Starting this presentation off I would like to share with you a quote I wrote in my journal a couple weeks before I began school at Animas High. “I will be going to Animas High school in a couple weeks and I am scared. I fear I will lack quality friendships and quality grades. I fear I will make myself unavailable to learning and prove to be a failure in classes and in social life.” And at the end of my presentation I will share with you another quote that has my updated feeling on this school.
Strength:
I try really hard to make all work as complete, neat and accurate as I can. However this is not always the best thing because I will re-do things until the last minute when I have no choice but to finish because it is due.
Evidence #1: - Socialization Project In this project I re-wrote my essay multiple times. Then I proceeded to re-do my mask draft many times and then my final. I worked on this project down to the last 20 minutes before exhibition making it the best I could. However, that presented a pretty good amount of stress.
Evidence #2: Extra Credit P.O.W I spent a very long time on this P.O.W to be positive that it was the best I could make it. I wrote the write up to the very best of my ability in order to get my grade up and make it the best it could be.
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Perseverance:
I often procrastinate and put off all of my work. However the class that tends to be the worst is math.
Evidence #1: P.O.W #4 In this P.O.W I came really close to giving up because I got frustrated and almost gave into that frustration. I ended up failing the assignment. The result of my actions really poorly affected my grade. I then spent the rest of the semester making up assignments doing my very very best to raise this grade before the grades where final.
Evidence #2: Trebuchet Reflection I put this reflection off till close to the last minute and because of that I rushed through just to get it over with. This reflection could have easily been an A if I had persevered through the frustration. The biggest piece of this assignment that I was missing in the picture which was worth 20 points.
Smart Goal:
Next semester I am going to work really hard to get all my work done and turned in on time. I will prepare for the biggest challenge being in math. This class challenges me because it is all black and white answers making it have either a right or wrong answer. I struggle with the “right or wrong” answer concept because I greatly fear getting the wrong answer and being a disappointment. This fear disappears in other classes. For example, in humanities the answers are open ended. There tends to not be a right or wrong answer. This eliminates the fear of being incorrect and helps me to allow myself the opportunity to try without the underlying disappointment. I am going to work to reorganize the disappointment and teach my self to care less about what people think about my work and do my work to the best of my ability and let that settle within me.
Reflective Question:
Essential Question: What topic or experience have you engaged in with this year that has caused the most personal or intellectual growth for you? This year the topic that had the biggest impact on me was the mask project. I went really deep into how this has impacted and shaped me. Having this opportunity to go deeper into my identity helped me to let go of some really profound things in my life like my brother and sister being in prison. This has hovered over my head for many years and has caused pain and distraction. Having the chance to get the thoughts of this off my chest and out in the open has helped me to open up to new opportunities and ideas and that helped me succeed more in school and life in general.
Conclusion:
To end this presentation, I am going to share with you my most recent quote; “I am now ending this semester proudly. In the beginning I was worried of being a failure and I almost proved my self right. Then towards the end I pulled through and finished with all A’s and B’s but 1. I built strong long-lasting friendships that have been quality and respected. I think I am going to be pretty happy here!” Thank you for coming to my freshman presentation of learning.