All in all I am so pleased with how my WISE presentation and evaluation went. The entire day and weekend before I was so nervous. As I left fifth period on senior skip day I went straight to Fitz's room. There were only 4ish students in there and they all got to listen to my freakout before my presentation. During my presentation I didn't think I was doing well, but the feedback I got afterwards was almost entirely positive. Something I believe Ms. Flores commented on was that in the workforce you have to start at the bottom and do grunt work and then work your way up. This was something I feel that I knew, but at the same time didn't take into consideration, and it's definitely helpful to know for the future. A lot of times I have trouble seeing that a situation can and will change. I get discouraged and kind of stuck in a rut. I experienced this at the vet, where I eventually stopped expecting the situation to get better and more exciting, and also had a hard time, at the beginning, seeing myself going back to vet every week for the rest of the semester. I think I could've probably made my situation better at the vet if I had taken it upon myself to ask to do more. A few of my evaluators brought this up. I'm not always the kind of person to put myself out there because I am afraid of being shut down. I always say, somewhat jokingly but secretly mean it, "if ya never try, you can't fail". It's probably the stupidest thing to live by, and I don't, but in certain situations I do, like at the vet. I think in the future it's definitely better to take the chance and risk being shut down, than just being unhappy in a situation. It's easy to see this in hindsight, but when I think about applying this in the future it makes me anxious. I kind of see as risking a mediocre situation for either a better situation or a much worse situation and a lot of embarrassment. It's definitely something I need to and will work on in the future. I think the most valuable things I got out of my WISE experience were the relationships I formed with my "co-workers" at the vet and with Mr. Fitz and Mr. Poling. These relationships are what made the time worthwhile. It will be something I look for in future career opportunities because even if you love what you do it doesn't matter if you don't love the people you're doing it with.
Thank you to everyone who helped make my WISE experience what it was. :)
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AuthorMy name is Emily Burch. I am a student in the WISE program at Miramonte. This is my WISE journey (I think that's a good word for it). Archives
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