Self Reflection

I love to help others win. I love watching others have success and helping to contribute to that success. I work well and cooperate with others. In my current position I occasionally face opposition and conflicts on how a process should be carried out. If my idea is not implemented and another idea works better I can get behind it one hundred percent. I have not always been this way, but I have learned to let matters slide that do not really matter one way or another. I promote the best possible outcome for everyone involved. I work with many different elements of our organization; moreover, I interact with many different types of people and personalities. I cooperate well with everyone, and I have been told this by many people on multiple occasions. I believe this is a strength that will propel me to succeed in any role.

I am currently a student at the University of Texas at San Antonio for almost a whole semester now. I came to this school straight out of high school, not knowing what I was getting myself into. During my high school years, I was good at every subject except my writing class. Coming to UTSA, I knew I was going to struggle in my writing class, but that didn’t discourage me from not trying my best in the course. Going through the English program, I realized that I have some strengths and weaknesses in the class, and it encouraged me to do better. The essays I have written for this class demonstrate that I have developed a strong thesis, organization skills, and detail; however, I still need to improve on grammar, keeping the POV, and citing.

In 2013, an estimated 24.6 million Americans aged twelve or older (9.4% of the population) had used an illicit drug in the past month (NIDA, 2015). In 2016, about 3.6 million adults aged 18 or older received any substance use treatment in the past year, representing 1.5 percent of adults (SAMHSA, 2017). These numbers are not even taking into account any type of behavior addiction such as shopping, gambling, social media, etc. Strong of these numbers, as counselors we can see the importance to gain knowledge about drug and behavior addiction and its process. In order to have a better understanding of the process of change, we have been assigned to abstain from a substance or a behavior for a period of 15 weeks and to reflect about it.

I display a strong dedication and commitment to excellence. I am able to use my expertise to raise the quality and quantity of work. I am consistent in my work performance and accomplishment. I make some errors, but I always try to correct them and learn from the mistakes. I work hard to improve quality in my work.

During the presentation, the team adapted the demonstration method inside of welcoming, did not perform encouragement for the audience to join the movie night and help out the charity. The plain slides style did not provide secure engagement and visual appeal. Ticketing system explanation was made

For the purposes of this reflective piece, I have chosen to adopt Gibbs reflective cycle. Gibbs conceptualises the reflective process as a cycle which begins and culminates in the development of an action plan for future practice. Gibbs (1988). I personally felt that Gibbs offered a more comprehensive technique than Kolb, for example, who has been criticised for being too narrow and underdeveloped (Heron & Pym, 1974). Referring to the Kolb Cycle, Graham Gibbs, argued: "It is not enough just to do, and neither is it enough just to think. Nor is it enough simply to do and think. Learning from experience must involve linking the doing and the thinking." Gibbs (1988).

As a learner in business school, I have steadily found the appropriate way to learn about master of commerce and even in my future career after signing up for the course in MGMT-5050, that is, throughout self-regulatory processes. According to Zimmerman (2000), self-regulation is a cyclical process and it indicates individual’s ability to formulate thought, feeling and actions that result in gaining individual’s goals utilizing some information that an individual has acquired from previous performances. Since I was a science student in my Bachelor degree, it is completely difficult for me to study in a new area in Master of commerce and I was not sure how to study. However, throughout taking compulsory course in MGMT-5050 I have learned the business-based case analysis from others successes and failures in CAWs and the approaches to learn in business from the perspective of teams and competitive advantages in SDWs. I would like to use Zimmerman (2002) perspective as references and my experiences combine with Gibbs’ reflective cycle (1988) or Johari Window (Luft & Ingham 1955) to demonstrate an informed view of my learning to date and my development for the future.

I’m reliable, honest and conscientious. I complete work that has been given to me and do not leave it for others to pick up. I put 100% effort into any task given to me. I enjoy sharing my knowledge and spending time with people, listening and demonstrating a genuine care and interest in their wants and needs.

I got a 39 within UCLA Loneliness Scale on the textbook and I was surprised with my result because I did not know that my score has been this higher compared to other men scale which is average of 32. I did not feel any anxiety and fear when I took this scale in the textbook because I feel very confident with myself and relationships with other people. I always trying to respect other people during the conversations nor hanging out with them during a free time because they were always respect me as well all the time. Furthermore, I always listen to other people who needs advice because I want to help them with my experiences. Therefore, they could think that other people have hard times just like anybody else and it could happen to be anytime.

Peoples appearances in todays society is based upon the clothes they decided to wear that morning, the hairstyle they spent hours on doing and the hours that they would never get back deciding what pattern would look cute to wear on the outside of their skin, bedazzled with sterling silver. With no anticipation of being stereotyped people continuously repeat these actions in the purpose of self satisfaction or expression. The two articles referred to in this essay provides personal experiences of the causes in self reflection decisions in addition to a medical perspective on why sometimes the risk outweighs the rewards.

To tackle my goals this semester I needed to have a clear focus. Tackling my goals this semester has made me a stronger dancer. From the start of the semester, I have wanted to work on the continuation of my goals from the previous semester. In each class I have worked on finding ways to work on my goals anyway possible. Reflecting my work from the beginning of the semester until now, I have seen myself wanting to be more dedicated to my goals each class. The goals I had for the semester helped me to progress and I continue to work on the ones I struggle with. By having a strong work ethic and clear focus I have had a chance to work on all my main goals throughout the semester: musicality, fluidity, tension, staying lifted in the core, and confidence.

Recently, I have been on a journey of self-discovery, trying to find my own personal beliefs in life. Within this Philosophy class, we have discussed the existence of God(s) and the soul, which has made me even more curious as to my stance regarding this topic. I have adapted the “Religio Original” which to Europeans and the Greek represents the beliefs and customs of the original religion of that country, dating back to the time of Zeus and the titans. This is a Polytheist religion, believing in hundreds of Gods and Goddesses and deities. When looking through different philosophical points regarding this topic I have found Homer’s Odyssey to be most likely correlated with my belief system. Although there is no exact doctrine to follow within this religion as there is within more “mainstream” religions, there are certain beliefs that are common and well versed. To me, the Underworld is an important place in which soul’s journey to be “reset” for the soul to return to this plane and continue its duties until each one is complete, which may take the being many attempts to succeed. Recently, scientists also have discovered evidence concluding that as the body dies, the soul returns to the Universe to later be reunited with a “meat suit” and return to Earth.

What is a soul? My old Pastor told me that humans are on this world to have dominion over all creatures whether creeping or crawling. This statement translated from Christian teachings in the Bible. However, what makes a person believe that souls solely belong to humanity? The idea of that statement seems rather faulty. According to Merriam-Webster, a soul is “the spiritual or immaterial part of a human being or animal, regarded as immortal.” Since animals and humans both have a soul, shouldn’t we be equals? Although scientists argue that animals can’t self-reflect, animals should be our equals because they have the same sensibility we have and as a matter of course animals have souls; therefore, as animated beings, they should have rights.

After going to pre-school my motor and social skills peaked since I had never seen many toys and I began to play with toys and make crafts like putting a string on a mitten and make many friends, but I had more guy friends rather than girlfriends since I had arrived from Mexico and all the girls where mean to me. Fast forward to when I was four and five years old, not only was I growing and more energized but I had a new family with a mom, a dad. Now I was able to go to the park and ride my bike with training wheels and run around and play soccer I would make forts inside and outside of our small apartment. Later on, in Kindergarten I would play with my friends and work together to build puzzles and play group games and solve problems or learn new vocab words. Teachers would have in place many games and tasks for us to build our social and language skills. Such as jumping rope and seeing who could jump to 100 and learn to encourage our group, and we would play hide and seek and whoever's groups had more points would win. These activities helped me learn to work within a group and work in unity to succeed as an individual and as a group. But the main goal of speaking our mind and our emotions failed after the incident with my dad.

In the summer of 2015, I interned at the Office of Community and Population Health at Montefiore Hospital. My job was to support the Project Manager with the various projects they were working on by assisting with data collection and conducting research. I helped gather research regarding the healthy food options in local delis in the Bronx. This was a beneficial research experience for me because I was able to discover my interest in public health and eventually, I chose community health to be my major. This internship allowed me to experience conducting research by connecting with the community directly, as well as developing analytical skills.