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Know Yourself (2)
Well I don’t think I am completely lonely. Although at the beginning of the semester I did feel lonely but then I noticed that it was mostly me that was creating that and I have changed. Now I think I can associate myself with a group of people and we have a lot of fun. When I answered the questions for the journal it seemed that I was lonely but I did have a lot of people around me that I didn’t take advantage of. It might not be as easy for me as other people but I am able to find companionship in almost anyone I meet. It takes a while for me to get use to it though because it’s weird for me to go out of my common circle or people I just meet from other friends. Now I actually have to work at working friends and not just expect people to come up to you and be friends.
Your Journal (2)
Well I have been combating loneliness myself each and every day. Every day I do talk to my girlfriend and that’s how I start. After I talk to her I usually find someone I can hang out with. We either go play video games at their dorms or we also go to Student Union and play pool or video games. We haven’t had the chance to bowl because there is always a class in session when we want to bowl. I would reflect on my roommate but I don’t have one or else I would have answered that question instead.
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As sad as this may be and as much as I don’t want to admit it, I am a procrastinator. I am practically a 100 percent procrastinator which comes to no surprise. I usually wait to the last minute to do what I have to do. The only thing is that if I know that it is really important then I make sure I do it as soon as possible if not then I personally don’t feel satisfied. What I noticed though is that the only thing I procrastinate is on homework because everything else I do that second. If I need to pay, wash, work, etc, I am there with in the second or am starting on it right away.
Your Journal (3)
Now that I know I am a procrastinator I try to finish everything I have early. I want this to be the change of habit. What I am trying to do is not completely finish my homework but at least finish most of the work so then I just have to type it up and reflect on it. If I have a reading I would finish the reading but leave the questions and reflection until another day so I won’t have to worry much about it. Plus usually when I do it later it comes out better. This has really helped me improve. I know its not much different than what I did but it’s better than before.
Know Yourself (4)
Knowing the way you learn is very important. Not only can it help you decide what you would be best at but it can also help you partly at deciding a career. I am more logical and a math type of guy and my profession is an engineer and when I compared to what the book said its exactly what it is suppose to be. I thought that was pretty interesting but hey things happen for a reason. Also I am a person that learns in almost every way. I don’t favor one way more than the other which is great for me. I am a visual learner although not my strong point, but I am an auditory and a tactile learner. It mostly works for me the best if it’s a mixture of auditory and tactile teaching.
Your Journal (4)
I am considering computer engineering as my major. The intelligence that fits best with this major is mathematical and logical thinking as well as creativity which is what I have except for the creativity part not as much. The sensory that would work well with this major are tactile and auditory and not as much auditory. For the fourth question in this major all would apply because engineers must reflect, be active learners, critical thinkers, and creative thinkers. I think that my personality does go with engineering because I love meeting new people and discussing things that we both know. I can make small talk but if I don’t know the person well it would be harder to keep it going. I think I am pretty well suited and now only time will tell.
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Everyone solves problems differently whether it comes to math, engineering, or even life. Not everyone’s decision and mind set are the same. Me I don’t know how I solve problems until I used the analyzation on the know yourself section. I don’t readily identify problems at first because I don’t bother to check things. I readily assume that it should be correct. I do check if it is math though because you can never trust numbers. I can define problems but not as easily. It takes a while for me to find the right words. My three strong points of solving problems are finding different methods, put plans into action, and examining if my work was affective or not. These are my strong points and I would have not known it. I do recognize that I have trouble but never what else I was good at.
Your Journal (5)
Personally I am one of those people who don’t like to answer questions because like everyone else I think I may look dumb. If I do ever say something I feel like people laugh or critique you. If I had any other choice I would rather not do anything and personally reflect on what I am asking until I figure it out myself. It might take me a while or I interrupt people like I wanted to hear what they were saying in order to learn myself. I was mostly raised to be independent and that is what I have been. I feel bad that people help me because it is unnecessary. I have asked more questions and it has made a difference and now hopefully I can raise my grade.
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My reader profile is of course not surprising to me because its exactly what I already know about myself. When I have to read I rather wait to the end to judge the reading assignment. If I do read a book and its one heck of a book then I greatly admire those people like one Spanish writer named Borges. I like to read and know what I am going to in order to understand the reading. When I don’t know something I don’t stop I continue because every word can have multiple meanings and if I keep reading they will define themselves. When I read I just read and take a lot of notes. Almost each paragraph I would write a summary in order to really understand the story. It doesn’t matter if it takes days but I do it especially if I like it because then I can’t stop reading.
Your Journal (6)
Well I personally don’t daydream in class much. What I notice that happens to me is that I blank out completely and since I am tired I feel like going to sleep. I am not that good of a sleeper. I can stay awake for hours without hardly any sleep at night. Then during the day is when I am sleepy and practically falling asleep. I like it when a class is energetic and fun. If the class is just everyone on their own then it gets me even more tired and I have to try to keep blood flowing. I usually have to move around to stay awake if not I just go to sleep. What I have been trying to do is go to sleep when I am out of class in the morning and wake up before the next one. I try to keep interested in each teacher and tell myself that everything is important and I need to succeed. That’s how I pretty much get through my day.
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I decided to take the sleep disorder test because I have always found it hard to sleep. I can feel really tired but if I do something physically that really pushes my body then I feel really awake. I can go without sleep for hours on end. I feel really tired but I cannot sleep and out of all the questions I think I am only positive for 11, which is not bad. I think most things are in my head and my asthma doesn’t help so I feel like I constantly have pressure to overcome not only by the stress that I have. I have been able to sleep better and if I don’t I feel like I have slept for a long time. I am just weird like that but I feel that I myself am going through a lot of changes so I don’t mind at all.
Your Journal (7)
Well I personally don’t think I need a study group right now. I haven’t needed one not to sound over confident. But I know that once I have more courses that challenge me I am going to have to have some type of study group. I think the groups I would have to have are for math and for any engineering course that I may take. I would bring my persistence to the group while also making it fun to do work. A negative talent though is that I talk a lot. If I need help I need to be constantly working at it until I get it, which distracts and probably gets others mad for sure.
Know Yourself (8)
With the questions that I had to answer for the self assessment for test anxiety I am sure that I have to clearly work at it. Out of the 13 questions I don’t relate to only 2 questions. That is really bad because I know the material and can study for days but I know it’s pointless because I can never do as well as if it was just homework or a quiz. I think I would like to get personally helped by the counseling center for test anxiety because that is what really hurts my grades.
Your Journal (8)
For high school and college I think I am putting the same effort as if I was still at Bellarmine. I think Bellarmine was a little harder because teachers would be stricter and I would have tons of more homework. I have just needed to hold my ground academically. Where I have needed to improve though is the economic area because I am trying to pay everything myself. I want to take more classes is one thing that I want to change and hopefully I can really focus on school more than I am now.
Know Yourself (9)
Personally for the know yourself section of this chapter I don’t feel at liberty to discuss any of the questions. I am personally ashamed that I can’t answer any of these questions without being embarrassed. Just to make it short and to the point, I do not write well and I most definitely do not know how to speak in public because of how scared and nervous I get.
Your Journal (9)
Well in high school we had a writing binder we had to keep since freshman year because it would later benefit us while trying to enter college. I have always had trouble with punctuation. I never can tell what the proper way of writing is and if people start explaining whether in Spanish or English: the preterit, adverbs…etc, I will not get. It’s hard for me especially since I don’t get my points across in a clear and distinct manner.
Know Yourself (10)
Personally I don’t think that I can be doing or should be doing all I can do to enjoy life right now. After taking the healthy lifestyle I can see I have it pretty good. I answered the questions and I have a healthy lifestyle and its ok for my health. I should worry more about it but I am good for now. Even with this answer I feel like I can be doing so much more to be enjoying myself even if it does mean that I have to be in debt.
Your Journal (10)
I don’t think I have a healthy diet after checking myself for a week. I think I will eat anything that is put in front of me. I really don’t eat much because I am almost never hungry and I know that is bad because have to eat. I can only have two meals a day because that’s all I can eat and sometimes I just eat once a day. I like to eat our more but the weird things is that I don’t like fast food but regular food that I would be having at home which is really dumb because its free at home. I have been trying to eat more but in smaller quantities. I have also been exercising to keep my metabolism up and keep my asthma and other problems down. I have been improving little by little until I am fully healthy again.