Self Reflection

I am currently a student at the University of Texas at San Antonio for almost a whole semester now. I came to this school straight out of high school, not knowing what I was getting myself into. During my high school years, I was good at every subject except my writing class. Coming to UTSA, I knew I was going to struggle in my writing class, but that didn’t discourage me from not trying my best in the course. Going through the English program, I realized that I have some strengths and weaknesses in the class, and it encouraged me to do better. The essays I have written for this class demonstrate that I have developed a strong thesis, organization skills, and detail; however, I still need to improve on grammar, keeping the POV, and citing.

Looking back on my past work a few prominent subjects are very apparent to me now, such as; the self-portrait, the autobiographical in art, performance and the body. My work’s autobiographical in the sense that it’s been inspired by my experiences and influenced by my environment and social surroundings. The self-portrait is a re-occurring theme in and there are works that I’ve made where I was literally in the work, acting as the performer or artist. These are themes I spent a great deal of time researching for my thesis artwork titled: Open Studio: A Phase in Six Years of my Art Education, which was exhibited at the culmination of my MFA program in 2014, which was a life-sized reproduction of my graduate studio space and a true-to-scale wax self-portrait of myself occupying the space.

During the presentation, the team adapted the demonstration method inside of welcoming, did not perform encouragement for the audience to join the movie night and help out the charity. The plain slides style did not provide secure engagement and visual appeal. Ticketing system explanation was made

Peoples appearances in todays society is based upon the clothes they decided to wear that morning, the hairstyle they spent hours on doing and the hours that they would never get back deciding what pattern would look cute to wear on the outside of their skin, bedazzled with sterling silver. With no anticipation of being stereotyped people continuously repeat these actions in the purpose of self satisfaction or expression. The two articles referred to in this essay provides personal experiences of the causes in self reflection decisions in addition to a medical perspective on why sometimes the risk outweighs the rewards.

While many profess not to care what others think, we are, in the end, creatures who want and need to fit into a social universe. The ability to intuit how people see us and how we communicate with others is what enables us to authentically form relationships. Interpersonal communication is a “distinctive transactional form of human communication involving mutual influence, usually for the purpose of managing relationships” (Beebe, Beebe, Redmond, Geerinck, & Wiseman-Salem, 2015). By exploring the strengths and weaknesses of my communication skills, it will enable me to learn more about myself which in turn can positively influence my relationships in both personal and professional settings.

When talking about management, the definition of an effective manager will differ depending on who is asked. Some believe management should keep track of and dictate the actions of their employees, while others believe that managers should act more as leaders to inspire their workers to get a job done efficiently. With discussion about emotional intelligence present in determining management and leadership skills, self-reflection has been highlighted as an important quality. In “Managing Oneself” by Peter Drucker, he mentions several questions that allow an individual to identify traits to understand and analyze them to reach “excellence.” By understanding the strengths and weaknesses of oneself, this allows the individual to utilize their understanding in order to achieve greater work by keeping their traits in mind.

In the summer of 2015, I interned at the Office of Community and Population Health at Montefiore Hospital. My job was to support the Project Manager with the various projects they were working on by assisting with data collection and conducting research. I helped gather research regarding the healthy food options in local delis in the Bronx. This was a beneficial research experience for me because I was able to discover my interest in public health and eventually, I chose community health to be my major. This internship allowed me to experience conducting research by connecting with the community directly, as well as developing analytical skills.

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.

The best way to identify my skills as a learner is through honest self-reflection. Throughout high school, my greatest strength has been an eagerness to learn. My greatest weaknesses in learning are a lack of discipline in personal habits and an unrestrained use of technology. Time management, procrastination, and lack of following through are all habits I am working on to improve. Accessibility to technology for entertainment is a constant threat to the students of this generation. My personal cheerleader tends to be chai tea latte from Starbucks and a pair of headphones.

From the ripe age of four years old, I was told I was smart. I had just tested out of Kindergarten 5 which was a shock for my teachers as they thought that because of my age I was not emotionally ready. Because of this line of thinking, the administrators contemplated on whether or not to let me skip to first grade. My parents were furious and even put me in a new school for a little bit. However, eventually the school consented because I did after all pass the test. From then on, I knew I had something to prove. I had to prove that my age was not a determining factor on whether or not I would continue to prosper academically. It was from that moment on, I would always be held to a higher standard academically. It was at the moment my journey began.

As I entered the stage of adolescence a lot started to change. I experienced a transition when I started puberty. I started my period at the age of twelve and soon after I hit a growth spurt, grew a large chest, and began to look more like my age group did. This plays into Erikson’s fifth stage identity versus role diffusion. With two forms self-isolation and lost in the crowd. I believe I was lost in the crowd because my social identity was rooted in my close friend group. I did everything with them and barely went a day or two without being with them. It was nice to always just follow with the crowd but when I was put into situations where I was not with them I felt a little lost. I can remember I was at a leadership convention for a few days and I did not know anyone and had a miserable couple of days because it was hard for me to talk to people I was not used to. This also was Foreclosure in Marcia’s theory of identity development. I made a commitment to my friends at a young age and from then on I never explored what my identity could be with other people or on my own, I just made the commitment right away. At this point I started to feel a little depressed because of situations going on around me. As we entered the teenage years my friend group started to split up. We all got into different sports and activities that took up most of our time. My friends also started to do things that I was not only uncomfortable with but my parents would never allow me to do.

Before attending the University of Rochester, I had never been exposed to a different culture other than my own. Actually, I had never been exposed to a demanding educational system, not even time management. Every single thing that I have experience since I step a foot in Rochester itself is new for me. Consequently, the CAS 145 course provided me with support which allowed me to be more confident in myself, it permitted me to view my surroundings and realize that I am not the only human being who comes with a weak educational background and is trying to find a rhythm in order to succeed in a prestigious university.

degree in fourth grade. Unfortunately, I experienced a great deal of confliction when I was faced with these feelings do the Jehovah's Witness teachings that physical attraction, specifically thoughts they deemed “unclean” was a sin and such feelings may lead to a path resulting in everlasting death. Furthermore, as these feelings intensified as I grew into adolescents, the accompanying guilt and shame also intensified. Upon reflection, it is not difficult to ascertain what drove my friends to commit offenses resulting in their disfellowshipping and how as a youth I grew very angry and ending in my being disfellowshipped as well. Now, I am thankful I was disfellowshipped as the experience lead me to explore the world in a way I would have likely never done had I stayed involved in the Jehovah Witness religion. Conversely, the experience of losing all my friends, mentors, support system, and role models I was brought up with, led me to experience some of the most difficult years of my life.

First, in relation to the work, I believe that if I cannot make better efforts on normal tasks, even the trivial one, then how can I expect to do more challenge things in the future? Everyone wants to reveal their abilities and to be famous including me. But, maybe I should focus on small things and prepare for big things’ coming. If I do not want to do something routine and trivial, I can figure out the creative method to be more efficient. I believe that the companies and managers would like employees could make more contribution in a smart way and save more cost and time.

When reviewing the course abstract initially, I thought to myself, how will I possibly be able to write something about my ethical self that needed changing. I already thought myself to be an ethically sound being. After much self-growth and reflection, I realized that this was not the case. For my project, I wanted to evaluate how and why I receive constructive criticism poorly. My response to criticism lead me to feel anxious and fearful of all types of feedback. I was very aware that I was straining professional and personal relationships as a direct result from my responses. I hoped that this course, along with self-reflection, would challenge my perspective on what it means to be ethical and provide me with tools to pursue an ethical and moral lifestyle.