Throughout my lifetime, goals have always been a determining factor in the way I approach my day. Whether it be making the middle school talent show, or getting a good score on a test, goals have always been there to push me forward. Now that I have entered college, my long lists of goals have been a little more specific. Unlike before, I now acknowledge the specific strengths and weaknesses I have when reaching for them. For this school year, I have come up with three very important goals that I believe will help strengthen and make my first year in college a little more memorable. This year I will use numerous strategies to become better at effective speaking, reading difficult texts, and have a deeper knowledge in the engineering field. …show more content…
As for me personally, I want to be able to speak effectively to not only to become a leading light one day, but to also communicate clearly with others. When it comes to speaking, a weakness I have is expressing myself well to other people. I usually know what I’m thinking, but do not express my thoughts in such a way that are understood to others. For example, I may want to get the point across that for treating cancer, chemotherapy is not the best treatment if used for long, gruesome periods of time. However, when I start to explain my thinking I may use the wrong set of words, a little twisted grammar, or simply, have a little bit of anxiety. Doing a little bit of searching, I determined that the anxiety I get when speaking is the main weakness I need to master to become an effective speaker. “SkillsYouNeed”- a skill driven, assessment based website – opened my eyes to some specific strategies I should take. When speaking to others I should use good breathing, volume to be heard, clarity to be understood, and variety to add interest. Using these strategies should help me become better at effective speaking and slowly diminish my anxiety. In the meantime, while I am learning these strategies I will continue to use my strengths in listening and being patient with others, to be help balance my …show more content…
To accomplish this goal, I know that I will need to develop a couple of essential skills here in college. To have a better knowledge of engineering, I first distinguished my strengths I have in the field. For strengths, I have always been exceptional in math and science, I’m a pretty quick learner, I am good when it comes to hands on projects, and I love working in teams. I did not feel as though I had any weakness in engineering, but after doing some searching, I realized that I have a big problem when it comes to note taking. Throughout high school, I subconsciously took notes in class. The main reason why: because I had to. However, I now realize that for me to gain a truly deeper knowledge in engineer, I have to take better, meaningful notes. While reading The Transition to College Writing, I learned many ways to take notes, the right way. One strategy I liked from the book was taking reflective notes. While taking notes, I should also add my personal reaction to the content. This I believe will help me truly connect the dots when trying to gain a deeper knowledge in the engineering field. Also, I learned not to write everything the teacher says. Instead, the book taught me to write only the main, most important points. This should really help me, as I do occasionally struggle trying to write full, complete notes, while listening to a lecture at the same time. These strategies should
One of my greatest strengths pertaining to education is my ability to complete my work in a timely matter. I only turned in late work at least two times in my high school career. Another strength I possess is being a respectful, erudite student. I can understand the lessons quickly and listen to my teacher in a considerate manner. Although one can discuss their strengths indefinitely, weaknesses must be told to understand a person. One of my main shortcomings is public speaking. I find it hard to present myself in front of a large group of people. Once I begin to know my peers, it is easier for me to speak in front of them during
Baseline Skills: I am still a bit timid when it comes to my verbal skills, but throughout my life, these skills have been slowly developing. Verbal communication is the most common form of communication. Verbal communication is used everyday, whether it is ordering a coffee in the morning, lunch at a restaurant, or telling the store clerk what size dress I need. Ever since I was a baby, I was taught to verbally communicate. It is one of the major stepping-stones in a person’s life. Through education, I have had to strengthen my skills for interviews and speeches. For example, I have had job interviews, volunteer interviews, and interviews to get into certain education programs like honor societies. I’ve taken speech classes, where we had to give a speech every month including memoirs, informative speeches, declarative speeches, and debates. At my last dance
Knowing what I can do well is just important as knowing what needs improvement. My strongest attributes are being able to perform under pressure and multitasking. This is necessary to sell products and perform services that benefit the customer. The value of getting the job done correctly and on time correlates to returning customers and repeat business. My competitive advantage over others in the same industry is the high level of service we offer. I don’t just push a product on a client. I listen to what they want and need, make suggestions for the best available solutions; and I also help them with cost savings and environmentally friendly alternatives. One weakness I have and need to work on is public speaking. As I grow in my career and move into managerial leader positions, I will have a lot more opportunities to give speeches. I plan to work on my public speaking skills by practicing and making incremental changes to constantly improve. It’s not a matter of being shy in front of a group. It’s more of a point to be well prepared for the occasion and motivated to do a good job. To stay prepared for opportunities and change, I plan on continuing my education in the business field, and learning as much as possible about my job. I will also need to stay up-to-date with current issues in my external and internal
Goals give you something to measure yourself against and give you direction. Currently, my main goal is to graduate from East Carolina University with a bachelor’s degree of science in engineering with a concentration in biomedical engineering. My anticipated time to graduation is five years with a GPA of 3.5 or higher. Beyond getting my bachelor’s degree at East Carolina University, I would like to go to medical school and become a doctor focusing on prosthetics. In order to make my goals a reality, I will have to work diligently to remain on track throughout my schooling. Additional goals that I have set for myself are to complete homework assignments by the time they are due, reading assigned material before it is discussed in class, doing well in each of my courses this semester, successfully participating in extracurricular activities, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in engineering, getting a position as an engineer, and becoming a leader within both the engineering community and the general community. A world-class engineering student woul...
During my demonstration speech, I was affected by my speech anxiety. Some of the viewable symptoms were the shaking of my hands and also the stuttering of speech. I was able to control myself and relax after I started getting into my information. I did use some of the suggested relaxation techniques to relieve my anxiety. Before I got up to speak I thought confident of myself to help give me courage and confidence.
During high school my teachers lectured my classmates and I on goal making. I specifically remember my health teacher using the SMART method; this says goals must be specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time bound. Even though I had a great resource to make smart goals for myself, I never took the time to construct a game plan. Entering the vast new world of college, I want to improve myself by keeping several goals in mind each month, week, and day. My process starts by creating intellectual, psycho-emotional, physical, and social goals to work towards in my four years of college.
One of my weakness is public speaking and some of my strengths are time management, decision making, and problem solving skills. In order to improve my on public speaking skills, I will try to speak with
One of my most notable long-term goals was to get back on my feet after the death of my father. It was the worst time in my life and I was at an all time low, academically, socially and emotionally.
I can reach my goals and dreams through discipline. There are many goals that I intend to fulfill. At the end of my senior year I hope to have achieved a 3.75 grade point average. If I successfully obtain a 3.75, it will ultimately make it much easier for me to get into college and further my career. I also want to obtain this just because I do not set many difficult goals for myself, so when I do, I feel that I must complete the goal successfully. I have always had the goal of becoming a Wildcat at the University of Kentucky. Nearly my entire family (on my father's side) has at some point attended the university, therefore, feel that I must attend the university as well.
I’ve always had the dream of snorkeling the waters of Australia, or roaming the mountains of Nepal. I want to experience what this world has to offer in terms of exotic locations. However, this requires deep pockets or a decrease in standards of living. So therefore I plan to make reasonable professional goals that can support my dreams. The first goal would have to be get an education that means something to me. Next is choose what career path is right for me. It would be a dream come true to stay in the Army and become a commissioned officer, but end game is to become a project manager in the video game industry. Ever since I was young I’ve been good at two things really: Working on computers, and managing my money. Sadly, without getting
As my remaining time in high school diminishes, I can picture my future college life in front of me with increasing clarity. I imagine that as I enter college as a freshman, I will transition more easily and feel better prepared to take on my classes because of the baseline that UA Early College will provide me with. Along with this, I am looking forward to completing college-level classes online before graduating from high school because it will give me the ability to comfortably study abroad during college while feeling that my coursework is under control. For these reasons, I feel that UA Early College will help me to work towards achieving my college goals.
Step one, to succeed in college is taking good notes. This can help students organize their study time more effectively. Because we all have experienced the, last minute studying technique. That’s when the notes come to play. Instead of going through chapters
Two of the most important study skills are setting goals and taking notes. A student may set a time goal, such as studying a few hours a week; set a general goal, such as trying to study hard and stay on schedule; set a specific performance goal, such as getting at least 80% of the homework problems correct. Another important study skill is taking notes. Students generally make two kinds of mistakes in taking notes. One is to try to write down everything the instructor says, which leads to confusing notes. The other is to copy concepts that they do not understand but hope to learn by memorization. Good notes are compromised of the following: 1) written information summarized in your own words; 2) outline the important concepts; 3) try to associate the lecture notes with the material text; 4) asking yourself questions and making up questions from the notes.
Failure is inevitable. Every single person experiences failure in their life. These failures can be rather insignificant, or they can be catastrophic. But, no matter the size, all failures are painful. For some, failure hurts the most whenever one has been trying to succeed for a very long time, and then fail. So much time and effort is put in to achieving a goal, but all is lost when strikes. Unfortunately, this happened to me. I had put a lot of time and effort into becoming an honor graduate of Hempfield Area High School, but I became ill with “senior-itis” and never met my goal. Although failing to become an honor graduate had an immense impact on my parents and I, it helped me set high goals for college, and realize important lessons
I feel that obtaining good speech skills can be vital to resolving workplace issues. Becoming more direct and getting straight to the point with my speech has impacted my experiences in increase my ability of not losing my listeners interest and avoiding improper articulations by speaking or communicating clearly and effectively to obtain a good impression of his or her listener because a person only gets one time to make a first impression. We must understand the power of the tongue. Changing our words can change our situations.