We are shaped by our experiences and choices. The last few weeks have been a testament to your rigor and character.
In what ways have you grown over the last 4 weeks?
What are the positive and negative implications for these areas of growth on your personal and professional life?
In general, do you tend to learn more from your successes or failures?
I feel that in the past 4 weeks I have been tested repeatedly. The biggest change that I have noticed is the maturity. I notice that I have dealt with issues differently now than I would have in the past. I feel that now I am more aware of when I screw up. As a result I am learning quicker from all my mistakes and am effectively minimizing them. I have also learned alot about working as a member of a team. I now understand that allthough You always want the workload to be spread equally. Not all teammates will give their all and that other must carry them or else things will not run smoothly. This summer has very quickly taught me that I am the type of person who learns best from my sucess because it gives me a blueprint as to what works and allows me to make those things better.
ReplyDeleteHonestly this was a horrible summer for me info wise. i loved my job but was not aware of any project or anything else at that matter. but i am a trying my best to be a better person a be more aware of things. i need to better myself as a person get more organized and more focus and this summer that did not happen and i feel like those failures make me a better person because i see them and obviously i am going to try to better myself as a person so next year i will not be so clueless about everything that is going on around me. as far as me goin to work did it everyday loved it and will continue to go and love it. but i will go home reflexed and be more aware of whats going on its a bad habit im workin on it.
ReplyDeleteI've definitely grown professionally because I've learned to be more disciplined and focused on a single task at a time. I'm so used to doing things all at once and rushing projects just to say I've done them; but this summer I've definitely learned that patience and taking my time to get something done will produce better results. Also, I've learned to roll with the punches more. I'm a little neurotic when it comes to have set dates and times for things, but this summer has taught me to just go with the flow. I mean overall I may return back to my neurotic ways, but I really did learn that if things don't go as I planned that it's okay. The world won't fall apart and things will find a way to work themselves out. Negatively, however, I don't think I'm fit to be a teacher. It's good that I've found this out before I invested in a career. It's really hard trying to get younger kids to focus and pay attention. I mean maybe I need to mature more, but I just don't think I have the patience to teach younger kids. It takes a lot of work and I have so much more respect for the teachers who push through it but I just can't do it. The kids pushed my buttons a lot throughout this program, but I did learn to keep myself calm so there's a plus I guess. In general, I always learn more from my failures. I'd say even the way I handle my failures teach me more about myself than my successes. The fact that I can pick myself up even after the pieces have fallen apart says a lot about my character and it makes me feel better about making mistakes or failing. It let's me know that I can make a mistake learn from it and ultimately grow from it. I didn't really like my job, but I did me some cool people and I learned a lot about myself. So I'll call this internship a success.
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ReplyDeleteThe past four weeks have served as a great learning experience where I have matured. These four weeks have taught me to become more independent in a job, meaning, knowing when to take charge and finding a task to do without my boss telling me. Also developing a professional attitude, where you know when it is okay to be friendly and joke around with someone, and also being strictly professional with another person. I noticed that I have grown to be a person who knows how to take a person's suggestions or advice and not take it personal or be bothered by what I think may be an attack, but in reality the other person did not mean anyh harm. I believe that what I have learned in the past four weeks are very important because it will help me maintain professional and good relations with future co-workers and allow me to standout in my future jobs.
ReplyDeleteI beleive that this summer's internship has only been a positive experience for me. I have gained so much experience in dealing with fashion. For example, learning the different fabrics, colors, patterns, and timing that goes into designing. I did not how long the process was to distribute the final product and design. Although there were times where I felt that what I was doing was unnecessary and I was not learning anything, I realized I was very wrong because it taught me the tedious and not so glamorous stages of fashion.
I strongly believe that one learns more from their failures than there success. I can not think of many failures that I encountered in my job. However, one thing that I strongly regret, is not having given myself more chances to expose myself in the other areas of working in fashion. For example, I could have volunteered more in helping out in the marketing/advertising area or taken the time to shadow a designer while he/she were in the moment of actually designing a style and start their masterpiece from scratch. I know that if I would have done this, I would have tons of more knowledge. However, failing to do this has taught me to speak out more.
ReplyDeleteI feel that as time goes by at my internship I am trusted with more and more responsibility. I feel respected and that my opinion actually matters. I feel that this has come through years of working here and also because they have watched me grow up and mature right before their eyes. At one point during the summer my boss went away on vacation for a few days. When he asked another supervisor who to leave in charge. My name came up as well as that of another employee. That to me is probably one of the bigger indicators of the trust that those above me have in my ability to carry out my duties.
ReplyDeleteThese past weeks at the Department of Probation have been the best. I feel like this internship was a success because of my past experiences. I learned a lot from my mistakes in previous internships, so that's why I believe this one was great. My ability to take initiative and network has definitely improved these past few weeks. Every person I met had an impact on me in different ways. I learned about the services the Department of Probation provide and the many ways the system works. Every Probation officer was different in their approach and views of probation. I learned to take every opportunity given to me; an example was having lunch with both branch chiefs where I was able to ask them questions about their jobs. That was something I would not have done a year ago but now I can say I did it and I am ready to continue opening doors by simply being myself. I also learned that a closed mouth doesn't get fed...speak up.
ReplyDeleteIn the past few weeks I have learned a lot from overseeing and coordinating parts of the new program I’m working with. I have grown with writing lesson plans and compiling a curriculum. I’ve also grown in my skills of coordinating with other co-instructors. This project involves several organizations working together on one program. I have constantly shied away from anything to do with teaching, but through this experiences I’ve learned the patience I can have with students. Keeping communication flowing with each important contact person is a difficult challenge. But I am grateful for the opportunity to practice dealing with that because I know that can be a problem area when completing large projects. I’ve been able to organize the complicated task of organizing how I would reach each of the learning goals the students needed to meet. My biggest area of growth is managing issues that are out of my control.
ReplyDeleteCoordinating better with my co-workers will help me professionally because in my career I will have to do projects with others and we must be able to function well together. This experience will allow me to be a more effective and productive team member in my career. Personally I have always thought I would dislike teaching and that I would be a horrible at it. It have definitely disliked some parts of this job but I have also enjoyed it to. As one of my workers pointed out its an opportunity to observe the perspectives of youth, in this case on climate change. I know that as I continue as a student and in my career I will be responsible for completing projects and various tasks and being organized can make the difference between strong end product or a weak one. In my personal and professional life I know that things that are out of my control are particularly stressful for me and learning to resolve those kinds of issues better without being overwhelmed is very valuable to me.
I learn from both success and failure. From success I learn how the things I did worked correctly. I also get the positive feelings meeting my goals and ending on a good note. From failure I learn to correct what I did wrong and to pay special attention to my next task so as not to repeat the same mistakes. Failure is also a motivation to work harder and success the next time.
I have encountered many challenges over the last four weeks working at Manhattan GMAT. I was given the task of making phone calls to current MGMAT students asking for general feedback about their experience with the company. One of my biggest challenges is communicating well with strangers. Many times before I've let my timidness get the best of me but I made sure this didn't happen at my internship. I was a little nervous at first but eventually I became so comfortable and well-spoken while talking to the 50+ students over the phone. And whenever i had to greet someone who walked into the office and help them I was so comfortable saying hello, asking their name, and smiling. It was as if they weren't strangers at all. My communication skills definitely improved over the last 4 weeks and this is proof of my growth. I've also grown in another way over the last few weeks. My technological skills have definitely improved. I've learned more about using excel and the company's specific admin websites. I'm not that tech savvy and so I consider this a growth in me. I also grew in a way I never thought could be possible. I let my guard down and asked questions. I asked questions whenever I needed help to whoever I felt would help me, whether it was my supervisor, an employee of the marketing team, of operations, or tech support. I asked whether I interacted with them everyday or not. I am no longer afraid to ask questions and this was unlike me even 1 year ago.
ReplyDeleteBettering my communication skills and growing in that way has a huge positive implication on my personal life. It allows me to be more open and to not think about what other people think of me. On the other hand, improving on my technological skills is really beneficial for me professionally. With companies and work being so dependent on technology, it's crucial I brush up on all of my tech/computer skills. Asking questions is always good and I've grown to become okay with asking questions. However, I do need to be careful because sometimes asking too many questions can make it seem like I am incapable of doing things. This can have negative implications on both my personal and professional life.
I think I learn more from my failures. I am somewhat of a perfectionist so whenever i fail it really does hit me hard and I never take it lightly. My successes serve more as inspiration and sometimes relief. My successes are sometimes so cool and amazing and I get so proud and inspired by what I've done. Other times they are a sense of relief/confidence of "I did it" or "I made it."
i've grown a litle bit. i have learn how to handle my self around children. i can understand a litle bit more about kids. i dont have any positive or negative implications. i want to learn more from failures. i feel it will help me to become a better person
ReplyDeleteDuring those 4 weeks, I’ve noticed that I was becoming more secure in who I am as a person. Working at the New-York Historical Society, I came across many characters and people from different affiliations, but I stayed true to myself. I liked how over the years I have become more confident in myself as well as in the things that I am able to do and produce. I look forward to embarking with this attitude on a continuous block within my next internships/jobs.
ReplyDeleteEven though this goes without being said, I’ve learned that there are many facets that come into place while constructing something. That without a small fraction the whole thing could be a misfire. I always knew that statement was true, but to see it happen before my eyes and to receive emails about it after I have finished working has been a good experience. I was honored that I was able to leave my mark on certain segments for the new children’s museum that is being made and the P-Credit Course, which just finished a few days before.
Like Juan, I also felt that my supervisor bestowed upon me more responsibility. In gathering information for our new museum and creating some of the P-Credit course materials there were times in which my boss allowed me to just “run with it”. She would tell me what she wanted and I would check with her time and again if the results were what she had in mind, but primarily, she allowed me to explore and execute many tasks that were pivotal towards her job. I too, felt as if she was able to trust me and my judgment.
ReplyDeleteI’ve learned though, as probably mentioned in a previous blog entry, not to over extend myself. Something I almost did as a regular habit during the first few days, but quickly got out of by the end of that week. I’m happy that I kicked the habit…which is very important for me personally, and as everyone could guess, professionally.
In terms of the last question, of course I tend to learn more.
ReplyDeleteI am very thankful to have worked at the New-York Historical Society. One reason is for the factor that I was working in an environment that pertains to a segment of what I want to do as a career. Due to my stay at this society, I was working in an environment that helped me make more contacts with people who possess similar interests as I. Secondly, but not least, my overall experience. I have gain insight on more things that I would like to work on and continue doing.
During this internship, I have learned some of my own personal limits, what I would want to work on personally and professionally (mainly consistency in my not-over exhausting work ethics), and some of the tasks that I need to accomplish before I graduate undergrad. I had more practice in dealing with others in a professional environment as well as, just knowing more of what I am capable of.
I feel that in the past four to five weeks I have went through quite a journey. Working with kids is not as easy as it looks. I had to find some confidence in the inner voice in me and speak up because if you don’t kids will just step all over you. Some think that they can just walk away and do whatever they want or they can just tell you something and disrespect you. I have to give myself a hand because with a few incidents that have embarked in this journey while working at a summer camp I have found myself speaking up and letting my supervisor know any little problem that has crossed by path.
ReplyDeleteI believe that I tend to learn the most when I fail at doing something because without failure there isn’t any success for me. I can recall one particular day when my supervisor caught me arriving at work a minute away from being late. This taught me that whatever was holding me back from arriving in a few minutes before could had cost me whatever consequence there is for arriving in at a later time. I’m usually a very punctual person but I guess that specific day I happened to arrived right on time but close to being late.
When I walked through the doors of the Hawthorne Country Day School four weeks ago I thought about changing my major to general education instead. But when these four weeks passed I feel like this job has made me grow even more as a person. This experience has helped me become a better student and a better teacher. There was many times I wanted to quite my job, but each day was more fulfilling than the next. I’ve learned more things about how to be a teacher than any of the students in college know. I feel like I’m a step ahead of everyone else.
ReplyDeleteThe internship wasn’t always perfect. There we’re many times when the kids would get rowdy and they wouldn’t listen to me and I didn’t know what to do. I have to thank the teachers and the teacher aids because if it wasn’t for them. I would have gone crazy. They taught me about patience. I believe that one word patience can be used in everyday life. Hopefully this word would be useful in college. This job taught me about challenges and working hard. These are motives that I will need to graduate from college.
In general, do you tend to learn more from your successes or failures?
ReplyDeleteI tend to learn from my failures or my setbacks. For example, one day my boss gave me an assignment to do research. I understood the aim of the project, and I did what I needed to do, but when I presented the material the first time, it turned out that I needed to go farther. I've learned that in business, whenever you do research that is going to eventually be put to use, you need to make sure that the work that you've done, when you present it, is clear enough to understand to the point where your audience does not need to think and analyze the information. The results of your research should provide them with the solution. In sum, your research should do the thinking for your audience. Needless, to say, when my boss gave me a second chance to present the information, my presentation was solid, and he really liked my ideas.
in the last 4 weeks i have grown in the sense that i know alot more about kids that are mentally disabled.i have come to understand that what people usually think of kids with autism and ADD are wrong because they can learn things that "normal" kids learn such as reading.they just learned at very different paste.
ReplyDeletefrom what i have learned from these kids is that we cannot take anything for granted because we think we have it hard but these kids have to work just as hard just to get somethings that is basic for us. i plan on focusing my studies to special needs kids because of this summer and i thank KIPP for giving me this opportunity.
Over the last four weeks I have grown more independent. With my job I have to find something to do with myself. The doctor I worked with does not tell me anything to do. It is my job just not to sit in her face doing nothing. There are already three secretaries, so the filing, answering the phone and cleaning is always taking care of. I had to find something to do that was just as necessary in the office. I would assist my doctor with her clients but there is so much ice and heat I can get.
ReplyDeleteI heard that the office was thinking of expanding and changing their name. They have a two to three year goal and I saw this as my opportunity. I started to design some logos and advertisements. I thought of different business names. I researched the importance of the business name and how to make up one. I came up with plenty that she gave me constructed criticism on. I help clean out buckets everyone looked over looks and organized the bookshelves.
Personally I learn from success. When I do something well I continue to do it and try to do better. Once I fail at something instead of trying to be great at something my goal is just to pass or get through it.
These past four weeks, I've seen some growth. For someone like me, who doesn't really like dealing with children & sometimes find office work boring, I've found a balance at my workplace. When I wasn't running around doing errands and sending papers for the Assistant Principal, I was also assisting a teacher with the film studies class. Even though children aren't my forte, I eventually got through to these students and they welcomed me. They say that I was really passionate about film, and I think it rubbed off a few of them.
ReplyDeleteIt makes me proud to think that even though most of these students wish they weren't there in first place, seeing as it is summer school, but that they actually was excited to learn.
I guess my negative growth was that in beginning at my previous work site I didn't communicated earlier enough with my former employers. I need to learn how to brush up on my communicating skills in general.
But I think I've learned from my strengths and my weaknesses. Sometimes you have to make the mistakes on your own to learn from them and sometimes your own personal wins are your best lessons.
Over the last four weeks I have grown intellectually. I attest this to my job site and the MCAT classes that I have been taking. Repeatedly I have been tested in the class, on the basis of my intellectual curiosity, my demeanor and my strive. It is imperative that I keep a level head on this path and I think that I have been able to do that with this class.
ReplyDeleteWorking at a small private practice I have learned so much about the medical system besides the patients. I have been made aware of the issues with insurance policies, what the best insurance companies are and why, and what to expect when you are not at a huge hospital. These things are separate from the human anatomy but yet so connected to what I think a doctor should know. Knowing this information helps a doctor be more personable understanding that not everyone can afford the best insurance, and the trends of the people without insurance.
The growth that I have experienced has had mostly positive implications on my thoughts and actions. Medical school requires great grades and great MCAT scores. I believe that if I work hard my MCAT scores will be awesome. What I have to work on is thinking that my grades or GPA are set in stone. I can work on them I just need to prioritize better and not worry too much about saving the world right now. This was derived from the MCAT classes and I believe that I am ready for this upcoming school year.
ReplyDeleteAlso as mentioned above with the lessons I have learned from the doctors office will make me a better doctor. Although grades and MCAT scores are important, I think that it is important that a doctor be well rounded and personable. I now know that with everything that I am learning in school regarding Black History and triumphs and tribulations for me to help I can’t just slump around with these thoughts, I need to make sure my dream of becoming a doctor happens so that I can help others.
Some of the negative implications have only confirmed many of the lessons I have learned in school. Going to my MCAT class, although I’m sure more diverse that some, does not combat the fact that there are full classrooms where there are one or no minorities and possibly only one female. This has impacted me negatively because I need to think positively about my situation. I need to believe that although there may not be many I am one of the few who could possible help to make headway in the medical field.
ReplyDeleteIn general I tend to learn from my failures. A success just tells me that I should continue to do what I have been doing. Failures tell me that something did not quite work out right, that I must examine my life and course and determine what I could have done better. This helps because it ensures that I am constantly looking within, I am constantly evaluating myself and therefore I have a better chance to grow.
I agree that "we are shaped by our experiences and choices." That one can only become the person they desire through the experiences encounter and by the choices they make during dreadful situations. As the old saying goes, "you learn from your mistakes." One has to fail to succeed.
ReplyDeleteDuring my four weeks at this internship i have failed and i have succeed and in doing this i have learned the process it takes to succeed in a new enviroment. The first two weeks i was in oblivion, lost to this new system and structure. But by asking questions, asking fore help when i was in a tought situation and constantly communicating with those around me, learning the ins and outs of the office and managing my project schedule has become easier.
In addition, i have learned how to time manage better as well as be very responsible with the things i have to do. Balancing my time, versus work time. Spending every second i have doing something, not just staring off into space. Keeping my self active, as well as knocking off project after project given to me.
Overall, learning comes from not just from success or from failure but from the combination of both. When you fail, you never realize the importance of failing until you succeed at the task at hand. Or in one's personal life, when you encounter a tough moment in your life you tend to not realize the growth that can come from your sudden failure until you reach a point of true happiness. So without failure you cannot have success and without success what is failure?
These last four weeks at bell curves has been an interesting experience. Along with going to work everyday, we all have personal lives and things we have to deal on a day to day basis. My lesson of this internship and of the Summer was independence and personal initiative. The leniency of the Bell Curves company would have been the perfect opportunity to lay back and basically do nothing. That would of been perfect if I was in high school. However i see my life now as almost being on a time crunch. Every success or mistake i made today will reflect my days of tomorrow. This is where personal initiative comes in. Determining that education is not the best career choice for me, I focused my internship around me new one, Event Coordinating. Any opportunity to plan or organize i jump at now. Sure alphabetizing is not the most exciting task but i have to start somewhere.
ReplyDeleteMy new found independence can be seen in almost the simplest things, making and sticking to my work schedule, taking on my own projects around the office, and spending my paycheck wisely (which is difficult when the biggest forever 21 is literally across the street!!!!)
I am a tab bit ashamed to say I learn from my mistakes but it's true. Although this means i will have a few more bumps and bruises on my journey to success, it doesn't mean i wont make it.
I cannot speak about how I have grown because I am starting my internship now, but I have a goal on how I want to grow as a young man because of the internship. I want to become more responsible. I want to improve my communicating skills. I want to improve my searching skills as well. I also want to be seen and recognized by all as a leader. I am a natural born leader and it is time for all to see my talents. Overall, I want to grow on the whole.
ReplyDeleteTo be completely honest, I feel I that I will not pick up any ngeative traits. I want; therefore, I know that good habits and deeds will come my way. I'm an extremely optimistic person and I do not let any negativity come around my way. My personal and professional life will be forever changed because of this internship. I am headed into a new direction, professional and personal. This internship can only make me better by bringing out the best of me.
I honestly learn from both. Succeeding and failing teach the best lessons. If I am successful, then I track back on why I was successful and continue to strengthen those areas. I never brush off succession. Succession drives me. I have failed at many things in life. I hate failure; yet, it reminds and notifies me of what I need to change and work on. No one wants to fail, so learn from the mistakes in order to become successful. I have learned a great deal from my failures because I have failed many times, but I am successful now due to those failures.
I can only hope to continue on in this life and be successful in whatever I do. KIPP has given me the time and experience in order to become successful.
I know my internship will throw many curveballs at me, but I am a hard worker. I love competition; I love accomplishing my goals. My assignments will demand me to go out onto the field and create good relationships. I will struggle at first, for I am new in this Sports Agency field, but I will learn qucikly. I will get 'er done!!
ReplyDeleteThis experience has been a wonderful blast ; ) Working with the rising senoirs of 2011 showed me alot about my self and why I want to get into teaching High School. You influence the young kids into becoming adults and you build relationships that lasts a life time. This experience has given me great communication skills as well as improving my public speaking skills. At first I was a little nervouse with talking in front of a class room but those fears were quickly disposed of. I guess the more opportunities you have the more comfortable you get. I was fortunate to get an experience like that. It showed me I can command repsect from students when Im talking to them and that I aspirations are in vain but that I want to do this and that I will enjoy it while doing so.
ReplyDeleteOne negative I seen about myself is need to improve on being authoratative. I am not really the type to tell kids to be quiet or correct them when they are not doing the right thing. Its something I have to work on because I know Im going to encounter alot of nuissance when Im getting into the teaching feild.
All in all I left better than what I came and I am truly greatful that KIPP has given men the opportunity. It was truly an honor and pleasure
I agree that our experiences and choices help shape us and that in itself is a big part of growing older and more mature. I think what helps us most is our failures. Our failures help us understand what we do wrong and prevent us from doing it again. In my job I have failed and I have succeeded. I failed a bunch of times in trying to get a calendar on my jobs website. It was a difficult tasks but through that I learned more about web design and realized that its not my fault because i didn’t create the site to begin with. I came up with some possible solutions for a calender and my boss has taken those suggestions into account.
ReplyDeleteI have gained an immense amount of knowledge while working at my job these past 4 weeks. I learned what it takes to direct your own arts programs. I’ve increased my organizational skills and my communication skills. I think all these areas of growth are positive and wont really effect my personal and professional life, it will only make them better. Although once i become familiar with a place I tend to become to communicative and when I get bored I tend to ask a lot of irrelevant questions that may distract other people from work.
Like I said before I am the type of person that learns from failures, mom told me once “don’t go near the oven cause your going to get burnt!” but i wanted that roasted pork so bad and I figured, I have never been burnt, it can’t be that bad, so I went and put my tiny seven year old hands right on that oven....then i learned. My hands were wrapped in bandages for two weeks. Anyway, i was just trying to justify my reasoning for me learning from failure rather then success and trust me there are many more stories to back up my reasoning.
Working at Bell Curves has definitely been experience for me. I have had to learn two things from this internship. One thing is that I, as an intern, have to take more initiative and ask more questions. It is like my boss said, "there is a law that states that you as an intern have to annoy us with your questions." I have learned that in order for this internship to work to our advantage we have to be able to open up and be willing to ask questions when we don't understand something or when we just want to know something. Also another thing I have learned is that we have to take initiative and offer our services as interns to our bosses. we have to be able to stand out in their minds so that maybe in the future they offer us to come back and work for them.
ReplyDeleteLike the rest i think i tend to learn more from my mistakes.Over the years i had tripped and stumbled and have learned that the only way to success is to keep getting up. My journey has shown to be pretty long but i know that it has just begun.
ReplyDeleteI can't say that I have had the best summer balancing two jobs and some family issues but overall I think this summer made me realize how much harder I need to work to get to where I really want to be. After being so undecided about my career path. I can definitely say that I am about 99.9% of what I want to be.
My internship position required me to take part of helping to prepare for the company's career day. It was an event similar to KIPP's Career Incubator Day. My assignment was to collect information on different career fields. In doing this I got plenty of information that was very useful to my own benefit. Unfortunately to much of my preparation and hard work leading up to this day I could not take part in it because of some personal issues but I think that i could have benefited from it as much as our young adults did on this day as it turned it turned out to be a great success.
No matter how many mistakes a person makes in their past its never too late make a change for the better. I think I can be a huge example of this.
I have made small yet noticeable changes to my character over the past four weeks. The one thing that I am proud of is that I have became even stronger when it comes to time management. At my job site, I was required to have more than one assignments due every week. This repetitive assignment forced me to schedule tasks and make priorities. Although I am not new to this, I feel that since I have been doing it more I am now stronger in the area.
ReplyDeleteThis is a positive effect on both my personal life and my professional life because it helps me sort out my priorities. In my life I have many distractions that can lead me away from my responsibilities. With this job, I was able to put away distractions and do what I was required to do.
I learn a lot more from my failures rather than my success. When I fail at something it is easier for me to critique what I did wrong and what I did right. from that I learn to continue to do the right things and perfect the things I did wrong.
However when I succeed at something I grow comfortable and forget that there are things that I still do need to work on, I stop being humble and expect things to come easily for me.
I believe that in general people tend to learn more from failures . When things go according to plan people are less concerned with enhancing things. In fact people often try to replicate success which takes away from the natural learning process, whereas when failures occur your forced to start over and make changes. In the past four weeks i've learned better communication skills. I've also learned that if your not happy with something dont agree or pretend that your ok with it. After the second week of working at my job i was ready to quit and never go back. however after speaking with my manager and several other KIPP staff members we were able to reach a reasonable solution. ALthough i didnt expect to gain nothing from this experience , i was able to take away alot . I am glad i stuck with it rather than giving up when things got tough.
ReplyDeleteI learned that in the entertainment business it is all about impressions and character. Being yourself is great because it is usually different from all the rest who attach their ego to their character. I learned that networking is the biggest key to success because you never know who you will meet and how important that person may be.
ReplyDeleteIt was very difficult for me at first to simply open up and talk to anyone. I am very shy and to myself, but I have learned that the company could be missing out on my bashfulness. I feel that I have become a better networker. Which I think has made me become a great person as a whole because I feel I have become much more social.
I have learned a lot about myself over the last couple of weeks. My attitude is something that I truly need to work on. Being laid back and is something that will not get me very far in life. I am a very out-spoken person, but I sometimes find myself speaking out at the wrong time. That’s where there‘s a time and place for everything comes into play at. Bettering my attitude is something that will help me throughout life in general. Weather its in the working world or at home with family and friends. But, also others should be more understanding because one never knows what someone else is walking around with over their head and what burdens they may be carrying on their heart. But , with that being said it also comes to play when one has to suck things in. For the love of money and for the passion I have for the field I’m going into I will better myself.
ReplyDeleteOver the past four weeks I learned something’s that can be applied to the real world. The number one thing I learned was patience. Working with kids having patience is essential to success. Working with 12 and 13 year old kids most of the kids are trying to find their identity so a lot of kids would do things intentionally just to get the attention of the counselors. I have also learned to take on more responbility. Working with the kids, anything that goes wrong is because of the staff. We have to work with the kids to make sure they are happy and getting their money’s worth but at the same time maintaining a safe environment. One of the positive of working at the camp is that I built a relationship with the kids and giving them valuable advice that is needed with the kids, life lessons. Trips were pretty fun and it was a postive. Running around in the gym with the kids playing dodgeball was fun. Playing basketball with them and teaching the kids how to play was a positive. Some of the negatives is that the kids were immature. Kids like to twist everything you say. Another negative is that the kids are very nosy. They wanted to know way too much information about my private life. Being “Summer Youth” we didn’t command as much respect as the people in the staff shirts. I always tend to learn more from my failures. Learning from failures makes you a better person.
ReplyDeleteOver the past four weeks interning I have learned more about myself and my professional goals. I know that I want to be an attorney someday and even thought it will be a long journey, it must be done. I know that I need to be more dedicated so that I can fulfill my professional goals and learn to be more consistent. I think I learn more from my failures because I can identify what went wrong and try to avoid repeating the same mistakes. However, my sucesses always motivate me to strive for the bes and remind me that I can be sucessful and that in the end my only option is to succeed because failure has never been and never will be one!
ReplyDeleteIn general, do you tend to learn more from your successes or failures?