Today in mentor time we watched Nike’s ad for women day. I found the ad very empowering and inspiring and I think that for such a big brand to endorse this movement is highly effective in reaching audiences as Nike is a huge global brand. It does make me wonder however why they are doing this, is it just a business strategy to get more women to buy their products or is it from them genuinely caring.
REFLECTIONS
Significant Learning I Have Had This Term
I think that having the freedom to do subjects that I chose has made me more driven and has made me more aware of my capabilities as a student. As the workload has also increased, I have learnt to be more organized and manage my time better. I have to make sure to have enough time for school, friends, family and myself. There are times where it is challenging to continue to be organized and focused and not procrastinate, especially when we have several tests coming up but I have learnt to work past that and continue to work hard.
Scientific Communication Reflection
I think I did well in explaining the order of reactivity as I think that I managed to get my point across pretty well. I think that for graphs next time I should add a column heading and a title or find a way to make it more clear. I think that next time I should also focus on the question more and make sure to answer. 🙂
A Promise to Myself
A promise to myself. Here are some new things that I am planning on trying on my approach to learning.
I hope that this year I will be able to set myself realistic goals that I know I will be able to complete if I put in the effort and time. My two main goals this year are, to not procrastinate and to not get distracted when doing work.
For my first goal, I have noticed that I tend to leave somethings to the last minute and then get extremely stressed when I see that I don’t have much time to complete whatever I was doing. I really want to improve on making sure that I finish my work before due dates and have enough time before handing it in to check over it. I also want to be able to manage my time better so that I don’t just mess around until the last minute, I want to be able to plan my time effectively and spread my work over the course of the week to make sure I don’t get stressed and have guaranteed completion in work. I will make sure to plan out my week and try to do my homework on the day it is assigned or the days near it and make sure I don’t leave anything to the last minute.
My second goal is to not get distracted. I have come to the realization that sometimes when I’m working, I tend to get distracted and end up spending more time than needed on my work. I find this extremely inefficient and bothersome as I’d rather be finished with my work than spending extra time on it because I got distracted. I will focus more when doing tasks and remind myself to concentrate if I find myself going off task or getting distracted.
Overall I hope my goals to be realistic and achievable. Whether I can complete them in the next few days, weeks or even months, though I’d prefer to be able to achieve them as soon as possible. I think that if I do achieve these goals, a huge weight will be lifted off my shoulders as stress is something I constantly have to deal with a lot due to activities within and outside of school and also from the amount of work we get in school. I will try my best to work towards these goals and put in the effort and focus needed to accomplish these goals.
My GCSE Journey
This is my Grade 9 and 10 journey. It includes what I think may be some of the highlights, challenges, and solutions to those challenges. I wrote about parts of these two years that I think will be significant for me and things that I will enjoy hopefully. I also wrote about some difficulties and obstacles I could be faced with and how to find solutions to them. I hope these solutions will help so that my challenges won’t have a negative impact on me and won’t bring me down. Overall this is a review of some of the major things that I think I will be faced with this year and hopefully, I will stay determined and motivate throughout these 2 years.
How accurate was my personalilty test?
I think that the results of the personality test that I took were pretty accurate. I definitely feel more extroverted than introverted and by a great margin too. I also agree with having a higher percentage of being intuitive rather than observant as I have realized I ten to follow my instincts quite often. A big part of me is being sympathetic and being able to feel for other so I think that having a much higher percentage of feeling and not thinking makes sense as a lot of my decisions and choices tend to be around emotions rather than logic. I do also think that I am more turbulent than assertive as I’m not very organized and I’m also figuring myself out so I don’t really have everything set in stone and am still currently exploring different areas in life and myself. 