College Success Skills—Reflection Journal #1
I’ve heard different things about College Success Skills, and the famous Lou Tice. My expectations were pretty low. I have no idea what the nay-sayers were thinking though, because I genuinely love this course! Through watching these videos, I have been able to recognize thought processes that I have been curious about for years. I am someone who does a great deal of imagining what things look like in the present, and future. I am visually minded. I am very emotionally persuaded. It has been neat to learn that words people speak, can produce an image which produces a result. I have had experiences with both the negative and positive result. I have known Riley McDonald for a few years now. She has become a close friend whose opinion I often sanction and genuinely value. She had known I wanted to go back to school and that I was very hesitant about it. Through Riley’s encouraging words I began to see a very positive picture of myself at Cambria Rowe. I saw myself …show more content…
Before having to cut back hours at work, I was a supervisor at my job. The position was pretty much forced upon me. I had seen how much the last person in charge had struggled in the position, and I knew long before I was even asked that I did not want it. I decided to ask the current supervisor what he thought of the job, hoping to get some tips before he left. He began with “Don’t take it..!” We were off to a good start! “Negative words” is putting it nicely when describing everything he said. His experience was miserable. He had painted such a poor image for me, which deflated me emotionally, and by the time it was my turn to step up and give it a try, I was already running for the hills. I am not the supervisor anymore due to school. It was an awful experience for me. I often wonder had I not sanctioned the negativity, maybe I would have had a better
I’ve heard different things about College Success Skills, and the famous Lou Tice. My expectations were pretty low. I have no idea what the nay-sayers were thinking though, because I genuinely love this course! Through watching these videos, I have been able to recognize thought processes that I have been curious about for years. I am someone who does a great deal of imagining what things look like in the present, and future. I am visually minded. I am very emotionally persuaded. It has been neat to learn that words people speak, can produce an image which produces a result. I have had experiences with both the negative and positive result. I have known Riley McDonald for a few years now. She has become a close friend whose opinion I often sanction and genuinely value. She had known I wanted to go back to school and that I was very hesitant about it. Through Riley’s encouraging words I began to see a very positive picture of myself at Cambria Rowe. I saw myself …show more content…
Before having to cut back hours at work, I was a supervisor at my job. The position was pretty much forced upon me. I had seen how much the last person in charge had struggled in the position, and I knew long before I was even asked that I did not want it. I decided to ask the current supervisor what he thought of the job, hoping to get some tips before he left. He began with “Don’t take it..!” We were off to a good start! “Negative words” is putting it nicely when describing everything he said. His experience was miserable. He had painted such a poor image for me, which deflated me emotionally, and by the time it was my turn to step up and give it a try, I was already running for the hills. I am not the supervisor anymore due to school. It was an awful experience for me. I often wonder had I not sanctioned the negativity, maybe I would have had a better