Session 4

I believe I have truth seeking, open minded and systematic attitudes of a critical thinker. Truth seeking because I do feel that getting to the end of a problem is the key to taking something to the next step, even if we don't like the outcome we can only progress through certain aspects. It is essential to have a full understanding on the whole situation and the only way to do this is truth seeking which I have never been afraid of. Open minded because I never judge someone or something before finding out his or her points of view and maybe I am wrong and that person is right so I always hold a slot open for another persons views or opinion, I never shut it out completely. I am one who will admit im wrong if proven wrong. I believe im systematic simply because when I explain something I start from the very beginning and end off so that I leave no questions unanswered. I give step by step points leading to the end. In a debate or conversation its always necessary to give evidence to back up what you said. I tend to always say where I got my source from or how I reached the conclusion.\
I would like to cultivate the Mature attitude and self confident, maturity because sometimes its too early to predict or reach a conclusion without knowing more information and I feel like I skip a lot of info that is needed to hasten the destination of the conclusion. If I can take my time and wait and have patience I feel like this could benefit me more in the long run. Self confidence because this is a very key aspect in anyone's life, to achieve something you must have total self confidence and the ability not to doubt yourself. Sometimes in university life I would tend to think I know the information after reading it once although I need more time on it. If I can master fully understanding something before moving on it would benefit me greatly.
I believe I could achieve this by exposing myself to certain disciplines which I usually wouldn't dwell in, such as for self confidence I would take time to read something and come back to it an hour later, and keep repeating this method till it became a habit.


From viewing the video, I believe the professor is correct, it really depends on the given circumstance of the situation, you can not label people into different learning styles just by one performance or many performances leading to the same outcome. There will be a circumstance where that specific learner learns a different way. Critical thinking allows the learner to evaluate the whole situation before stepping foot into something, the professor talks about how a good teacher is a good teacher, I whole heartedly agree because it is very common to mistake good teaching as someone who has been labeled as a visual learner etc. Using critical thinking there is no labels its a total recall of the situation and assessing it thoroughly before starting the process.


The time I was creative was when I had the idea at paintballing, my strategy was to go around the enemy by means of stealth. It stemmed from when both teams were at a stale mate and we needed to advance in order to win. I had to think of something, and so I had the creative idea of dividing and conquering. The experience of being creative gave an essence of leadership, it gave me that feeling of control, because displaying your idea to a number of people while in a hectic situation is a feeling of control. I foster my creativity because in a time where nothing is at peace or your heart is pacing fast there is an essence of leadership and control, this is very hard to do especially if your mind is focused on the game. As you know paintball is not easy and requires skill not to be hit, I encourage leadership and control to overcome obstacles which was our opposition at the time. This can be used in life to, to accomplish something you must be willing to face the fear. A lot of things can block your creativity such as shyness, fear or lack of direction. These are road blocks stopping us from our destination. In order to pass these road blocks we must be willing to do something we usually don't do.


Key information on virtual tour: Connection to practice, connection to theory, creative thinking skills, thinking outside the box, questioning skills, problem solving.

Session 3

Befriend Discomfort 

Personally I don't like to be challenged, I get flustered and stressed pretty easy. I put important things off simply because  I get overwhelmed. Befriending discomfort would be a key aspect to work on.
Having a positive attitude and looking at the challenge as a growing opportunity is key. My favourite quote being
"Discomfort can be a gift- an opportunity to do valuable work on yourself. On the other side of discomfort lies mastery." Ph. 57


Step 1 
Pick Something I would like to change 

I would like to change the fact that I am heavily weighed down by school debt. I want to start paying off my debt. 

Step 2 

My wish to my fairy god mother would be simply to pay the loans although there is a part of me that wants to do it myself. My wish to her would be to help me make enough so I can continue to pay off my loans. In a perfect world I would want to pay them off in a year. 

Step 3 

Having a full time job would be wonderful, putting at least 200 dollars a week towards my loans. So that within a few years I would be debt free and not have to pay any interest. 

Step 4
One a week (after pay day) I will put a lump sum (goal 55 dollars) towards my loan. It seems small but right now that is the best I can do. Staying positive and not spending my money on things I don't need is key. 


My learning style reflects pretty decently in practice as I always make use of visual aid to help me focus and hone in on what I really need to know, ultimately in exams and other projects I always tend to use the visual learning style method and draw out what I hear or see written in words. It does fit very easily in my learning style as I have never used any other learning styles such as auditory or kinesthetic when not needed. My fall back has always been visual.

Seeing my journal entry in the way it was posted on wordle is interesting as it highlights and increase the font size on certain words, this could be a great method when noting down key words and important features. Standing out from the rest of the text is what gets the brain to register that point. As a learner it implies that due to the fact I do like this method, I actually find it useful because highlighting certain words helps me remember that specific point.


After completing the discovery wheel, I found that a skill I possess is attitude, this is because I do plan a lot and set days on which I will do this and still have time for that. I usually always plan review much before the exam date so I have a lot of time to prepare. As I come near the end of my academic year I have used this skill to my advantage many times and found it a very useful skill to possess. The one skill I need to improve on or have more exposure to is diversity, sometimes I feel its tough for me to diversify myself to new crowds or even to individuals. It takes me time and I know a lot of people can adjust pretty fast, I need more experience and I feel maybe facing the fear itself is the only way to become efficient in this skill such as public speaking or talking as a leader. Chapter 9 diversity, the 3 articles I will read at a later date are 'Overcome stereotypes critical thinking', 'Leadership in a diverse world' and 'Master student profile Trey Anthony' I intend to read these articles this weekend.