Thursday, August 22, 2013

Blog 3: Topic Choice and Semester 1 ESLR Goals

1.  List your topic here:



My topic is The Promotion of Education to the Socioeconomically Disadvantaged.

2.  What do you plan to do this year to show growth in each of the ESLRs?  Be specific and use an example.  Examples can come from senior project, model assembly, core, and/or participation in senior class ASB or other organizations on campus (clubs etc).

  • iPoly Citizen
    •  To be an effective iPoly citizen, one must assume complete and total responsibility for his or herself, as well as for his or her respective community. The Senior Team runs the framework of the iPoly community, which makes us responsible for maintaining school events - Having fun takes hard work! I will show growth in this, especially this year, because I will be actively engaged in iPoly events, showing my support whenever possible, as well as encouraging others to do the same. Away from simply hosting iPoly events, I plan to not only become well-taught, but I wish to apply those teachings and share what I know with others, thereby making my community even stronger.
  • Effective Learner
    • Senior Year expresses concern for Automony - That is, assuming responsibility for your own learning and expressing your own brand of personal creativity whilst doing it. I plan to show growth in this specified ESLR, because I have working on developing my own brand of creativity as well as my own methods of learning for the past 3 years I have been here at iPoly. I have realized from the start that it is up to me entirely to decide what my future was going to be like, and to plan accordingly. I plan to grow this year by further working on my skills, on continuing my education outside of school through community service, tutoring, being mentored, and continuing to mentor others.
  • Effective User of Technology
    •  I will show growth in technology as well, because I have learned a great deal of computers (as well as how to troubleshoot nearly anything) over the course of Junior year, thanks in part to Lionel Arellano and Alfonso Esquivel. I have learned enough to the point to have an enormous amount of aide readily available to me at all times. I can photoshop pictures, complete graphic designs, make fancy looking documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, and will also be able to design and maintain a website by the end of this year. Not to mention, the readily available learning resources that are just waiting to be broken into! I plan to develop all of these skills and develop even more of them as the year progresses.
  • Effective Communicator  
    • In order to develop in the area of being an effective communicator, especially in demonstrating the importance of interdependence,  I am planning to learn as much as I can, to do as much as I can, and to develop as much as I can in order to make myself the best suited leader. Today, as I examined my lovely South House frolic about in a maze of tape, I realized the need for order as well as the need for consistent leaders. Our ASB representatives naturally took the hold, but were only supportive for so long before they looked like they had half given up. In order to develop into an effective communicator, I plan to practice as much as I can in tutoring, community service, volunteering, Model Assembly, and wherever possible. Being a good leader is not easy.

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