1. Tenaciousness is a competency. The behaviors I have used in this course that I already possessed are the ability to self manage and determination. Without these two things, one definitely would not do well in this course especially because it is one where assignments aren't graded in the typical aspect. Planning your course load out and times to do your work are crucial. Also, due to the fact that things are not "graded" many people would not put much effort into them or fake them and I developed the behavior here not to do things of that nature and give it my all regardless!
2. Tenaciousness is also about attitude. A major moment where I felt like giving up was during the two or so assignments where we had to interview 5 people. I am a little shy when it comes to things like this so I was dreading it and I also work 50+ hours a week so I had to be creative about who would fit the needs but also who I could come in contact with. I was creative here and found time at work to speak with customers who I thought would qualify. I definitely developed tenaciousness during this course after failing to meet the deadline of an assignment because I put it off too long and did not have adequate time to do so. After that, I was determined to never let that happen again because I want to do well and learn all that I can!
3. Three tips I would offer are as follows:
- Take other students' criticism constructively and not personally
- Be vulnerable and willing to change your view/belief on something if necessary
- Leave procrastination in the past and start assignments early
I completely agree with your points in your halfway reflection. Especially planning and prioritizing your work load is a must for me. I am a full-time student but online and I find it sometimes very difficult planning my weeks to get my school work accomplished. I agree with the interview process. I felt at times I didn’t know what to ask or what if they hated the interview or me. I was so shy, and it made it sometimes awkward but after completing them I felt so much better about interviewing people and think it helped me get over that fear a bit better. Glad I get these opportunities for trial and error now before I get out into the career field and have to do them. Love your photo choice!
ReplyDeleteTenacious D rocks The whole angle about criticism is something I wanted to write about but eventually decided not to because overall I felt like younger students might not respond well to it. Not to say what you wrote was bad or you shouldn't have written it but for me I feel like you need to be a pretty empathetic person to be open like that.
ReplyDeleteGreat pic, Jack Black is amazing. In regards to your actual post, it differed from mine a lot (I use procrastination to my advantage, I find it can make me more efficient), but overall the main focus was to put effort into your work (instead of faking interviews for example). It's great you managed to combine this class and work, hopefully it made both of them a little more interesting and productive. I agreed with all your final tips, they could probably be applied to any student.
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