6TH MEETING: GUIDE QUESTIONS FOR JOURNAL ENTRIES
1. For one week, challenge yourself to:
a. Get high score in a quiz or seatwork,
b. To recite in class at least once in any courses;
c. To submit a quality assignment or requirement
On your journal, process your experience with the aid of the following guide questions:
a. What challenge did you take?
b. Were you able to beat the challenge? How do you feel about it?
c. What have you realized/learned from your experience?
2. Assignment for next meeting
a. Read about the effects of smoking.
b. Watch the film “An Inconvenient Truth”, staring Al Gore and directed by Davis Guggenheim. On the journal, write your reaction to the movie:
- The most striking scene in the movie
- Your feelings and emotions while watching the movie
- Your realization after watching the movie
- The specific actions you can commit to take care of the environment
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1.
I took the third challenge, to submit a quality assignment or requirement.
I submitted and presented an assignment and requirement in our IT011 class.
Yes, I was able to beat the challenge. I got a high grade for my presentation. I feel happy, but I think I still could have done better. And I will.
I learned that when you work hard on something, exert your efforts into an activity, like my challenge for example: For one week, I kept going to school a few hours before my real class starts because I have to use the open lab to make my presentation - my assignment. It was quite tiring and stressful, but after all the work, I received a high grade. I feel good about it because I know that I deserve it.
2.
After watching "An Inconvinient Truth", my reactions to it are:
The most striking scene for me are the once beautiful and rich places in the world, the 'before' and 'after' pictures. Before they were so alive, but 'after' looked terrible.
I kind of pity our Earth, because it is in so much ruins when it deserves care and love from us human beings.
I knew that our world faces plenty of problems, but I realized that it was worse than I thought, because its affecting everything and everyone. It really is a big deal.
The specific actions I can do to help are just small, but I believe that if I continue being a responsible citizen, not littering and influencing others to be concerned with the environment, will be a great contribution.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
3RD MEETING: MY PERSONAL VALUES
3RD MEETING: MY PERSONAL VALUES
Personal values are the desirable qualities, standards or principles which serve as persons’ driving force that influence their actions and reactions. Knowing ones values offers so many advantages. It helps us follow a clear set of rules and guidelines for our actions. It guides us in making good decisions. Through this, we can find compatible people, places and things that support our way of living. It motivates us to be true to ourselves. Living our values is one of the most powerful tools available to help us become the person we want to be, accomplish our goals, and influence others. (Best-of-time –management.com/values.htm)
Just as individuals give importance to values, so do organizations and institutions like MCL. Mission, Vision and Core Values define the organizations’ culture or way of life of its members. At the core of organizational culture are values. These values shape the quality of life and structure of an organization. The organization is successful to the degree to which all the members have shared values expressed through their goals and beliefs. There has to be an alignment between ones personal values and the values of an organization he belongs to. This will help us journey on the same boat towards a common vision. (Adapted from Hall-Tonna Values Framework and Technology)
MCL encourages every Malayans to practice the value of competence, truth/wisdom, knowledge, research, problem solving, excellence, punctuality, teamwork, quality service, integrity, accountability and sense of ownership (all for one, one for all). Make these the cornerstone of your life.
Challenge yourself
After this session, for two days in school, you are going to practice/implement/actualize your top two values. You have the options to practice one or both values in a day. On your journal, write your reflections (for day one and day two) separately using the outline below. Hope you will enjoy and learn meaningfully from this challenge.
Outline
- the date/time of experience
- the values you have practiced
- the story/experience
(details: people, location, event, situations, ways the values have been practiced and the reactions of the involved people)
- your feelings during the experience
- the learning from your experience
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Date: August 12, 2009
Values practiced: Friendship
Story/Experience:
My old schoolmate, Vince, is studying as a senior (still in my old high school). He sometimes call me in our landline phone, but we don't get to talk for a long time because I'm tired from school. But I value our friendship, I love him so much and I know he loves me too. So to make it up for him, I offered to help him with his problem: he's having difficulty with their requirement - their thesis defense.
I already went through that when I was a senior, and I did pretty well. So I gave him my old documents to serve as a guide to him. And until now and until his school year finish, I will still help him.
I am his friend, and I'm the one he can rely on, so I can't let him down.
My feelings through this occuring experience:
I feel really great about myself, about our friendship. I'm really happy! While I'm helping him, we're spending time together, we're also bonding. I know this will be a memorable event to us, like a great contribution to our relationship.
The learning from my experience:
Well, this is like a long-term experience, it is not done yet. But as it is in progress, little by little I'm still learning something, like, appreciation. We're still at the beggining of this project, but I feel that my friend is already appreciating the small things I've already done (like giving him my old document draft as a guide, on w/c I even wrote small notes and tips on how to make it).
Personal values are the desirable qualities, standards or principles which serve as persons’ driving force that influence their actions and reactions. Knowing ones values offers so many advantages. It helps us follow a clear set of rules and guidelines for our actions. It guides us in making good decisions. Through this, we can find compatible people, places and things that support our way of living. It motivates us to be true to ourselves. Living our values is one of the most powerful tools available to help us become the person we want to be, accomplish our goals, and influence others. (Best-of-time –management.com/values.htm)
Just as individuals give importance to values, so do organizations and institutions like MCL. Mission, Vision and Core Values define the organizations’ culture or way of life of its members. At the core of organizational culture are values. These values shape the quality of life and structure of an organization. The organization is successful to the degree to which all the members have shared values expressed through their goals and beliefs. There has to be an alignment between ones personal values and the values of an organization he belongs to. This will help us journey on the same boat towards a common vision. (Adapted from Hall-Tonna Values Framework and Technology)
MCL encourages every Malayans to practice the value of competence, truth/wisdom, knowledge, research, problem solving, excellence, punctuality, teamwork, quality service, integrity, accountability and sense of ownership (all for one, one for all). Make these the cornerstone of your life.
Challenge yourself
After this session, for two days in school, you are going to practice/implement/actualize your top two values. You have the options to practice one or both values in a day. On your journal, write your reflections (for day one and day two) separately using the outline below. Hope you will enjoy and learn meaningfully from this challenge.
Outline
- the date/time of experience
- the values you have practiced
- the story/experience
(details: people, location, event, situations, ways the values have been practiced and the reactions of the involved people)
- your feelings during the experience
- the learning from your experience
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Date: August 12, 2009
Values practiced: Friendship
Story/Experience:
My old schoolmate, Vince, is studying as a senior (still in my old high school). He sometimes call me in our landline phone, but we don't get to talk for a long time because I'm tired from school. But I value our friendship, I love him so much and I know he loves me too. So to make it up for him, I offered to help him with his problem: he's having difficulty with their requirement - their thesis defense.
I already went through that when I was a senior, and I did pretty well. So I gave him my old documents to serve as a guide to him. And until now and until his school year finish, I will still help him.
I am his friend, and I'm the one he can rely on, so I can't let him down.
My feelings through this occuring experience:
I feel really great about myself, about our friendship. I'm really happy! While I'm helping him, we're spending time together, we're also bonding. I know this will be a memorable event to us, like a great contribution to our relationship.
The learning from my experience:
Well, this is like a long-term experience, it is not done yet. But as it is in progress, little by little I'm still learning something, like, appreciation. We're still at the beggining of this project, but I feel that my friend is already appreciating the small things I've already done (like giving him my old document draft as a guide, on w/c I even wrote small notes and tips on how to make it).
10TH MEETING: GUIDE QUESTIONS FOR JOURNAL ENTRIES
10TH MEETING: GUIDE QUESTIONS FOR JOURNAL ENTRIES
Journal Writing
1. Cite one experience wherein you have experienced negative peer pressure.
2. How did you react to it? Why?
3. How did you feel about your reaction/decision?
4. What have you learned/realized from your experience?
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I don't usually get into those kind of situation because most of my close friends are good influences.
So far, I haven't experienced a very negative peer pressure, but when I was back in high school, some of my friends wanted to hang out in another friend's house or go to the mall. That was okay for me, but not when it is late at night. Sometimes they really try to talk me into it, almost like tempting me to come and go with them. There were sometimes when I also wanted to join them, I ask my parents if they would allow me and if they do, then it's okay. But if they don't, or they are not informed, I will not lie and go out late with my friends.
Journal Writing
1. Cite one experience wherein you have experienced negative peer pressure.
2. How did you react to it? Why?
3. How did you feel about your reaction/decision?
4. What have you learned/realized from your experience?
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I don't usually get into those kind of situation because most of my close friends are good influences.
So far, I haven't experienced a very negative peer pressure, but when I was back in high school, some of my friends wanted to hang out in another friend's house or go to the mall. That was okay for me, but not when it is late at night. Sometimes they really try to talk me into it, almost like tempting me to come and go with them. There were sometimes when I also wanted to join them, I ask my parents if they would allow me and if they do, then it's okay. But if they don't, or they are not informed, I will not lie and go out late with my friends.
5TH MEETING: GUIDE QUESTIONS FOR JOURNAL ENTRIES
5TH MEETING: GUIDE QUESTIONS FOR JOURNAL ENTRIES
1. Develop a doable daily and weekly schedule.
a. Daily schedule includes time for rising in the morning, self preparations including meals/merienda, school hours, time for travel going to school, length of time staying at school, doing assignments, reviewing lessons or advance academic preparations, sports/ leisure and rest/sleeping.
b. Weekly schedule includes your class schedules, appointments/meetings, academic preparation.
2. On your journal, write an essay on the theme “The Most Challenging Thing I have ever Accomplished”. It describes your own experience of completing a task, given your full effort, dedication and determination. This could be about:
a) masterpiece (a painting, a poem, a short story, a song composition, etc.)
b) learned skills (driving, cooking, sports, playing musical instruments, and acting)
c) accomplishments (reaching peak of a mountain, an invention, fixing an appliances/electronic device, finishing trainings for high school cadet officer, etc
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1.
My Doable Daily and Weekly Schedule:
For Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays:
8:00am wake up
8:00am - 8:30am eat breakfast
8:30am - 10:30am do assignments/review notes
10:30am - 11:30am prepare for school eat lunch
11:30am leave the house, go to school
11:30am - 1:00pm (travel time from my house to MCL)
1:00pm - 5:30pm (Attend class)
DAD101p Lab
5:30pm - 6:00pm eat snack with friends leave school, go home
6:00pm - 7:30pm (travel time from MCL to my house)
7:30pm - 8:30pm eat dinner rest
8:30pm - 10:00pm do assignments/review notes
10:00pm go to sleep
For Tuesdays and Fridays:
6:00am wake up
6:00am - 6:30am eat snack
6:30am - 7:30am do assignments/review notes
7:30am - 8:30am prepare for school eat heavy breakfast
8:30am leave the house - go to school
8:30am - 10:00am (travel time from my house to MCL)
10:00am - 5:30pm (Attend class)
IT011 - MATH001 - HUM013 - VE011
5:30pm - 6:00pm eat snack with friends leave school, go home
6:00pm - 7:30pm (travel time from MCL to my house)
7:30pm - 8:30pm eat dinner rest
8:30pm - 10:00pm do assignments/review notes
10:00pm go to sleep
For Wednesdays:
9:00am wake up
9:00am - 10:00am eat breakfast
10:00am - 11:00pm free time, relax at home
11:00am - 12:00pm do assignments/review notes
12:00pm - 1:00pm eat lunch
1:00pm - 2:30pm prepare for school
2:30pm - 4:00pm (travel time from my house to MCL)
4:00pm - 5:30pm (Attend class)
FIL011
5:30pm - 6:00pm eat snack with friends leave school, go home
6:00pm - 7:30pm (travel time from MCL to my house)
7:30pm - 8:30pm eat dinner rest
8:30pm - 10:00pm do assignments/review notes
10:00pm go to sleep
2.
The Most Challenging Thing I have ever Accomplished
Now that I'm in college, lessons, assignments, projects etc. are plenty and they're sometimes quite difficult to do. But instead of seeing it as difficult, I see it as challenging.
Just the other week, we were given an assignment on our HUM013 class: write a 10-minute skit/script for drama play. I love writing, but I'm used to writing only essays and poems, not scripts for plays. So the very thought of it made me...curious. Could I write such a thing? I do look forward to these kinds of assignments, since its personal for me. But there are still some small conflicts to this assignment: we only have a day to write it. And in that day, we still have classes. So, there were three challenges here: 1)the script, when played on stage, must only last 10 minutes. 2)I'm not used to writing drama and 3)we only have a short time to write it.
Now thinking of those three facts made me feel a little down at first, but I was determined to work on it and finish it for my grade and of course, for my skills. I started to work on my storyline, using an old idea of mine. I actually used my idea for a story that I thought of two years ago. The idea was supposed to be for a book I was planning to write someday, but I wanted to practice writing it so I used it for my script. And it turned out great! I worked on my script with the total of maybe six hours. I wasn't exactly sure if I met the criteria that it only has to reach 10 minutes when played but I was very much happy and contented with my work. As our teacher were returning our works, she handed me mine and told me to continue what I'm doing. She said that maybe someday, my composition might be popular and that I can sell it too. I was very proud, especially when I saw the grade marked on my paper: 95%.
That is one of the most challenging things I have ever accomplished. Even if I had to spend staying up late one night, it's worth it. I gave it my effort, I was passionate about writing it and when I finally finished it, I felt great.
1. Develop a doable daily and weekly schedule.
a. Daily schedule includes time for rising in the morning, self preparations including meals/merienda, school hours, time for travel going to school, length of time staying at school, doing assignments, reviewing lessons or advance academic preparations, sports/ leisure and rest/sleeping.
b. Weekly schedule includes your class schedules, appointments/meetings, academic preparation.
2. On your journal, write an essay on the theme “The Most Challenging Thing I have ever Accomplished”. It describes your own experience of completing a task, given your full effort, dedication and determination. This could be about:
a) masterpiece (a painting, a poem, a short story, a song composition, etc.)
b) learned skills (driving, cooking, sports, playing musical instruments, and acting)
c) accomplishments (reaching peak of a mountain, an invention, fixing an appliances/electronic device, finishing trainings for high school cadet officer, etc
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1.
My Doable Daily and Weekly Schedule:
For Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays:
8:00am wake up
8:00am - 8:30am eat breakfast
8:30am - 10:30am do assignments/review notes
10:30am - 11:30am prepare for school eat lunch
11:30am leave the house, go to school
11:30am - 1:00pm (travel time from my house to MCL)
1:00pm - 5:30pm (Attend class)
DAD101p Lab
5:30pm - 6:00pm eat snack with friends leave school, go home
6:00pm - 7:30pm (travel time from MCL to my house)
7:30pm - 8:30pm eat dinner rest
8:30pm - 10:00pm do assignments/review notes
10:00pm go to sleep
For Tuesdays and Fridays:
6:00am wake up
6:00am - 6:30am eat snack
6:30am - 7:30am do assignments/review notes
7:30am - 8:30am prepare for school eat heavy breakfast
8:30am leave the house - go to school
8:30am - 10:00am (travel time from my house to MCL)
10:00am - 5:30pm (Attend class)
IT011 - MATH001 - HUM013 - VE011
5:30pm - 6:00pm eat snack with friends leave school, go home
6:00pm - 7:30pm (travel time from MCL to my house)
7:30pm - 8:30pm eat dinner rest
8:30pm - 10:00pm do assignments/review notes
10:00pm go to sleep
For Wednesdays:
9:00am wake up
9:00am - 10:00am eat breakfast
10:00am - 11:00pm free time, relax at home
11:00am - 12:00pm do assignments/review notes
12:00pm - 1:00pm eat lunch
1:00pm - 2:30pm prepare for school
2:30pm - 4:00pm (travel time from my house to MCL)
4:00pm - 5:30pm (Attend class)
FIL011
5:30pm - 6:00pm eat snack with friends leave school, go home
6:00pm - 7:30pm (travel time from MCL to my house)
7:30pm - 8:30pm eat dinner rest
8:30pm - 10:00pm do assignments/review notes
10:00pm go to sleep
2.
The Most Challenging Thing I have ever Accomplished
Now that I'm in college, lessons, assignments, projects etc. are plenty and they're sometimes quite difficult to do. But instead of seeing it as difficult, I see it as challenging.
Just the other week, we were given an assignment on our HUM013 class: write a 10-minute skit/script for drama play. I love writing, but I'm used to writing only essays and poems, not scripts for plays. So the very thought of it made me...curious. Could I write such a thing? I do look forward to these kinds of assignments, since its personal for me. But there are still some small conflicts to this assignment: we only have a day to write it. And in that day, we still have classes. So, there were three challenges here: 1)the script, when played on stage, must only last 10 minutes. 2)I'm not used to writing drama and 3)we only have a short time to write it.
Now thinking of those three facts made me feel a little down at first, but I was determined to work on it and finish it for my grade and of course, for my skills. I started to work on my storyline, using an old idea of mine. I actually used my idea for a story that I thought of two years ago. The idea was supposed to be for a book I was planning to write someday, but I wanted to practice writing it so I used it for my script. And it turned out great! I worked on my script with the total of maybe six hours. I wasn't exactly sure if I met the criteria that it only has to reach 10 minutes when played but I was very much happy and contented with my work. As our teacher were returning our works, she handed me mine and told me to continue what I'm doing. She said that maybe someday, my composition might be popular and that I can sell it too. I was very proud, especially when I saw the grade marked on my paper: 95%.
That is one of the most challenging things I have ever accomplished. Even if I had to spend staying up late one night, it's worth it. I gave it my effort, I was passionate about writing it and when I finally finished it, I felt great.
Friday, August 14, 2009
8TH MEETING: GUIDE QUESTIONS FOR JOURNAL ENTRIES
8TH MEETING: GUIDE QUESTIONS FOR JOURNAL ENTRIES
I. Challenge yourself
Choose a challenge:
a. Tell the truth
b. Return recovered things (personal items, money, etc)
c. Admit mistake
d. Return excess change
e. Avoid cheating
On your journal, process your experience with the aid of the following guide questions:
a. What challenge did you take?
b. Were you able to do the challenge? How do you feel about it?
c. What have you realized/learned from your experience?
Yesterday, one of the mentioned challenges above came my way. Everyday I rode the jeepney to Pulo. As usual, I boarded on a jeepney and handed out my twenty pesos for my 'bayad'. As the people seated next to me handed my payment to the driver's assistant, I told him, "Pulo po, estudyante po."
The driver's assistant faced me and asked, "How much do you pay for Pulo?"
I answered, "Twenty pesos po."
But I guess he didn't hear me clearly because after a few seconds, the guy next to me was handing me some 'barya' or coins. I politely said that that change wasn't mine. I looked at the driver's assistant and he insisted that it was mine. I smiled a little, and told him again, "I pay twenty pesos for Pulo."
He looked at me for some time and then spoke, "Oh...I thought you said you pay twelve pesos." So the change (that wasn't even supposed to be) was returned back to him.
Maybe they were new, I thought. They didn't know how much a student from Pacita would pay to get to Pulo.
Still, I was very proud of myself after that incident. To think of it, I could have just kept quiet and take the excess change. I could have took advantage of it, since lately I've been wishing that I could have a little more extra money. But I knew it was wrong, and I'm an honest and good-natured person. I'm very proud, I feel happy that I was honest and I knew that the people there in the jeepney learned something from me. I may have taught the driver and his assistant that a student from Pacita pays twenty pesos to get to Pulo, and the passengers to be honest too, because they were watching me closely when the incident was happening.
I realized that being good feels good. And I would very much choose to have that light and clean feeling than having my pocket or wallet a bit heavier from keeping some excess change.
I. Challenge yourself
Choose a challenge:
a. Tell the truth
b. Return recovered things (personal items, money, etc)
c. Admit mistake
d. Return excess change
e. Avoid cheating
On your journal, process your experience with the aid of the following guide questions:
a. What challenge did you take?
b. Were you able to do the challenge? How do you feel about it?
c. What have you realized/learned from your experience?
Yesterday, one of the mentioned challenges above came my way. Everyday I rode the jeepney to Pulo. As usual, I boarded on a jeepney and handed out my twenty pesos for my 'bayad'. As the people seated next to me handed my payment to the driver's assistant, I told him, "Pulo po, estudyante po."
The driver's assistant faced me and asked, "How much do you pay for Pulo?"
I answered, "Twenty pesos po."
But I guess he didn't hear me clearly because after a few seconds, the guy next to me was handing me some 'barya' or coins. I politely said that that change wasn't mine. I looked at the driver's assistant and he insisted that it was mine. I smiled a little, and told him again, "I pay twenty pesos for Pulo."
He looked at me for some time and then spoke, "Oh...I thought you said you pay twelve pesos." So the change (that wasn't even supposed to be) was returned back to him.
Maybe they were new, I thought. They didn't know how much a student from Pacita would pay to get to Pulo.
Still, I was very proud of myself after that incident. To think of it, I could have just kept quiet and take the excess change. I could have took advantage of it, since lately I've been wishing that I could have a little more extra money. But I knew it was wrong, and I'm an honest and good-natured person. I'm very proud, I feel happy that I was honest and I knew that the people there in the jeepney learned something from me. I may have taught the driver and his assistant that a student from Pacita pays twenty pesos to get to Pulo, and the passengers to be honest too, because they were watching me closely when the incident was happening.
I realized that being good feels good. And I would very much choose to have that light and clean feeling than having my pocket or wallet a bit heavier from keeping some excess change.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
4TH MEETING: GUIDE QUESTIONS FOR JOURNAL ENTRIES
4TH MEETING: GUIDE QUESTIONS FOR JOURNAL ENTRIES
Self Evaluation Do this in your journal.
1. Looking back at the list of your positive characteristics and qualities, what do you feel and realize about it?
2. The Golden Rule says “Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.”a. Given the following situations, how would you like to be treated by your teachers and schoolmates: - when you have given wrong answers to the questions during recitation, - when you are expressing your opinion during class or group discussion; - when you are giving suggestions during group work or presentation; - when you commit mistake; - when you don’t like doing what they ask you to do and - when they want to give you their comments or suggestions?
b. Considering the given ideas on how to treat others with respect, what can you commit to yourself in terms dealing with the MCL community: teachers, students, employees, security, maintenance/janitors and canteen personnel?
Self Evaluation Do this in your journal.
1. Looking back at the list of your positive characteristics and qualities, what do you feel and realize about it?
2. The Golden Rule says “Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.”a. Given the following situations, how would you like to be treated by your teachers and schoolmates: - when you have given wrong answers to the questions during recitation, - when you are expressing your opinion during class or group discussion; - when you are giving suggestions during group work or presentation; - when you commit mistake; - when you don’t like doing what they ask you to do and - when they want to give you their comments or suggestions?
b. Considering the given ideas on how to treat others with respect, what can you commit to yourself in terms dealing with the MCL community: teachers, students, employees, security, maintenance/janitors and canteen personnel?
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1. I feel good and happy about it. I realize that thinking about one self's positive traits and qualities can be uplifting and healthy for you.
2.
when you have given wrong answers to the questions during recitation:
I would like to be given the right answer or to be corrected politely
when you are expressing your opinion during class or group discussion:
I would like to be treated with respect, to be listened to
when you are giving suggestions during group work or presentation:
I would still like to be listened to
when you commit mistake:
I would like to be helped avoid that mistake and be told of what is correct
when you don’t like doing what they ask you to do:
If what they're asking me to do is necessary, I would still comply with it as part of my participation
when they want to give you their comments or suggestions:
I would listen to them
b. I am being polite and respectful to the MCL community:
Teachers:
listening to them, answering politely when they ask
Students:
whenever I bump into other fellow students, I apologize sincerely
when I need to pass through, I say "excuse me"
Employees, Security, Maintenance/janitors:
whenever I have concerns or questions, I ask politely; I say "thank you"
9TH MEETING: GUIDE QUESTIONS FOR JOURNAL ENTRIES (RESPONSIBILITY)
9TH MEETING: GUIDE QUESTIONS FOR JOURNAL ENTRIES (RESPONSIBILITY)
1. How do you describe a responsible person?
2. What are your responsibilities a) at home, b) in school c) in your community?
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1. A responsible person is someone who is disciplined, does his duties or gets his work done on time.
2. My responsibilities at:
- Home:-be an obedient and polite daughter-be a reliable and helpful sister to my siblings; assist my younger siblings with their homeworks, obey and help my older sister especially when it comes to chores-also be a responsible student, do assignments
School:-be an independent, hard-working student; listen in class, participate in academic/non academic activities, study
Community:-be a role-model citizen, impose good deeds to other fellow citizens and also to the environment
7TH MEETING: GUIDE QUESTIONS FOR JOURNAL ENTRIES
7TH MEETING: GUIDE QUESTIONS FOR JOURNAL ENTRIES Self -evaluation
Review the results of your personal health assessment and write your realizations and plans about your health in your journal.
Review the results of your personal health assessment and write your realizations and plans about your health in your journal.
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For my Physical Health, I see that I am doing well. Especially when it comes to my meals, I never skip any meals, I never allow myself to work with an empty stomach, or "magpalipas ng gutom". I know how to take care of myself that way. I'm aware of the diseases I can get if I'm not disciplined.
Also, I don't have any vices. I don't smoke, I am against it. I only drink occasionally, very rare and whenever I do, I'm with my family.
But still, it was said from the results of my assesment that there is still room for improvement. I lack physical exercises. I only have time for it whenever we have our PE class, but doing regular exercises at home - no. Still, everyday I walk home. When I go off the jeepney at Pacita, I don't take the tricycle. Instead, I walk home, with the distance not reaching 1km. That's my small exercise routine.
For my emotional health, I know I'm doing great. I'm the kind of person who's not really afraid or embarassed to show my emotions, or how I feel. If I feel problemed or sad, I don't lock it all up inside. I tell my mom, or my friends, unload. I'm not afraid to cry. Because if I don't, I'd feel worst and also tired from keeping myself so. Of course, when I'm happy, I'm cheerful. But my anger needs improvement. Sometimes, when I get mad, it's only natural to feel angry but there are times that I bring others into it, like, If I'm really angry and someone would talk to me, I get the tendensy to shout a little. But that's really rare. When I get angry, I try to cope with it so that I don't turn out rude to others.
My environmental health...well...it really needs improvement. I don't litter, I'm very disciplined when it comes to throwing my trash in the proper place. And I tell others to do so too. But that's all I do. I'td be great if I could contribute more for the development of the environment.
As for my personal health, it's okay. Still, can be improved. I love myself, I take care of myself. I don't allow myself to get pressured and do something I don't want to, or something I know I shouldn't get into.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
3RD MEETING: GUIDE QUESTIONS FOR JOURNAL ENTRY
3RD MEETING: GUIDE QUESTIONS FOR JOURNAL ENTRY
If you will have one outstanding virtue, what would you want it to be? Why?
If you will have one outstanding virtue, what would you want it to be? Why?
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If I could have one outstanding virtue, I would want it to be "Patience", because I lack that characteristic. Because with little patience, I easily lose control and get angry. If I'm patient, I can endure delay, pain or irritation quietly snd without complaining.I won't bother myself or anyone that way.
1st MEETING: GUIDE QUESTIONS FOR JOURNAL ENTRIES
1st MEETING: GUIDE QUESTIONS FOR JOURNAL ENTRIES
1. In the first few days you've spent in MCL, how would you compare your highschool life to what you envisioned college life to be?
2. What is the importance of Values Education?
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1. When I was still in high school, of course, I wanted to soon be promoted to college. I like high school, but I don't want to stay in there for the rest of my life! To be honest, I didn't really pay much attention to my college. I expected my parents to find me a good school and do all the necessary things for me to be enrolled. That was back then. When I graduated, and as the summer flew by, I realized that I know what course or program I'd want to study and where to take it.
But I was still dependent on my parents. So, the rule stating that the student, without being accompanied by a parent, will have to enroll by him/herself, came to shock and worry to me. I was afraid to do it all by myself. But I had too. And from there, I learned that that was just a small first step to my college life. I had to learn to be independent. I had to mature and be responsible.
So how was that experience connect to how I would compare my highschool life to what I envisioned my college life to be?
It's the start. I envisioned my college life to be difficult - in a challenging way. And so far, it is. To be able to pass or overcome the challenges, I have to be strong and independent for myself.
2. The importance of the course - Values Education, is the content of what it teaches. It teaches morals, virtues, ethics etc. It teaches students to be responsible and gives them the knowledge on how to be a better person for him/herself and for others.
1. In the first few days you've spent in MCL, how would you compare your highschool life to what you envisioned college life to be?
2. What is the importance of Values Education?
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1. When I was still in high school, of course, I wanted to soon be promoted to college. I like high school, but I don't want to stay in there for the rest of my life! To be honest, I didn't really pay much attention to my college. I expected my parents to find me a good school and do all the necessary things for me to be enrolled. That was back then. When I graduated, and as the summer flew by, I realized that I know what course or program I'd want to study and where to take it.
But I was still dependent on my parents. So, the rule stating that the student, without being accompanied by a parent, will have to enroll by him/herself, came to shock and worry to me. I was afraid to do it all by myself. But I had too. And from there, I learned that that was just a small first step to my college life. I had to learn to be independent. I had to mature and be responsible.
So how was that experience connect to how I would compare my highschool life to what I envisioned my college life to be?
It's the start. I envisioned my college life to be difficult - in a challenging way. And so far, it is. To be able to pass or overcome the challenges, I have to be strong and independent for myself.
2. The importance of the course - Values Education, is the content of what it teaches. It teaches morals, virtues, ethics etc. It teaches students to be responsible and gives them the knowledge on how to be a better person for him/herself and for others.
Sunday, June 28, 2009
2ND MEETING: GUIDE QUESTIONS FOR JOURNAL ENTRIES
assignment: http://professormondez.blogspot.com/2009/06/2nd-meeting-guide-questions-for-journal.html
2ND MEETING: GUIDE QUESTIONS FOR JOURNAL ENTRIES
1. How was your first week of stay at MCL?
2. Describe your professors. What are traits do you find positive in each one?
3. Describe your blockmates/section. What do you think are the strengths and weaknesses of your section?
4. How do you find your courses? Which ones do you think are easy and which ones do you think are a little bit challenging? Why?
5. Do you have any adjustment you feel you are going through or must go through? What are they? Cite examples in terms in your academics, emotions, and social environment.
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My answers:
1. I think my first week at MCL went just fine.The professors just gave an introduction and orientation about their handled course and class. Nothing out-of-the-ordinary happened at my first week, but we did have problems about our first lab and some lectures on our DAD101P. ^^;
2. Most of my professors . . . didn't introduce theirselves at our first meeting. ^^; At first, I (and most of my other classmates too) had quite a difficult time remembering our prof's names. But as the days went by, we learned about them.
So far, I really like our filipino professor - Ginoong Valenzuela. He's funny and makes the course easy and fun to learn.
(I hope the names I will mention here aren't wrong...lolBecause I don't know or I forgot most of our male professors' names -except for Ginoong Valenzuela- )
Our dad(lab) professor is Mr. Ryan. A positive trait I observed from him (we only had one meeting so far) is that when he's engaging us in an activity, he wants us to learn AND have fun with it at the same time.
Then we have our dad(lecture) professor, Mr. Orda. What I like about him is that he always seem to have a visual aid (I mean, additional pictures and facts he researched) for us to help us understand the discussion.
And then there's Mr. Ilao, our IT professor. A postitive trait about him is that he's always smiling. I think he's positive that way and he's a good teacher.
We also have our PE instructor. We haven't started any real PE activities yet, but I think he wants us not only to learn what he will teach, but to also be disciplined and know how to work with others.
Ms. Vergara, our math professor, is very nice and considerate. Even though she keeps on telling us that we should already buy our books but seeing that most of us in her class have no books, she writes what is in it (like exercises or homeworks) on the whiteboard.
Next is Ms. Desacada, our professor on humanities. A great thing about her is that, (though others may think it's not so great) she always have that interaction with us. She reviews us by holding a recitation about the last meeting's topic before starting a new one and after some discussiong, she engages us in group activities.
Then there's Ms. Mondez. At first, she was our english prof. Then she became our our prof in values. (gulo no? hehe) Anyway, I think she's wise, because she shares additional information that she learned or acquired from a personal experience. I feel as if because of that, not only do we learn some facts, we also learn something about her. And that's not so bad.^^
And finally, yesterday we met our new english prof. Mam Mabel.
She seems nice and friendly.
3. My blockmates and section. Well, my section consists of 14 or 15 students - All MMA. As far as I know, we 15 are always together in all our courses. Some courses though, other students from other programs (or even the same program as ours') are with us. But I think that in most courses, no one out of that 15 separates from us.
I already have some good friends from my section, like, all five of us girls are mostly always together. Sometimes joined by closer male friends.
I think what may be our section's strength is that, we're positive people. Though my male classmates are sometimes 'makulit', it just shows that they're happy people. ^^
Weakness, on the other hand, may be...As I observed, is that most of us...are lazy? lol Well not exactly lazy, just a little bit. Why? It's a secret...XD
4. My courses. So far, maybe because it's just the start of the classes, I find most of my courses manageable because our lessons are just basics. I hope that in the future, I will still be able to find it this way. ^^;
I think values might be easy, ^^ well because there's nothing really hard to study about it. There's no memorization, equations that needs solving or anything like that.^^;
The course I find difficult, not really difficult but I think I might have problems with is PE because I'm not really good at that activity that our instructor will give us. -_-
5. I feel some adjustments that I'm going through, but I don't feel as if I have to push my self through something or anything.
In my academics, I guess, I'm going through learning how to be independent. Because, I'm not in high school anymore, wherein every time before a class starts, everyone gathers and share the answers to one another in an assignment. I know I have to go through this, but I don't think it's pushing myself because I'm willing to mature and be independent.
As for my emotions and social environment, I don't feel that I'm going through any adjustments. I don't feel insecure, or that I need to be more confident. In fact, I feel normal and happy on what's happening in my college life right now. Occasionally, I feel only a little sad because I miss my friends from high school, but most of the times, I enjoy being with my new friends (though I'm not saying I have forgotten my old friends).
2ND MEETING: GUIDE QUESTIONS FOR JOURNAL ENTRIES
1. How was your first week of stay at MCL?
2. Describe your professors. What are traits do you find positive in each one?
3. Describe your blockmates/section. What do you think are the strengths and weaknesses of your section?
4. How do you find your courses? Which ones do you think are easy and which ones do you think are a little bit challenging? Why?
5. Do you have any adjustment you feel you are going through or must go through? What are they? Cite examples in terms in your academics, emotions, and social environment.
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My answers:
1. I think my first week at MCL went just fine.The professors just gave an introduction and orientation about their handled course and class. Nothing out-of-the-ordinary happened at my first week, but we did have problems about our first lab and some lectures on our DAD101P. ^^;
2. Most of my professors . . . didn't introduce theirselves at our first meeting. ^^; At first, I (and most of my other classmates too) had quite a difficult time remembering our prof's names. But as the days went by, we learned about them.
So far, I really like our filipino professor - Ginoong Valenzuela. He's funny and makes the course easy and fun to learn.
(I hope the names I will mention here aren't wrong...lolBecause I don't know or I forgot most of our male professors' names -except for Ginoong Valenzuela- )
Our dad(lab) professor is Mr. Ryan. A positive trait I observed from him (we only had one meeting so far) is that when he's engaging us in an activity, he wants us to learn AND have fun with it at the same time.
Then we have our dad(lecture) professor, Mr. Orda. What I like about him is that he always seem to have a visual aid (I mean, additional pictures and facts he researched) for us to help us understand the discussion.
And then there's Mr. Ilao, our IT professor. A postitive trait about him is that he's always smiling. I think he's positive that way and he's a good teacher.
We also have our PE instructor. We haven't started any real PE activities yet, but I think he wants us not only to learn what he will teach, but to also be disciplined and know how to work with others.
Ms. Vergara, our math professor, is very nice and considerate. Even though she keeps on telling us that we should already buy our books but seeing that most of us in her class have no books, she writes what is in it (like exercises or homeworks) on the whiteboard.
Next is Ms. Desacada, our professor on humanities. A great thing about her is that, (though others may think it's not so great) she always have that interaction with us. She reviews us by holding a recitation about the last meeting's topic before starting a new one and after some discussiong, she engages us in group activities.
Then there's Ms. Mondez. At first, she was our english prof. Then she became our our prof in values. (gulo no? hehe) Anyway, I think she's wise, because she shares additional information that she learned or acquired from a personal experience. I feel as if because of that, not only do we learn some facts, we also learn something about her. And that's not so bad.^^
And finally, yesterday we met our new english prof. Mam Mabel.
She seems nice and friendly.
3. My blockmates and section. Well, my section consists of 14 or 15 students - All MMA. As far as I know, we 15 are always together in all our courses. Some courses though, other students from other programs (or even the same program as ours') are with us. But I think that in most courses, no one out of that 15 separates from us.
I already have some good friends from my section, like, all five of us girls are mostly always together. Sometimes joined by closer male friends.
I think what may be our section's strength is that, we're positive people. Though my male classmates are sometimes 'makulit', it just shows that they're happy people. ^^
Weakness, on the other hand, may be...As I observed, is that most of us...are lazy? lol Well not exactly lazy, just a little bit. Why? It's a secret...XD
4. My courses. So far, maybe because it's just the start of the classes, I find most of my courses manageable because our lessons are just basics. I hope that in the future, I will still be able to find it this way. ^^;
I think values might be easy, ^^ well because there's nothing really hard to study about it. There's no memorization, equations that needs solving or anything like that.^^;
The course I find difficult, not really difficult but I think I might have problems with is PE because I'm not really good at that activity that our instructor will give us. -_-
5. I feel some adjustments that I'm going through, but I don't feel as if I have to push my self through something or anything.
In my academics, I guess, I'm going through learning how to be independent. Because, I'm not in high school anymore, wherein every time before a class starts, everyone gathers and share the answers to one another in an assignment. I know I have to go through this, but I don't think it's pushing myself because I'm willing to mature and be independent.
As for my emotions and social environment, I don't feel that I'm going through any adjustments. I don't feel insecure, or that I need to be more confident. In fact, I feel normal and happy on what's happening in my college life right now. Occasionally, I feel only a little sad because I miss my friends from high school, but most of the times, I enjoy being with my new friends (though I'm not saying I have forgotten my old friends).
2ND MEETING: PERSONAL VALUES CHECK LIST (ASSIGNMENT)
Name: Jenghis G. Gonzalez
Date: June 28, 2009
Yr./Program: MMA-1
(instructions:)Below is a list of important personal values culled from years of observing individual success. Select/encircle 10 values which are most important to you – as guides for how to behave, as components of a valued way of life.
1. Communication
2. Honesty
3. Concern for others
4. Delight for being,joy
5. Family
6. Friendship
7. Faith
8. Positive attitude
9. Respect for others
10. Good will
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