The Courses I Took At Southwestern College Helped Me To

To become successful in this particular community, knowing your strengths and weaknesses when dealing with certain situations that require critical thinking is crucial. Helping people will not always be an easy task, so having the ability to deal with difficult circumstances and situations is key.

In my first reflection, I elaborated on my personal goals in relation to my experiences at Spelman College. I spoke about how those experiences have influenced my goals. Since then my goals have not changed, however I have become more determined to reach those goals. My overall determination stems from the fact that I am surrounded by a vast group of intelligent and talented women. My Spelman sisters push me to reach greater heights, and they encourage me to not just be mediocre. Therefore, the consistency of my goals, my influences to acquire my goals, and my aspiration to achieve my goals all contribute to my success at Spelman College thus far.

Thinking is our nature; however, it often can be biased, inaccurate, fractional, unfamiliar or prejudiced. Critical thinking is the skill of questioning and evaluating thinking with an intention of improving it. Critical thinking scholars, Linda Elder and Richard Paul, discuss eight specific foundations of thought which are considered to be the tools we need in order to analyze our own thinking. The intellectual foundations include humility, courage, empathy, autonomy, integrity, perseverance, fair-mindedness, and confidence in reason. There are three traits that I need to strengthen in my own life, which are intellectual courage, intellectual perseverance, and intellectual fair-mindedness, plus I plan to implement actions to maximize these traits.

In today’s society, a good quality education is an important and valuable necessity. As a college student at Lone Star College, my college experience has greatly influenced me in an enormous amount of ways. By attending college, I have not only had a chance to receive a quality education and degree, but also an opportunity to socialize and interact with various people from different cultures. In addition, the professors on campus have been extremely helpful towards teaching me to succeed in both inside and outside the class room. Furthermore, my college experience at Lone Star has greatly influenced and encouraged me to be successful and achieve my dream of becoming a doctor.

While attending Monterey Peninsula College I have met many professors and classmates that have helped enrich myself both academically and socially. My anatomy professor helped me by being so open to answering all of my questions during office hours, as well as working with other classmates during open labs. My Gender and Woman Studies professors have enlightened me by opening my eyes to other cultures and leading me to put myself in someone else’s shoes.

In general, the previous schools that I had attended were rather conservative in the sense that there is a lesser degree in the freedom to flourish in distinct fields of study. Therefore, I crave in expanding my abilities in different fields and in different places. I decided to turn to American education to challenge this stereotype. Attending Lewis & Clark College would allow the broadening of my perception in both academia and profession-wise. I see Lewis & Clark as the fertile grassland that can assist my pursuit for knowledge as it provides a large diversity of programs and working relationships with multiple companies. Ultimately, Lewis & Clark College serves as a springboard for me to achieve a higher ground throughout my career path. The opportunities provided in Lewis & Clark College could potentially elicit the inner potentials of myself to develop in the society and better represent myself as a successful candid from the

With the undergraduate education I received at Our Lady of the Lake University I have a better understanding of my social surroundings and I am more skilled at diffusing strenuous situations. Furthermore, because of the experiences I have had in my undergraduate degree I am better understanding people’s emotions, which is vital as a supervisor in business. My undergraduate experience has also given me a better ability to grasp when someone is understanding and listening to my instruction, which is vital in a work place.

I currently hold a Master of Science in Leadership from South University and a Bachelor of Arts from Clayton State University. While attending both of these institutions I was heavy engaged in community outreach and my athletic career as a student-athlete and athletics administrator. While attending Clayton State University I was a fulltime student-athlete and often had to withdraw from classes if I was missing class time due to competition. At South University I was introduced to the online learning environment; initially I struggled because I started a new job

Power imbalances can impede an individual’s attempt to manage work-related conflict in many ways. It is noteworthy that imbalance in power arises from the differences that exist between the employers and employees. Therefore, power could be destructive as a result of its disparity. In any organization, the title of any individual reveals the power that person holds in the company. However, any individual who seeks to resolve conflicts at work-place will have to be influential just like his/her position. It is common that employees are likely to pay more listening attention to their boss or employer more than a fellow colleague. This similar effect can also be created by power imbalance in conflict. According to the Registered Nurses’ Association of Antorio (2012), it is because of regular feelings of influence propound undesired consequences. It is common that people that are highly placed (with power) devalue those with less power to develop sentiments such as hostility and exasperation. Notably, such feelings impede managing work-place conflicts in organizations.

Upward Bound is an outside of school leadership program that I value a lot. Having the opportunity to be a part of that program has taught me not only school lessons but also valuable life lessons that happen on an everyday life basis. One of the things that we are focusing on in our 6 week summer classes is how to find the college that best fits us. Upward Bound does not only focus on helping us in our education and becoming successful. It also helps the students get more involved in our community by helping out in the Regional Food Bank, Feed the Children, and helping donate shoes to Sole Hope. Not only does Upward Bound prepare students for college and life it also helps us prepare ourselves on how to be better communicators and the way

An important piece of a college education is educating leaders of competence. I find it incredibly important for students to come out of college with not just an academic education, but a well rounded education. Students should know how to apply what they have learned to the real world. By training leaders of competence, Christian colleges are doing society a favor. We need more leaders who are knowledgable and willing to stand up for what he or she believes in. I am also attracted to the cultivation of knowledge and faith to build a more humane society. By allowing students to grow more knowledgable they become much less ignorant on important issues that face our society. By lessening ignorance, we can make much more progress in much more efficient ways.

I am a firm believer in the adage, “The university does not make the student; The student makes the university.” Therefore, I believe that my intellectual and academic interests could be explored at any university. However, I feel as though the University of Pennsylvania will provide me with an unrivaled pathway on which to explore my interests. Two distinct academic choices that caught my attention were Freshmen Seminars and Service Learning, due to their relevance to my interests.

I enjoy surrounding myself with diverse individuals in order to expose myself to new beliefs and values. Thus, increasing my level of tolerance. I feel, as though I will be successful in interacting with others not like me because I truly appreciate the value of diversity. Inclusiveness is also important to me because I believe every individual deserves to be apart of a team no matter what differences they may have. By limiting people only limits the possibility of growth as a society as well as enforces the views of those who are one –sided. Thus, in times of decisions making it limits the number of available solutions to a problem. I am a very hand on interactive person who finds team building activities to be important to build relationships. I feel as though a relationship between people creates a bond that lead to self-growth as a person as well as leadership. I have had the pleasure to learn about leadership through my Lead Explores class. This class has allowed me to study and develop leadership skills that have benefited me and will continue to benefit me when engaging with others. Lastly, through past experience of working in the hospital and interacting with others, such as the elderly, the disabled, and the sick has taught me to importance of empathy. By being able to put one self in another individual’s shoe helps one-gain insights to the world outside of theirs. Thus, influence

The program allowed me to spread my wings, releasing me of my shell of failure, and teaching me leadership qualities that I will never overlook. During the program, I was strongly influenced to network with others. Eventually, I met friends; most of whom were at the same or higher level of education than mine. Talking to them made me realize that I was not alone and through their stories, I understood that failure is bound to happen. It is how you move forward and progress from the failure that determines your success. By the end of the program, I had become more confident. I eloquently delivered a speech in front of over 100 people, a feat that I could never imagine myself doing in the past. I came back home that summer a new person, ready to face life's challenges and curious to see how far I could

Second, political behaviors tend to damage the social relations between the members of the organization. Third, employees who perceive their working environment as political in a negative sense may act in different ways to avoid taking part in the ‘political game.’ Bartunk (1994) claims that employees who recoil at the behaviors of organizational politics tend to focus on just doing their jobs and keep their social interaction or professional collaboration with other members of the organization to a