Who:
The person I chose to interview was my mom. She is a medical secretary at a dental office. The profession I would like to get into is dental hygiene, so I thought since she is in the office everyday she would be a great interviewee.
Summary of my interview:
-The most important vocational skills-
"I deal with alot of people everyday. of every race, age and religion... everyone needs their teeth cleaned! So you have to be friendly and understanding to different peoples different needs. When people come in they are sometimes scared and anxious so you will have to be clam and confident in order to sooth them. You have to be a real people person!"
-The importance of generic skills such as written communication, interpersonal communication, math, use of computers, and problem solving and decision-making.-
"Listening inattentively is a MUST for this job. You have to be able to listen to the dentist and understand exactly what he wants you to do. People skills are important. learning to following instructions exactly the way they are given.
-The things you should do outside of college to increase your chances of getting hired after you graduate-
"Volunteer work is a great asset to have when applying to any job really. But mostly if you want to get into a dental office, volunteer with young kids and older people. As well as you can try and get into a dental office and watch for a day to get to know the doctors and other hygienists."
My Thoughts
After interviewing my mom, I had a greater understanding of how the office is run. She gave me great ideas on how to succeed in getting a job at an office. This summer i now plan on volunteering in a nursing home to get experience with older people. I also spent the morning with her at her office today and got at look at what i will be doing as a career!
Friday, November 30, 2007
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Time Managment Option
I decided to do this project the week ending November 24, 2007.
Preparation and Follow Through:
For this project I took an agenda and made a daily list of to-do's. I wrote down my school schedule, work schedule, personal and social times and homework and assignments i need to get done. I color coded the tasks so i could take a visual look at which aspect of my life was dominating or lacking. As the week went on I updated my agenda according to my actions. I added times of how long I studied.
My Conclusion:
After my week was done because I colour coded I could visually see that work was dominating my schedule. It is what took up most of my time. Next after that was in class time and personal time. The least amount of time spend on was for studying and homework.
I noticed that when i first made my schedule on the Sunday I added alot of homework and studying times, but as those times came up I usually erased the time slot and added personal or social time.
I liked doing this project because it made me take a visual look at my schedule as a student. After looking back on the schedule I had made and then the one that i adjusted i could see my priorities need to change if i want to succeed in my school work!
Preparation and Follow Through:
For this project I took an agenda and made a daily list of to-do's. I wrote down my school schedule, work schedule, personal and social times and homework and assignments i need to get done. I color coded the tasks so i could take a visual look at which aspect of my life was dominating or lacking. As the week went on I updated my agenda according to my actions. I added times of how long I studied.
My Conclusion:
After my week was done because I colour coded I could visually see that work was dominating my schedule. It is what took up most of my time. Next after that was in class time and personal time. The least amount of time spend on was for studying and homework.
I noticed that when i first made my schedule on the Sunday I added alot of homework and studying times, but as those times came up I usually erased the time slot and added personal or social time.
I liked doing this project because it made me take a visual look at my schedule as a student. After looking back on the schedule I had made and then the one that i adjusted i could see my priorities need to change if i want to succeed in my school work!
Multiple Learning Stratigies
For this optional project i had to pick a class and try a new learning strategy.
What and Why?
I decided to try this method in Biology while learning the process of cell division, MITOSIS!
I chose to do it on Mitosis because it is a long process that has many steps, and i knew that it would take some time to memorize/understand the whole process.
What I did:
1) In our first class we learned about the first step of Mitosis, which is Interphase. i took notes throughout class and looked at the diagram in our text book.
2) During our break i took the time to highlight any important sections he mentioned and then i underline anything i was a little confused about.
3) When i got home that night, after dinner, i took out my notes and put then into my own words. Doing t his i was able to learn it better because i was teaching my self. When i teach myself i have to be in a quite place and be alone because i talk to myself and coach my self through the tutorial.
4) After i felt that i was able to go through all of interphase without the help of my notes, i then quizzed my self with some questions i have written done earlier when i underline in class. if i could answer the questions without having to refer back to my book, i knew i was on the right track!
The next Biology class i had we learned the other steps of Mitosis and i repeated the same steps as i did for Interphase.
My outcome
I believe that this helped me ALOT! because there are 8 steps involved in cell division, it takes the brain along time to soak in all of the information. And by lengthen out my studying time it helped my not only memorize the steps but learn them as well!
On my test i wrote i received an A and i was able to recall all of the information that i learned with this new strategy!
This is a very useful strategy to use when i am trying to learn a lengthy process and i found all the work that i out into this strategy paid off in the end!
What and Why?
I decided to try this method in Biology while learning the process of cell division, MITOSIS!
I chose to do it on Mitosis because it is a long process that has many steps, and i knew that it would take some time to memorize/understand the whole process.
What I did:
1) In our first class we learned about the first step of Mitosis, which is Interphase. i took notes throughout class and looked at the diagram in our text book.
2) During our break i took the time to highlight any important sections he mentioned and then i underline anything i was a little confused about.
3) When i got home that night, after dinner, i took out my notes and put then into my own words. Doing t his i was able to learn it better because i was teaching my self. When i teach myself i have to be in a quite place and be alone because i talk to myself and coach my self through the tutorial.
4) After i felt that i was able to go through all of interphase without the help of my notes, i then quizzed my self with some questions i have written done earlier when i underline in class. if i could answer the questions without having to refer back to my book, i knew i was on the right track!
The next Biology class i had we learned the other steps of Mitosis and i repeated the same steps as i did for Interphase.
My outcome
I believe that this helped me ALOT! because there are 8 steps involved in cell division, it takes the brain along time to soak in all of the information. And by lengthen out my studying time it helped my not only memorize the steps but learn them as well!
On my test i wrote i received an A and i was able to recall all of the information that i learned with this new strategy!
This is a very useful strategy to use when i am trying to learn a lengthy process and i found all the work that i out into this strategy paid off in the end!
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Recommendation Letter
Dear Future Students:
Strategies for success is an optional course but as my schedule turned out to be full, it was the only option I had. I came into the class unexcited and close minded. I thought "I have been in school since I was 5 years old, I know what my learning techniques are so I do not need to take a course like this one..." But to my surprise this course actually had a big payoff for me.
I have learned many new strategies that i will take with me throughout the rest of my college years!
I have always gotten good grades so i assumed the techniques i was using must be the best, but as to my surprise they were actually bad habits. This class showed me that iIam a person that memorize everything, I didn't usually care if I knew what I was reading all that mattered to me what that i could memorize it word for word. After reading a few chapters and doing a few "new technique" assignments Tim gave us I saw that i felt less stressed and more confident when i took the time to learn what i was reading rather then just memorizing it.
My favorite lesson i will definitely take with me all through school is the Multiple learning strategy assignment we did. I had to take notes and then review them daily. I found it helped my ALOT when it came to learning long processes!
I feel less stressed when it comes to school. I lengthen out my studying times, rather then cramming and I am doing very well in school!
I defiantly believe that this course should not only be an optional course but a mandatory one!
Shawna Langlois
Strategies for success is an optional course but as my schedule turned out to be full, it was the only option I had. I came into the class unexcited and close minded. I thought "I have been in school since I was 5 years old, I know what my learning techniques are so I do not need to take a course like this one..." But to my surprise this course actually had a big payoff for me.
I have learned many new strategies that i will take with me throughout the rest of my college years!
I have always gotten good grades so i assumed the techniques i was using must be the best, but as to my surprise they were actually bad habits. This class showed me that iIam a person that memorize everything, I didn't usually care if I knew what I was reading all that mattered to me what that i could memorize it word for word. After reading a few chapters and doing a few "new technique" assignments Tim gave us I saw that i felt less stressed and more confident when i took the time to learn what i was reading rather then just memorizing it.
My favorite lesson i will definitely take with me all through school is the Multiple learning strategy assignment we did. I had to take notes and then review them daily. I found it helped my ALOT when it came to learning long processes!
I feel less stressed when it comes to school. I lengthen out my studying times, rather then cramming and I am doing very well in school!
I defiantly believe that this course should not only be an optional course but a mandatory one!
Shawna Langlois
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Stress Managment
We had a stress management workshop on Nov.5,2007 at St.Clair College. It was hosted my Tim Field, my strategies teacher. The first half was teaching us about stress, why it happens, what are the causes, what are the effects....
We filled out sheets about us to determine our stress levels. After filling out my sheet i found that most of my stresses are coming from my job and school. With being back in school and making less money because of it i feel very stressed. I scored a 340 on the stress test, which we learned puts me in the range of 80% likely to become ill.
After we learned what makes us stressed and the consequences of it, we went up to the board room and learned how to control stress and relax.
Once in the board room, we had to remove any distractions (ie, coats, books, wallets...) and sit back and relax. We listened to "The Joy of Stress, Power Nap" and totally RELAXED! It was very nice to sit back and feel your body unwind and destress!
After the workshop i realized i will have to learn to spot myself getting stress and stop it ASAP, before i die of heart problems,.. haha.
We filled out sheets about us to determine our stress levels. After filling out my sheet i found that most of my stresses are coming from my job and school. With being back in school and making less money because of it i feel very stressed. I scored a 340 on the stress test, which we learned puts me in the range of 80% likely to become ill.
After we learned what makes us stressed and the consequences of it, we went up to the board room and learned how to control stress and relax.
Once in the board room, we had to remove any distractions (ie, coats, books, wallets...) and sit back and relax. We listened to "The Joy of Stress, Power Nap" and totally RELAXED! It was very nice to sit back and feel your body unwind and destress!
After the workshop i realized i will have to learn to spot myself getting stress and stop it ASAP, before i die of heart problems,.. haha.
Monday, November 5, 2007
Study Group #3
On Nov. 1st we did our group meeting in room C in the library. We all met at 2pm and left at 3:30pm.
Thursday morning we all had a review biology class to prepare us for our test on Friday. In our study group today we went over the rest of cellular respiration and started on mitosis.
I liked using the room because there was a board in there that we could write on and it really helped when we were trying to explain things to the other members.
I received alot of help on mitosis from the other group members.
Our biology test is tomorrow.
Thursday morning we all had a review biology class to prepare us for our test on Friday. In our study group today we went over the rest of cellular respiration and started on mitosis.
I liked using the room because there was a board in there that we could write on and it really helped when we were trying to explain things to the other members.
I received alot of help on mitosis from the other group members.
Our biology test is tomorrow.
Study Group #2
On October 29th we did our second group study today in the library today at 10:15am to 11:15am. We looked over glycolysis for our up coming Biology test. I started studying about a week ago so i knew my glycolysis cylce down pat. So i mostly explained things to the others and helped them with any questiosn they had on it.
Our biology test is on Friday, October 2.
On our next group meeting we will review the next 2 stages in cellular respiration and start on chapter 8, Mitosis.
Our biology test is on Friday, October 2.
On our next group meeting we will review the next 2 stages in cellular respiration and start on chapter 8, Mitosis.
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