Blog 3: Topic Choice and Semester 1 ESLR Goals

Content:

1. School Counseling
2. I-Poly Citizen: I am and will continue to put my school work first. I had started learning about the importance of punctuality and commitment since freshman year and since then, I am sure that I have the punctuality part covered. As for the importance of commitment, I am willing to commit to my current mentorship. I am willing to keep the same project topic throughout the year even if there are some minor pebbles in the way. I will be committed and I wont give up at the first pebble I trip over.
    Effective Learner: I am and have been assuming responsibility for myself for a while now. I have also started to assume responsibility when it comes to getting school work done, when it comes to assignments and getting them done. I am sure to write down the date that they were assigned as well as the date in which they are due. By doing so, I am helping myself be more responsible for my own learning and my own future. As for my creativity, it is and will continue to be shown in various ways. Which will be either through words, paper and or actions, to name a few.
   Effective User of Technology: This year, more than others, I am willing to learn more about technology as a whole. One thing that will really be a big help is the blog assignments and the work that needs to get done online, whether its digging deep for good information or simply sharing a URL, I will be willing to learn each day something knew that will also help me in more ways than one. Another example would be with research, I am and will be willing to get out of my research comfort zone. I will begin to explore more pages, click on more websites and keep an eye out for many new interesting pieces of research.
   Effective Communicator: I am more than willing to speak to people who I am not so familiar with. I am also willing to expand my circle of peers. I will be more open minded when it comes to talking to other people, especially those who are older than me. For example, when I had started talking and interviewing my mentor, I had a bit of an idea of what to expect, but when I began interviewing her supervisor, I realized that it wasn't as simple as I thought it would normally be. So this year and the ones that come along, I am willing to talk to more people older than me so that I can get rid of my shyness of talking to the elders around me.