Reflective Reflection

I will reflect on an incident that occurred during my shift to develop positive attitude towards nursing informatics.

As I reflect at the end of the semester on my work throughout the semester, I see that I have improved as a writer. I feel like I have overcome my weakness and have turned them into strengths that can be used in my future courses. Over the semester I have worked on different types of papers and have used major and minor writing processes. I have also became more familiar with the APA writing format.

The instructor was well organized and professional in everything he did. He was helpful and tried to assist whenever he could with questions, comments, emails, and additional comments on my work. The comments helped me see what I was doing wrong and he tried to help me correct them. This is a learning process. Now that the class is over I have mixed emotions about the things I did incorrectly, but I am working to improve them

Originally, I thought that I would group the articles by themes to complete my weekly reflections. For instance, the Week 12 reflection would incorporate the theoretical and/or philosophical underpinnings of conceptual understandings as discussed in the works of Simon (1995) and Samara & Clements (2004). Then, Week 13 would explore the affordances and constraints of learning trajectories highlighted in the work of Daro, Mosher, & Corcoran (2011), Empson (2011), and Myers, Sztajn, Wilson, & Edgington (2015). But, as I finished the Simon article, and then the Daro article, I realized that I was really struggling to make sense of the importance of the Simon article. As with all other articles, (and maybe this is a flaw of mine), if I spend

The purpose of this chapter is to reflect on the process and results of this action research, as well as the growth that was made personally.

If a child is not able to stay in his seat during the class his logical consequence would be that he loses his seat and has to stand next to his desk for the activity or at least 10 minutes. This will show the student that having a seat is a privilege and if it is abused they won't get the privilege. If a child did not come in from recess then for the next recess they do not get to go out for recess and we'll have to spend it in the classroom with me. This will teach the student that if I cannot trust them in recess than they don't get to have recess. If a child had a tantrum in the classroom, I would have the rest of the children move away from the tantruming child until he calms down or I will ask him to go to the quiet book corner until he is ready to join us again. This will teach the child that his tantrum will not get him anything he wants. If the child did not complete his homework, he will have to take time out of a fun activity to complete it. This will teach him that he still has to do the homework whether it is at home or during his fun activity in school. If the child talks in class, the child will get moved from the person they are talking with. This will teach him that if he wants to sit with his friends he has to sit quietly. If the child writes on his desk, he will have to move his chair and use a clipboard for the remaining part of the activity or 10 minutes and he will have to clean his desk. This will teach him that the desk is a privilege and we have to

I used to think I was invincible and that nothing could harm me. Now that I look back to when I was younger I can’t believe how incredibly wrong I was. Everyone would always tell me that you couldn’t fool around in college and no one would be there to hold your hand throughout the process. I decided not to listen to them and I would just do my own thing. During the two years that I was enrolled in Moorpark, I would skip class and hang out with my friends. Doing this didn’t just affect me; it also affected my parents and hurt them. My life revolved around having fun and being a carefree teenager. I thought time would stop and everything I did wouldn’t cause me any harm. I’d get these moments sometimes where I’d stop and be disappointed in myself but I wouldn’t fix my problems or even try to. Focusing more on my social life led me to put school on the backburner and concentrate on my new job that I started. Work became demanding. With all of the hours and responsibilities that I had, I never thought of going back to school. I ended up becoming a manager in a department store, and this took up the majority of my time. I had only finished about a year of school. I’d keep telling myself that I would go back next semester. This was a reoccurring thought in my head. At this point in my life I was 20, I worked and then I started a new relationship. This also consumed much of my time. This new relationship brought

My contribution to this class, English 101, in my opinion is a lot. I always try my best when in the classroom and out of the classroom. While I'm in class if I'm every asked a question I always answer it to the best of my ability. Also, if I'm in class and a question is openly asked I always try to answer it. I don’t answer all the questions because I necessarily want to, I answer them because most of the other students in the class don’t. I am really proud of myself when it comes to this class. I always work hard and do my best. English by far is not my best subject but, I try my best and that’s why I believe I've done good. I turn in all of the work on time, I always read the chapters from They Say/ I Say and do well on my reading quizzes. Also, on my first paper "The Conjuring Movie Trailer" (Gladden) I think I did very good on. I feel that my thesis statement was well thought out and developed (Gladden 1). I learned so far, this semester a strong understand of rhetorical appeals and how to apply them to essays. Also, I have never missed an English class and I think this plays a huge role in my success in English 101 thus far. Coming to class everyday I'm supposed to helped me get everything turned in on time and it also helped make sure I understood everything and if I ever had a question it was answered. Between my peers and professor, I never left the classroom confused or wandering. My success in this class is not just from my hard work but also, the patience and

My English 1301 class is coming to an end this semester. This class benefited me in a variety of ways that helped me improve my English as a second language. This course taught me how to be a more responsible student, work as a team, write effectively, edit and proofread essays, create a solid thesis, and, most importantly, how to write a rhetoric essay that will help a person change his way of thinking.

Who is the boy I see in the mirror? He is over-weighted, unsuccessful, paranoid, and insecure. It was a grotesque reflection of myself and a visualization of a loser. So I was frequently scared to confront my true-self in the mirror and ignored my fundamental problem.

Over the past few weeks, I have noticed growth in awareness and understanding towards becoming a culturally responsive teacher. This includes me learning more about the many aspects and influences on what makes a teacher truly culturally responsive and developing on the knowledge that I already had.

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My writing had a transition through the semester and it was because of what I learned in this class. My writing process took a turn as well however, it took time and at times I had a hard time identifying things like the subject and key action. Many times I just had to word vomit onto my paper because that way I could sort my ideas afterwards. The discussion helped me identify when and where I put my character and key action because I used to think I could play around and put it anywhere I’d like because at the end it was my paper. However, I learned that concision is important because if the reader gets confused they might not be interested in reading anymore. Other people including peers, professors, and tutors at the writing center helped me identify where I needed change whether it meant grammar or structure. At, the start of the semester the Beginning Statue prompt made me feel very comfortable. However, throughout the semester I noticed that there was even more to learn and that I could implement different methods to better my writing.

In class so far we have went over skills such as critical thinking, critical reading, inclusive language, paragraph development, summarizing, and rhetorical analysis. The purpose and application of critical thinking involves looking at both sides of an argument and properly evaluating which one you think is best. Critical thinking as well as critical reading go hand-in-hand. Inclusive language was brought to the forefront in order for us to recognize and apply to our writings that for example, women and men can both be nurses, women and men can both be apart of the police force and that “policeman” is not correct in cases as well as the word “nurse” just being referred to as a woman. For paragraph development we learned what goes into a paragraph in certain papers, for example, in our argumentative essay papers for Cornerstone each paragraph should build on a specific portion of our thesis statements. Summarizing simply revolves around the root of the word, summary. Summarize the topic at hand non-subjectively while pulling out the main key-points and main ideas. Rhetorical analysis came after summarizing and it is similar to summarizing, however, in a rhetorical analysis you include way less summary and more subjectivity as you are imposing your thoughts on certain things (tone, arguments, perspectives, etc.) on the reading you are writing your rhetorical analysis on. Personally for me, I have already learned these skills and I am just honing them for the college level. In

How your body looks plays an important role in your life. It only takes one tenth of a second for people to process and form an opinion on another individual. In this incredibly short amount of time your appearance, body language, mannerism, and clothing are all evaluated. This snap judgement shapes your social groups, the way you are treated, whether or not you are considered good enough, et cetera. Through my experience, I’ve become more aware of the judgements regarding my ethnicity and it’s come to my understanding that in order to be accepted, you must meet the standards built by those around you. These standards obviously include how you body itself looks, however on further examination the root of such judgements on the body is