Mirror Reflection
This was a good assignment to reflect on what you have achieved in the past couple years, and how you may want to improve on. The mirror reflection is also a good assignment to see what you would like to keep doing, acknowledge you strengths and weaknesses allowing you to out together some sort of plan for your future weather it being soft skills for a job, courses for post secondary or anything you would like to pursue. The mirror reflection also lets you take a step back and see what hard ships you have overcome and to see what strategies you had used.
Lit Circle
The song I chose for my Lit circle was "Young Dumb and Broke" by Khalid, I chose this song because it is about teenagers dwelling on mistakes, money, and their future while they have their whole life ahead of them. I think that society paints the picture that kids have to start working at a young age and save their money not spending it on anything fun. This song puts my mind at ease knowing that I'm not the only one that doesn't have their whole life figured out.
Design Thinking Challenge
I had a ton of fun with this design challenge, I love sneakers and being able to make a shoe with the peers around me was great, I feel like with this assignment I got too excited and became a control freak. I find it enjoyable to be able to work in a group setting and get to collaborate in a competition against my other class mates. This was a good way to express different perspectives when discussing materials, shapes, sizes, and colors.
16 Personality Analysis
I found this quiz very interesting, my results shocked me a little bit, I agree with all the results apart from it calling me an "Assertive Debater." However I do agree with it saying that I "see value in finding the truth," and that "I enjoy spending time by myself." I think that these apply to what I want to do for my career, I would like to work in some sort of mechanics shop whether that be aerospace mechanics or automotive. Primarily these workers have to be driven to find the source of a problem and to work alone on a project.
Personal and Academic Achievement
I liked doing the Personal and Academic Achievement because it allowed me to look back and reflect on what I have accomplished in my last 2-3 years and be proud of myself. Over the past year I studied, practiced and worked so hard to prepare for my N test, I had wanted to get it so badly because it would allow me to work on my car and I thought it would give me a sense of freedom. This year I took Pre Calculus 12, I had never been very good at math so I knew that being able to get a good grade would be very hard. Halfway through the semester I was at a 45%, I had been studying very hard and I didn't know if I would be able to pass the course. I took initiative and came after school for extra help so that I would be able to get to a pass.
Post Secondary Plans
This assignment excited me because it allowed me to do research into courses that I had taken interest in. I looked into 2 courses at BCIT, the first one I looked into was their HVAC and Refrigeration program. I was interested in this program because I am able to work hands on, and it is in dry conditions. This program co-aligns with my soft skills very well requiring people to have good organization skills, and willingness to work. My second program that I had looked into was nautical sciences, after further research I had realized that I would be out at sea for months at a time so I wouldn't like that what so ever.
Understanding Taxes
Ignite Presentation
I loved working on this assignment because it allowed me to shed some light on my friends and family that have helped guide me in the right direction. My mentors in my life have always pushed me further then I thought was possible, my mom and dad always give me advice with school, career paths, and sports. They have both raised me to have good morals, treat people with respect and to always try my hardest. Kaden has always been here for me and he has truly pushed my limits in the weight room resulting with me making more progress then I have seen in the past year with only 4 months.
Resume/Cover Letter
This assignment was good because if you had not already made a resume before it has a good template to tell you what you need and where to put it, using my blueprint to do it made it easy to take your old resume to update it. I learned that it is good to put soft skills that you believe you can prove that you have because I thought you could only put past experiences like sports, courses and certificates.