Throughout this year, although I feel like I have not had a drastic change, I have grown and gained knowledge. Looking back on the year, I am proud with what I have accomplished. Though more on the shy side at the beginning, I have opened up and stepped outside my comfort zone to be more engaged in and out of class. Based on peer evals and my personal opinion, when given the opportunity to lead a group, I increasingly became more comfortable doing so. And I naturally tend to take charge in groups that don't have a designated leader. I find myself to be stronger in writing, when I have time to formulate my thoughts, compared to debates and public speaking, where it is preparation that you ultimately end up speaking off your mind. I definitely feel out of my comfort zone in these speaking situation and often talk fast, even though in nongraded discussions I have no fear and tend to talk a lot. Therefore, the main area in which I strive to improve in is speaking, and I am definitely glad this class gave me more opportunities than I've had before to practice this. I also would like to improve on my analysis skills to grasp below the surface of what I am learning. There is always room for improvement in every aspect, but this is something I think would be beneficial for following years to help me better understand and take something away from what I am learning.
Relating to myself as a person, I don't think I've changed much since the beginning of the year. I think feel I need to work on how easily distracted I am. Although I have a strong work ethic, somethings may take me longer because I find myself off task. This definitely occurs when given time to work in class. I a lot of the time end of talking to other people, but when I am alone and focused I can get work done. It would be beneficial for me to improve my focus in distracting surroundings so I can get more work done at school, instead of saving it for home when I know I'll be focused. Since the beginning of the year I have definitely improved on not getting distracted by my phone when doing homework. Also relating to what I would like to improve about myself personally is my attitude. I am easily annoyed and tend to be in an obvious bad mood when I am. This leads to venting, which can be an effective form of stress relief, but I realize I don't want to affect others in that way. I need to focus less on each small thing that happens, and not let it affect me and completely down my day.
Overall, I am glad for the life skills gained by Global History II and I will strive to continue improving on skills I have developed.