Self Reflection Essay

This semester I did many projects that enhanced my ESLRS. I feel that every skill was improved upon this year, but I still have room to grow in all of them. The artifact that has helped me grow in being prepared for college is my Deep Sea Exploration poster board. My poster board was for geography and everyone in the class got to pick a topic to research over the course of a few months. I wrote about how most of the ocean is still unexplored and there are many more species to still be…

A further amazing witnessing, despite their daily compulsive use of certain substances, participants dismissed any conceptions of having a drug addiction. When asked to explain, I received similar responses, “I can stop whenever I want to” and “I can survive without drugs, thus I’m not addicted.” I further examined participants by adjuring them to reflect back on their lives since they began abusing drugs and specify any drastic alterations in their personality and overall behavior, and…

how to remove staples. Showing me that my clinical teacher and myself have built a relationship of trust and understanding especially after I was able to recognize when I breached my sterility. My intrapersonal response has improved from building my self-esteem and decreasing my stress with a deep breath. In the contextual level, my response to the situations has improved by not working myself up and calling the appropriate help when needed. I have stopped viewing myself as a hazard to the other…

Leadership has always been an interesting topic for me. That’s why I jumped at the chance to take this course. It was always questionable. Is it a gene that you are born with? Is it a series of life-learned experiences that actually shape the person to become who he is? Throughout my 10 years of work experience I was managed by many, but only led by one. He was very passionate about his job. He always had our best interest at heart. He never missed a chance to use daily situations to teach us a…

Leadership self-assessment is a vital concept that can help an individual know the level of their readiness to thrive as a leader. It will help re-discover the needed improvements that is lacking in the process of being a true leader that can impact the needed difference. Over the course of my leadership classes so far, I have acquired the concept and know-how that will help me thrive as a decisive leader. In this spring semester, I am happy to acquire more knowledge that will reinforce my…

I could afford to not work part-time, I was almost always in the studio getting more work done, trying to learn as much and as fast as possible. I think one of the most important things I learned while at LCC is that it’s extremely important to be self-disciplined and idealistic/optimistic while being able to adapt to unforeseen circumstances. Instead of complaining about something I couldn’t change at…

Self-Assessment Results With results and knowledge I have gained from completing and analyzing the results from Strength Finder, I am now able to clearly identify my strengths and compare those strengths to some of the world’s top leaders and managers to see how they compare. Key strengths that have been identified for me are my abilities to compete, focus, strategize, achieve, and develop a plan with future results in mind. As I analyze my results, I like highlight key components for each…

My entire life I always self-reflect. I constantly asked myself why am I the way that I am, how did I turn out to be the person I am today, and why do I do the things I do. Like David, my teachers would make comments that I am smart but lazy. It was true. I never did my homework and never studied. I would just listen to the teacher’s lectures and do the classwork. I would pass the exams, but since the grades are calculated with more than just test grades, I would make C’s and D’s. In high school…

conscious of strengths and weaknesses on a regular basis to understand myself better. I can have advantage over my strengths wherever needed and improve on my weaknesses. Being self-aware will help me stay focused in what I am doing and I can have a disciplined control over my thoughts and activities. To improve myself in self-awareness this semester, the first thing I need to do is actively seek constructive feedback from my colleagues or friends. Then I need to evaluate the feedback provided…

It has only been three weeks and I have never had a class that has personally affected me as much as this one. This week’s reading, “The Social Construction of Unreality: A Case Study of a Family’s Attribution of Competence to a Severely Retarded Child” by Pollner and McDonald-Wilker, really made me question my entire life and the role that my family has had in my education. I am in my second year at UCLA with a full scholarship for tuition and very minimal loans. Granted I have had some ups and…