This opportunity has been an eye opener so far. It has provided me with an opportunity to start with a clean slate of sorts. I have been trying to refine the way I interact with others, especially when making first impressions. I have also set my first two goals to work on over the year.
The first goal is to follow through start to finish on a task before fully immersing myself in a second task. This has been trying sometimes as I am very much an ideas person and have been brainstorming like crazy in regards to Virtual Learning and CPS. What I have been doing to help keep myself in check is to keep a list of all the ideas I have so I can get back to them later after finishing other priority tasks as well as printing out any articles that deal with virtual education so I can read them later on when I am ready to write about them. Over the past few weeks, I have compiled well over 30 articles/government documents to read through and process. I have also been watching videos and reading content on the website for NBC's Education Nation. I also found a few PBS videos discussing learning in the 21st century and the internet's influence on today's youth/nation which I imagine would be good for the Mentors at each school to see.
My second goal is to really build my self-confidence. In order for others to trust and rely on me, I have to be able to feel good about myself. Some of this self-confidence building has been through external means such as purchasing new clothes that make me look more professional, getting a haircut, singing in front of others, and eventually will include a change to a healthier diet as well as an exercise regiment. I have also decided to start attending more professional development workshops as well as volunteering more out in the community. My first volunteer excursion happened this past Saturday when I chose to help out with the 33 hour adoption event in connection with Petsmart and Chicago Animal Care and Control. I plan to keep helping out there when I can and also volunteering for other types of events as I find out about them. Right now I am considering volunteering for the Ted talks going on October 14th. We shall see what happens with that...
More on other topics later.
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