Prompt: Analyze the most significant thing you learned about yourself (in relation to your career path) in this class and evaluate how what you've learned impacts your future.
Thesis: The visible aspect of one's character is shown through various activities that led up to self awareness, knowing these ideals could deepen my understanding of not only myself but formulating a career that seeks my needs for a better future.
My first artifact discussed the means of figuring out a dream job and turning that profession into a more realistic profession that I could apply by explaining my thoughts.
The second artifact moved a step back and was focused highly on my personality through work values that could be assessed in any given profession.Which also included my interests personally, but in a detailed manner.
In the third artifact that I chose had to do with researching the top three contenders that I noted my interests. I learned what the career field was like, while incorporating the skills that I learned in the second artifact to guide me into concluding what I liked or didn't liked about a certain profession.
The fourth artifact represented what my previous understandings of building and applying the new information that I learned in the class to see if I'm progressing myself on the right track and if I wasn't how would I go about resolving the situations before its too late (i.e. the future).
Lastly, in the fifth artifact I described what my budget plan was like and how I'll provide all the needs that my family truly deserves while taking careful precautions to what I could buy to support my family and what necessities that will not be beneficial.
Overall, combining all these ideals will formulate my idea of progress. From the start of the year, I didn't know where to start in my career exploration. Taking big steps which including personality tests, researching certain career options, and making decisions to what's next in the future made me narrow down many questions that I had before. Seeking my interests is the main priority, once I have that down I could create that self-aware my researching it and making goals for myself. Careful planning is the key to a better future.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
5th Artifact (Budget Form)
Finally, once we made our decision in what career field we wanted to go into, it was time to look to the future. 10 years to be exact!!
-1 child (at the least)
-Renting a condo or apartment
-Own a car (new)
-Buy clothes from departments and/or boutiques (anything on sale)
-A moderate plan for a grocery budget
-A yearly vacation
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-Child Care (if need be)
-Emergency funds
The process in number:
(1) Housing $2500
(2) Transportation $ 2500
(3) Clothing $404.16
(4) Food $ 730
(5) Sundries $ 55
(6) Entertainment $ 275
(7) Vacations $66.66
(8) Child care $ 370
(9) Savings $2000
(10) Miscellaneous $ 380
TOTAL: $ 9280.82
Today,
I am __17___ years old. In 10 years,
when I am _27____ years old, this is how I would like my life to look.
-Married (maybe)-1 child (at the least)
-Renting a condo or apartment
-Own a car (new)
-Buy clothes from departments and/or boutiques (anything on sale)
-A moderate plan for a grocery budget
-A yearly vacation
-Emergency funds
The process in number:
(1) Housing $2500
(2) Transportation $ 2500
(3) Clothing $404.16
(4) Food $ 730
(5) Sundries $ 55
(6) Entertainment $ 275
(7) Vacations $66.66
(8) Child care $ 370
(9) Savings $2000
(10) Miscellaneous $ 380
TOTAL: $ 9280.82
$ 48,493.12
Annual salary required
As stated before, I need to consider if the profession that I chose was reasonable for me and my developing family in the future. For example, if I chose Accounting as my profession then I could provide the needs for my family from this budget plan, maybe alternating and adding more if I could.
4th Artifact (Autobiography)
Something that impacted me the most in this class was the idea of reflecting one's values and personality. I glanced back at all the assignments that I've done and what I learned in the long run:
"I have a wide range of passions which includes watching movies, reading book, and even spending time with friends. These ideas formulated my personality; it’s another reason why I enjoyed taking those personality and values quizzes online. It reflects how I view the world and respond to it in any situation. It’s hard to tell what kind of person that I really am. For the most part, I can relate to many practical situations, but there’s one thing that I’m very self-conscious about and that’s setting goals. This also means that I have to achieve it no matter what because if I don’t, I get this knot in my chest that doesn't go away until I could figure out a way to finish my work or goal."
"There are days where I dream about my future, that I could be anything because I have no idea what I want to major in college or even beyond that. Then my thoughts begin to wander back to my childhood, from the time where my mother asked me that puzzling question to why I wanted to be a princess. Even today, I’m not sure why I’d want to be something that doesn't even exist. Maybe, that was the point. Not knowing you want is a lot better than the other way around."
"There are days where I dream about my future, that I could be anything because I have no idea what I want to major in college or even beyond that. Then my thoughts begin to wander back to my childhood, from the time where my mother asked me that puzzling question to why I wanted to be a princess. Even today, I’m not sure why I’d want to be something that doesn't even exist. Maybe, that was the point. Not knowing you want is a lot better than the other way around."
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| On the last day of Kindergarten, my teacher Mrs. Thompson told me to never give up. No matter what it might be, always keep trying. |
3rd Artifact ( The World of Work)
After researching and taking personal inventory quizzes about myself, it was time to deepen my understanding on what career professions I wanted to go into.
Clinical Psychologists- Evaluates mental and emotional disorders through observations or psychological tests to formulate treatment for individuals.
Skills: Active listening, Critical Thinking,Writing, Time Management, Coordination, and Social Perspectives.
Licenses: A Doctoral or Professional Degree, a Master's Degree.
Salary: $32.53 hourly, $67,650 annual.
Sociologist-They study society and social behavior by examining types of groups, cultures, and organizations.
Skills:Writing, instructing,critical thinking, and active learner.
Licenses:Masters Degree or PhD. Some people with a Bachelor's degree become assistants.
Salary:$36.04 hourly, $74,960 annual.
Accountants-Analyze financial information, and prepare financial reports or even record and/or maintain profit and loss in the organization.
Skills: Active listening, Mathematics, Writing, Critical Thinking, Speaking, and Reading Comprehension.
Licenses:A bachelor's degree.
Salary: $30.55 hourly, $63,550 annual.
I learned that each profession considers many factors. Every standpoint, has both sides. I realized that when I started my research and looking at the possibilities in a different light.
Clinical Psychologists- Evaluates mental and emotional disorders through observations or psychological tests to formulate treatment for individuals.
Skills: Active listening, Critical Thinking,Writing, Time Management, Coordination, and Social Perspectives.
Licenses: A Doctoral or Professional Degree, a Master's Degree.
Salary: $32.53 hourly, $67,650 annual.
Sociologist-They study society and social behavior by examining types of groups, cultures, and organizations.
Skills:Writing, instructing,critical thinking, and active learner.
Licenses:Masters Degree or PhD. Some people with a Bachelor's degree become assistants.
Salary:$36.04 hourly, $74,960 annual.
Skills: Active listening, Mathematics, Writing, Critical Thinking, Speaking, and Reading Comprehension.
Licenses:A bachelor's degree.
Salary: $30.55 hourly, $63,550 annual.
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
1st Artifact (Dream Job)
In the beginning of the year, one of our first assignments consisted of describing our dream job and how it came to be:
"As a child, the only thing I cared about was helping people in need. It was a goal to make everyone feel better no matter what issues might come in the way. I’m a junior in high school or in a sense; this is the time that dreams don’t really matter. Reality punched me really hard now that the work load has increased. Even today, my parents’ fully support me with whatever career I go into, that motivates me to work hard. When you’re in elementary school, studying and tests aren't that overwhelming (especially since you’re gaining skills to incorporate in the future)."
"As a child, the only thing I cared about was helping people in need. It was a goal to make everyone feel better no matter what issues might come in the way. I’m a junior in high school or in a sense; this is the time that dreams don’t really matter. Reality punched me really hard now that the work load has increased. Even today, my parents’ fully support me with whatever career I go into, that motivates me to work hard. When you’re in elementary school, studying and tests aren't that overwhelming (especially since you’re gaining skills to incorporate in the future)."
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| When I was in kindergarten, I wanted to help people in many ways, this also including being a police officer. However, the very next day, I changed my mind and realized a police officer might just be a "dream job" not a practical one. |
2nd Artifact (Work Values Survey)
It helped me decide what kind of personality I have by the type of activities that I do and how much I value it in the long run.
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Top 5 Values:
Adventure
Knowledge and Truth
Creativity
Helping Others
Friendship and Companionship
Adventure-It offers variety. A job that does not consist lots of structure or even a routine of some sorts. I thought that this describes me because personally, I do not like being in a tight space and exploring my surroundings.
Knowledge and Truth-For the most part, I'm an eager learner. Regardless of what it might be, I always find a method of connecting with my information to make conclusions. I value research and investigation on a subject to see both perspectives.
Creativity- I try to find interesting ways to solve challenging problems by using some type of imagination to rethink ideas. Thinking out of one's comfort zone makes me realize what decisions I make and they could end up being really flexible in the process.
Helping Others- This work value uses my skills to accompolish goals for myself and for others. Service wise proffesions heavily impacted this idea because I like to help people understand what they're doing and the significance behind it.
Friendship and Companionship- I think of myself as a people person, I like making friendships at a work place so I could relate with others who have the same values.
Adventure
Knowledge and Truth
Creativity
Helping Others
Friendship and Companionship
Adventure-It offers variety. A job that does not consist lots of structure or even a routine of some sorts. I thought that this describes me because personally, I do not like being in a tight space and exploring my surroundings.
Knowledge and Truth-For the most part, I'm an eager learner. Regardless of what it might be, I always find a method of connecting with my information to make conclusions. I value research and investigation on a subject to see both perspectives.
Creativity- I try to find interesting ways to solve challenging problems by using some type of imagination to rethink ideas. Thinking out of one's comfort zone makes me realize what decisions I make and they could end up being really flexible in the process.
Helping Others- This work value uses my skills to accompolish goals for myself and for others. Service wise proffesions heavily impacted this idea because I like to help people understand what they're doing and the significance behind it.
Friendship and Companionship- I think of myself as a people person, I like making friendships at a work place so I could relate with others who have the same values.
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