bring in a much rougher draft then I’m used to other people seeing. Letting other people read my paper in a raw unpolished state was a little bit nerve-wracking for me. Though, in the end, I’m really grateful for all the workshops and all the many different types of feedback it enabled me to receive on my paper

During my first year in my master’s program my first internship training was with Strength United providing family therapy to families with cases open under the Department of Child and Family Services. I was soon assigned my first case. A family of 4 in which the children were exposed to abuse (domestic violence and adult content) at the hands of their father. This was a Latino family and the father was the sole financial provider. I worked closely with the mother, who was Spanish speaking had limited education and were undocumented. The children in the home ranged from 3 years old to 14 years old. Due to the nature of the abuse the father was required to vacate the household during the time the case was to remain open. Naturally, the mother had several fears and regrets.

After going to pre-school my motor and social skills peaked since I had never seen many toys and I began to play with toys and make crafts like putting a string on a mitten and make many friends, but I had more guy friends rather than girlfriends since I had arrived from Mexico and all the girls where mean to me. Fast forward to when I was four and five years old, not only was I growing and more energized but I had a new family with a mom, a dad. Now I was able to go to the park and ride my bike with training wheels and run around and play soccer I would make forts inside and outside of our small apartment. Later on, in Kindergarten I would play with my friends and work together to build puzzles and play group games and solve problems or learn new vocab words. Teachers would have in place many games and tasks for us to build our social and language skills. Such as jumping rope and seeing who could jump to 100 and learn to encourage our group, and we would play hide and seek and whoever's groups had more points would win. These activities helped me learn to work within a group and work in unity to succeed as an individual and as a group. But the main goal of speaking our mind and our emotions failed after the incident with my dad.

Throughout the course and the entirety of my life, I have striven to become more and more thorough at writing in any given scenario. This first year in writing proved to be one of the most difficult I have faced and with that new and better experiences have taken place shaping me into the writer I am today. And yes, I do believe myself to be a writer. This self-proclamation becomes necessary and fitting to me the more and more I read the essays throughout the course. The course did not act merely as a passage to get me writing but more of a treasure chest full of information that gave great riches in the heat of writing and developing for the future. This gave me a certain satisfaction with how I write my essays and more importantly the sparkling new ideas I now had to incorporate and fiddle with. The silver of this treasure chest was the simple creation of a thesis that addressed the entire paper while still leaving room for growth and expansion in the essay. And the most prominent or the gold was the purpose, the purpose found itself coming to the forefront quickly and triggered me to write to entertain and inform my audience while keeping them thoroughly engaged. While I grasped most of the wealth in the treasure chest I still couldn’t take it all. As I wrote I realized that I moved forward in writing without ever looking behind me to remember and bring back old points which could have enhanced my essays. Alongside this was my use of evidence bouncing from point to

Walking into the stadium, my heart racing, I prepared myself to take on one of the biggest challenges of my life. The stadium lights blared onto mats as the 20,000 people in attendance made their way to their appropriate sections. As the youngest in my category, I braced myself for the assessment ahead of me: I would compete in the Taekwondo World Championships in hopes of earning a medal for my academy. After hours of competing, my academy returned home victorious with five gold, four silver, and two bronze medals. Participating in the competition taught me to work hard to help my organization be as successful as possible; this, and many other generous opportunities have allowed me to understand my own leadership potential and how I can fit into the leadership process.

New York is commonly referred to as the city that never sleeps. The sun sets and rises here like any other place in the world. However, the cities bright LED’s turn on and the busy city crowd continuous when the moon begins to rise. Similarly, the mind cannot ever be shut off. To completely inquire, and learn about myself, I took significant time to practice two of the aspects of the Pacmind, and also noted how my mind “Pacminded what Happened” throughout the day. I ultimately learned more about my personality, and discovered certain characteristics about myself, that I had not been aware of before this practice.