Core Competencies

Communication

I’ve used communication in my English class as we would go into groups and discuss topics. We would have to communicate to create prompts and ideas to share out to the class. We would do many rounds with new groups each time and that would make us talk to everyone in the class. It would help people to get to meet need people and help their understanding in what we were working on that class.

Critical and Creative Thinking

I used critical and creative thinking to help myself in French. As I had to create sentences in a different language that I am not fluent in. I had to answer and comprehend questions. I had to use critical thinking to translate it and answer it in French. At the start of class we have to answer a question of what we did yesterday or on the weekend. We would have to make 3 answers in complete sentences. We also had to be a creative thinker as in our in class write we had to make ideas to do and invite someone to come do it. By using creative thinking I created many ideas.

Responsibility

I had to be responsible in my math class as I need to keep my self on track. What I mean by that is not getting distracted and doing my work. I also have to remind myself to do my homework  and make sure I understand every piece of information we were taught.

Creative thinking

I feel I fall into profile 4 of creative thinking as in my classes I always try to add something or be different to make mine better. I always think out side the box I feel. I can understand new topics fast and explain it in other ways to others to help them understand their way. In my Photography class I get a subject and I have to represent it using a photo. I have creatively think and look around my school to find a perfect spot. I always try other ways whenever I need to and I will always find a way to help improve my skills. When I am in a calm place I can think of new ideas easily. Ever since I was a kid I’ve been told I was really creative so I have always used that to give myself a advantage in school and in sports.

Communication

My second is communication as I feel I have always been talkative my whole life and can talk in front of groups with no hesitation. I always listen and like to form conversations out of ideas just to start helping others. I am able to communicate with my peers and teacher effectively and I always try to listen to my teacher so I can succeed. I always go up and ask questions to help myself better understand or make sure I am on the right track with my work. I feel communication is one of the most important and this will help you your whole entire life. It will help you succeed anytime and help you gain connections and new friends.

Critical thinking

I have always struggled with math my whole life and I have always tried to help myself learn it in a different way so I can understand it. What I mean is that last week I was struggling on my homework and didn’t get what to do. I asked my teacher and she explained it but I still didn’t really get it. I had to try to take that explanation and use it to think about in another way so I asked my friend to explain as he  was doing well. He told a different way to think about it. I then took both of them and looked at the different points they said and worked with it through out the homework and was able to do the work. I have think about different ways than just other ways. Usually In math there is always sayings or shortcuts to help you get to the answer easier like cross multiplying with fraction so you do not have to simplify the fraction. It always help you in different units to as in math i feel we used the foundation of every grade to make it easier for us.