Through the course of just this first semester I believe that I have grown quite a bit in my leadership skills and learning where my strengths a weaknesses lie. This first POL from my point of view went really well which I wasn't surprised about, because I put a lot of thought and effort into my perpetration, despite the fact that I was sick. I have to give a lot of thanks to my friend Rhianne purificacion, because through the course of writing and refining my intro she asked me a lot of thought provoking questions that defiantly inclined me to reflect more then I would have. Most POL's I stress more about meeting the requirements instead of reflecting even though that's really all our teachers care for, because sometimes reflecting requires me to have to display my flaws and weaknesses and I prefer to address my strengths. I'm always asked about leadership and told that I am a leader, but I never really took a second thought into whether I am one and if so what qualities of leadership do I carry. This POL helped me reflect on other peoples perspectives of who I am and how I go about balancing all my personalities. This coincides with becoming a good leader, because a leader isn't just someone that continually dictates. A leader is able to as well be a helper, but I haven't been able to make a coherent transition between that. A really good example of that is when Ika Padilla is able be strongly determined with her work, but she as well is able to patiently sit with another student and help them. Some of these points I addressed and others addressed during my POL will help me in this next semester. I want to maintain a reflective point of view through the course of the semester instead of just waiting till the end.
During the end of my POL I was told that being my age and having that much refection put into a POL was surprising, because most students don't seem to take that much time to reflect on something in the regards to "who I am". If i'm completely honest I was so lost when writing my intro. I originally wrote it through the course of a night, but wasn't really proud of what I was disusing, because my teachers new about the project they wanted to get to know more about myself and I was missing that aspect. I then shared my document with a couple individuals and they knowing me wanted to see more things that addressed my growth. I was asked that initial question "If I asked my friends, family and teachers there perspective of who I was, would they all say the same things?" To my surprise they didn't, and that's when I realized that if someone asked me who I was I would only address myself based off the things I do/ are associated with. I came to realize that although I couldn't pinpoint who I was I could pinpoint my strengths and areas of improvement and I could define myself off of that. Over all I am very proud of my first semester POL and i'm looking forward to what this next semester brings!
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