Personal Reflection Essay

While I appreciated that one of my peers provided feedback on my work, I feel that the feedback that was provided did not fulfill the assignment. My peer did not provide detailed feedback on my paper that could be adequately incorporated in my review and revisions. Most of the information that was provided as feedback were simply statements that reiterated what the prompt question was. Please see the below feedback provided to me by my peer.

| |the intellectual conversation of topics that were discussed. I also enjoyed the learning |

Ever since I began reading as a small child, I have loved literature and the written word. However, even though this has always been the case, I originally was not a literature major when I entered Arizona State University. Instead, I began my college career as a Physics major. What I came to realize after completing some of the required courses for the major was not that I was not good at physics since I had done exceptionally in all my classes, but that I was more interested in reading the articles and writing the assignments for my classes than I was in actually doing research in the physics department. Therefore, even as I was pursuing an entirely different degree, my love of literature and writing was still fundamental to my learning, and it was this that eventually lead to me changing my major to English Literature. Coming to this decision to switch majors was difficult, however the experience was beneficial in the long run. Not only am I now enjoying the work I am doing as a student more, I also understand that writing, editing, and reading critically is important to all disciplines. Had I not first begun my

In both my personal, professional life I have dealt with the issue of plagiary. As a practitioner I’ve seen the gamut with students. The practice of representing ideas falsely happens often and unintentionally. If writing represents symbolic thought I would be hard pressed to apprirpitatley name and give credit to where all of my thoughts originated. However I have learned to separate the authors voice from my own through the use of citation.

When I am not working at my grocery store, I coach a high school bowling team. I have been bowling for many years and coaching for two. Since I took over the team, we have won back-to- back state championships. However, with any sport comes strategic thinking between the head coach and his assistants. Before every match, I and my assistant coach have to create a line-up that obtains stressful strategic thinking. The way bowling matches work is that we have a team of six bowlers and each bowler is matched up against their opponent on the other team. If that person wins their game, they get a point. The most points at the end of the match wins the match. So, when writing my lineup, I have to determine which players to match up to the other team’s players. I could put my strongest player against their strongest player and maybe get a point, or I can put my strongest player against their weakest players and guarantee a point. Also, I could mix up my lineup and place the bowlers in any lineup.

Business writing has been quite refreshing and rewarding for me, expanding my ability to write professionally. I have learned the different methods for business writing, such as resume and interview tips, proof reading for 30 minutes or so, and the different forms of correspondence writing. Also, we study how to write effectively without being excessively long, getting right to the point. Even being able to update my resume and cover letter, and writing memos for work is much better.

Improvement takes time, effort, and often times late nights. Many evenings I have labored overtime to improve myself. Often times staying awake till midnight to ensure that my daybook notes were the definition of perfection or even adding an extra paragraph to my essays to ensure that it would support my thesis. In English class, I explored my ability to read literature, writing essays, collaborating on discussions, and most importantly, learning. Regardless of my extensive background in each of these areas, I recieved the opportunity to expand and develop my skills more in some way as a reader, a writer, a collaborator, and especially a learner. Perfection is not always attainable, yet I should strive for the best adaption of my work.

The purpose of this, my reflective essay, is to consider the journey I have taken to develop and create both the story research task and the story task. In the first task I was tasked to do an in-depth research on a topic that was trending or perceived as popular with a wide and varied audience. Accordingly, this would be a topic that could be seen to span a range of Social Media and established news sources. Then, in the second task, I was required to create a well-structured article based on the topic and crafted to meet the well-established journalistic standards of an established periodical, such as Time magazine. I now regret not adding an image to both support and establish the storyline. If correctly used it would have become

This SWOT analysis was soul-bearing in a way, and it gave me a perspective I did not have at the beginning of this exercise. As I started to receive responses some observations I understood, but others I was surprised how others viewed me, but I understood a key to development is the ability to realize your own abilities, behaviors, and evolve. Throughout my time in the college student development program, I have begun to understand that for myself, and the students I serve the key to development is a reflective mindset. In this perspective, I must have the ability to understand my own strengths, weaknesses, and adjust my own mannerisms. Throughout my graduate degree, I have been able to obtain reflection on my past, which presented me

I have established key relationships by partnering and influencing program leadership team by being the first point of contact for Finance & Service for CPS program if they have financial, O2D, contracting etc. queries.

As I reflect back on the past18 years, I am reminded of the many experiences and various people that have influenced me and helped mold and shape my views on education and learning. Many great teachers and coaches have all helped instill in me a love for learning. Difficult teachers, unfair coaches and challenging relationships with peers have helped me develop the desire to prove myself and to do my best to rise above and to learn in spite of challenges. Instances of cheating, injustice, apathy and school politics could have possibly stolen my desire to learn and grow. Instead these things have driven me to educate myself in order to bring about change and provide opportunities to do something more with my life.

On Section 3 (Build Your DREAM Team) Module 1 (Develop your Social Network) Exercise 2.16 (How To Maximize Your LinkedIn & Facebook Profiles & Expand Your Networks) I began to reflect on what I learned in order to evaluate and maximize my social capital and build my brand. Since I did not have a LinkedIn.com profile, I started from scratch. I was very skeptical about creating a LinkedIn.com profile because once something is on the internet, it is forever, which I was reminded in class. However, prior to class, I learned that LinkedIn is an important factor in networking, finding job opportunities, and in the hiring process. Therefore, it is essential for me to have a profile to help me find a job and enhance my career. Without a social presence, I am invisible. As Professor Harry suggested, I pulled up his profile and started on mine. I began to realize that I have a gap. Everything I was involved in at high school was no longer significant. I was starting over. Some elements could carry over, but the majority could not. In class, we learned that creating a LinkedIn.com profile now, as a freshman, will help convey how much I need to do to make the difficult transition from college to the professional world a bit easier. I learned many things from completing my profile. I realize that it is important for me because as I was completing my LinkedIn profile I got a sense of direction and awareness as to where I am headed and what I need to accomplish to be a candidate for the

From the group discussion we had about each other political views there was many things that I learned and reflected on. To start off, I identify with the Democratic party, but since the previous presidential election I don't know if I still want to be associated with it. The current Democratic party is a party right now that I feel alienated right now because I believe they are not reflecting the current working man and are corrupted by Wall Street officials. Based on my previous answer, I classify myself a subset of the Democratic party: a Social Democratic. On social issues, I believe that the environment is the number one priority facing the nation because the environment affects everyone and with no end in sight, there needs to be increased regulations in order to protect it for future generations and the future of the country. Another social issues that is a concern for again everyone is who has guns. I pointed to the events in Las Vegas and Newtown and the unnecessary amount of killing resulting from the inadequate amount of mental health facilities, of gun ownership education, and of regulations on certain guns. On economic terms, I see that a bigger government will be better for the American public because it's natural that people especially the wealthy will only benefit themselves; it’s just human nature. Therefore, the idea of trickle down economics will not work for the average worker, but the everyday CEO. The most important political topics that is needed for

Over the course of my life I have been a part of many groups and have been exposed to many values. Each group membership or value has shaped me into the person I am today. I consider myself a member of many groups including my biological family, my church family, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH) alumni, and George Mason University’s (GMU) Master’s in Social Work (MSW) graduate student cohort. My biological family includes my immediate family members, as well as my extended family members. While I do not see my extended family often, I do identify them as close family members, as we share many of the same values and traditions. Similarly, to my biological family, I identify my church family as a group I am a part of. Before moving to Virginia to begin the MSW graduate program at GMU, I attended a church in Chapel Hill, North Carolina regularly. I quickly immersed myself in the activities and mission of the church, and it became one of the groups I most identified with over the course of my four-year undergraduate experience. Over the past few months, I have found another church in Virginia and I am confident it will soon become one of the groups I most strongly identify, as the church is a place where people with similar beliefs and values gather together for a common purpose. While I no longer have strong feelings of group membership with my church family in Chapel Hill, I now strongly identify with the UNC-CH alumni instead. Despite being over

Mr. Turner is always on the move she doesn`t really have a room that is signified as hers, through working with her I found she moves throughout the building any given day. She does two classes that I got to know well in my time with them and they are her 6th period civics class that has 8 students each of them have a unique IEP. From her 7th period World History class which had about the same number as her civics class. As well each of them had have a unique IEP. Within these two classes there were students that have autism as well as other students that have emotional disturbances.