Aside from the class content I learned that I don’t wait for things to happen I went into this telling my group that under no circumstance could I lead this project but I found myself incapable of waiting for things to evolve on their own, I have more of a leader personality than I thought. How did the interpersonal dynamics affect your participation? If there were conflicts, how were they resolved? I am not shy and I was able to communicated with team members well, we had fun most of the time. Unfortunately we did not have a good dynamic with at least 1 team member which cause a quite a bit of delay and frustration, but we were able to side step this for the most part and push on with the objectives.
I do not have any misconceptions about writing I'm just very out of practice and I'm sure with time it will become a lot easier and feel more natural. I need to focus on staying on topic, grammar and punctuation. I tend to go off topic once I get another idea something similar but not part of the idea I was going for in my paper. In order to improve this weakness is by keeping my ideas organize will help me stay on topic After reading chapter one it gave me a new motivation to learn about writing. I have always just gave myself the excuse that I am not a good writer and that’s how I am going to live.
My schedule doesn’t allow for a lot of give, so everything I do is with purpose and on time. I forget that not everyone has the same regimen and need to be so time conscience. I am also not good at adapting to change, which is a critical skill I need to work on. In being with the same company for so long, we have seen our fair share of change, and I do eventually come around, but I think I could do it faster and better if I were more flexible and adaptive when I first become aware of changes on the way. Sometimes we learn of change the day of, via email, and it definitely throws me for a loop.
My second issue would be my ability to proofread. I always miss something when I proof read, once my other half reads it, he finds it right away, but I just cannot see all of my own errors. I would say my third problem is tone. Sometimes I am not sure which tone to use and if it is being conveyed correctly. I plan to work on all of these things, I am sure this class will help me learn all the skills needed to make my papers better.
It has been a long time since I have been in school and I am not as confident as I want to be yet. I will continue writing as I have found out that it relaxes me and I am able to put my thoughts on paper. I would have to say the persuasive argument assignment has been the most challenging to me but I welcomed it and hope I did an ok
Do not bring someone down with your words. I have chosen to work on this virtue because there are times when I regret and become angry on what I said. Many times, I look back regretting the things I have said or done. I have tried to work on the two virtues of tranquility and silence. I started early in the week on working on the courses.
I realize that I do not know very much about local resources. I have started a portfolio, which I update constantly; however, there is not enough information about local resources which are available for my clients. As for collaboration, sometimes I feel as if I should already know things because I have been there for a while and get a little embarrassed to ask, therefore causing me to feel as if I am on my own. Whenever I do supervision time, my MSW always tells me that I am doing a great job. I am sure I can improve in many areas and I wish my MSW would tell me what those areas
you have given me this and i thank you for this. in life i have been completly lazy in everything always taking the easy way. when thing went wrong i would just leave or ignore them. with you though i am faceing a harder, more confusing , and insermountable new things that at time i don't have the answers. yet i find my self fighting harder and thing faster to make sure that i do learn the answer as fast as i can.
The ones I think need to be further developed are interpersonal skills, because even though I’m good at getting along I sometimes tend to stick more to myself than socializing with others, and thinking strategically because I don’t always look at the big picture. I gained self-motivation just recently when I realized my life was going nowhere and only I could change it. I believe I have always had inquisitiveness because I have always questioned everything. I have flexibility because I can adapt to change in an easy manner with no issues. I just recently started working on the weekends, I don’t always know if I’m working or what time I’m starting, The cleaning service I work through (my boss) will call if she needs me.
That was a long time ago, almost like two years ago. Writing has been something that I used to love to do way back when I was still in high school. Now, I write only if there needs to be something written, most usually with school assignments. I even feel like my writing skills have rusted and that I do not know anymore how to write passionately. As they say, everything deteriorates if they are no longer used.