Reflection Of A Self-Evaluation On Your True Self

I had taken a similar course the semester before that required me to look at myself within and try to have a more positive outcome. Within this course I have grown in many ways, I have learned to a lot about myself and how I affect the people around me. I have a lot of plans for the upcoming semester, and goals that I wish to make this year. I believe that with the 7 C’s and the tools I learned from this course will help me keep improving on myself and, the outcome I give off to others.

Being in this class gave me insight on the way that I learn. I’ve had my share of jobs along with schooling and various other learning experiences. Some good, some bad but I can honestly say that I never noticed the pattern on how I learn. Now I know I learn more by being more of a hands on person. Also utilizing my thinking and problem solving skills has helped with my growth. I also found it important to use my reflective observation too. Mostly combining different learning styles have helped me in life to understand the way I learn and the benefits that could come if I use my strengths to further my ambitions.

Self-evaluation may not be an easy thing, but my counseling skills throughout the semester have improved. This type of self-evaluation is an essential part of the role and helps the counselor to become a better counselor. Thus, without this reflection, the counselor becomes stagnant and loose motivation. I reflect on my journals most of the time about how I am improving each day, and the new skills that I learned and will continue using them. I did not think I would be able to do the skills that I learned from this course.

Over the course of this class I have pieced together many things about my own life that before went unnoticed. I am now able to see things in a bit of a different light. Now that I have been introduced to the realm of psychology I understand some of the reasons for behavior around me. I have learned that there is a reason for most everything and a lot of our behaviors and mental processes can be explained through psychology. Studies have been conducted for many years to try and pinpoint the source of our behavior and it is not something that most people think about every day. Having a better understanding of why we operate the way we do will help me to better understand myself and the others around me.

I feel like I've learned a lot of thing from this class that I probably would have never thought about before. Firstly, I learned how community colleges work and about some of the policies they go by. I also learned about a lot of different career options that I never explored before. I think this really helped to open my eyes to all the options so I'm not limiting myself. Lastly, and most importantly, I learned about ways of managing stress and my time. This is something I have always struggled with and now I feel like I have the tools to change. I think this will really improve many things in all areas in my life but especially school. It was really great to hear everyone's dreams and goals as well as their stresses. It just shows that

When taking this class, I got to learn how to think critically, ask the right questions and formulate my thoughts into coherent paragraphs. The presentations gave me a lot of information; the assignments helped me remember and better process what I learned. And finally, the discussions gave me the opportunity to express my ideas, as well as an insight into what my classmates

At the beginning of this semester, in Academic Foundations, I expected to learn about transitioning to college and strategies that would help me succeed throughout college. Transitioning into college required less than what I thought. Getting used to the new environment was not as difficult as I had imagined. I was able to meet new people who are transitioning into college just like me, people of all different backgrounds. I also met many other students who made me realize how fun college could be. In this class, many new techniques that I obtained on how to succeed, include managing my time, new study strategies and many more. This class was not difficult at all, it was easier than I expected, and it definitely taught me a lot about being

I was luckily enough to have a fairly easy time getting through college. Applied and accepted to one school, half price tuition, scholarships, and full pell grants, never received lower than a B, graduated early and had a job lined up before graduation. By no means was anything handed to me, but I knew I need to get out of school as quick as possible and get into the real world. I only dealt with homesickness my first semester. Looking back on my undergrad years, I did not deal with the typical struggles my students do. Throughout my two and half years in higher education, my eyes have been opened up tremendously, but this class opened my eyes to different issues. Issues that I have not faced yet. I am positive I will face several of these problems one day, either with my students or myself. I am happy to think back to previous discussions to help my students move through the hard

I have learned that it really is important to look for the silver lining in everything, and to look at the life with the glass is half-full perspective. We keep a daily journal in this class, and I love that I am able to express my feelings. In each of my entries, even if a day seems like it has been the worst day ever, I always try to look at what positive can come out of the bad. Another important class that I have taken is motivation. In this class, we learn that enthusiasm towards achieving our personal goals is worth the immediate satisfaction we feel afterwards. It makes me want to set many goals and plan my ways to achieve

The FOCUS self assessment helped me visualize what my learning strengths and weaknesses are. Seeing my strengths and weaknesses laid out in an organized list helps me realize what areas I excel in, as well as the areas I do poorly in.

Every one has their subjects that they love and hate, and for it was defiantly writing. Writing is something I dreaded for a long time; I developed my hatred towards writing since probably elementary school. I hate writing when I’m expected to put a spin on a subject that just doesn’t work for me, personally. There are many times when I have papers due and sometimes I feel like I have nothing to say towards the topic. I could write a paragraph but to continuously write paragraphs after paragraphs it gets a little harder. I always contradict myself in my writings but that is something I have grown out of. Writing is time consuming and requires a lot of effort. They require a lot of planning and usually some accompanying reading and note taking. Taking notes is one of my weaknesses. In some intuitions like my high school for instances there was not enough time is given to the rough draft and not enough feedback is given before the essay receives a final grade. I personally believe that not everyone is a "natural-born" writer; but I do believe that everyone has the capability to become a decent writer.

I have learned so much in this class to prepare me for a successful college experience. There were some topics that caught my attention more than others. Such as, time and stress management, University resources, and critical thinking.

Honestly, when I walked into the classroom on the first day, I didn’t know what to expect. I had signed up for the course just as a way to get credit for an IDS requirement, and did not think too much about this class at first. My thoughts were racing as the idea of a circled classroom seemed kind of strange to me. However, after that first day, I knew that I was going to enjoy the class. We talked about each other before we did anything else. We formally introduced ourselves and expressed our feelings and beliefs to one another, and showed every person in that room that we all have our differences, but, we can still share this experience together. This was different than any other class that I had previously taken, last semester, or in high school. There was so much to this class that I could use in everyday life than probably any other class previously taken. We were taught lessons that had helped change our lives for the better. We were also introduced to such inspirational characters, whether it be Julia Butterfly Hill, Henry David Thoreau, or even some people we never got the names. The videos that were shown to us were also very inspiring, and they definitely made me think of what we are doing as a nation, or better yet, as a species of animal living on this planet. There was so much that I have learned, that I cannot simply forget in a day’s notice, unlike most other classes this semester. The knowledge that I have gathered is truly a gift, that I will be thankful for

My inferior function becomes apparent when I have to use extraverted sensing to see the world as it is in the present time rather than planning or thinking about the future. For example, when I plan to achieve a goal, I struggle to balance my ideas and reality.

Enrolling in EDUC 473 Teacher as a Researcher I had an idea of what we were going to be doing as I just finished up EDUC 373, as now we are at our final stages of the course what my idea was has complex turned into an understanding of knowledge. The first class we were asked what is a researcher and how can it be imagined? It was broke down into scientific and interpretive approaches, and the definition of Sylvia had for interpretive approach truly has stuck with me throughout the entire course, which is “truth is subjective, and all knowledge is created by interpretation.” (Kind,2017). Each portfolio entry we have done has been instructed but the interpretation of how each individual is subjective through their lens of thought has been a showcase of their entry. I feel as though Rinaldi states it beautifully as “information, though necessary, is not sufficient for this depth of understanding. Explanations, which are also indispensable, are still not enough for true understanding.Depth of understanding involves the ability to experience the curiosity, passions, joys and angers of others with a process of empathy, perception and identification, of human understanding”.(p.4). Noticing things was another major concept I learned in this course. Acknowledging my morning habits, to being able to reflect back on a image taken and though being in the image nothing things again looking at the printed image. The concept of a teacher as a researcher I feel we were taught its about