Topic 5: Personal Goals
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In a comment, respond to the prompt below in 300+ typed words. Also be
sure to respond to a classmate's comment so that we can keep our
classroom conversation going.
"You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them." -Michael Jordan (professional basketball player)
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a time when you asked more of yourself than you thought you could do.
What drove you to fulfill your personal goal, and what steps did you
take to fulfill it? What was the result?
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sure to answer all parts of the question fully. Your comment/response
to my prompt should be 300+ words. Your comment/response to a friend
should be 50+ words. Your blog entries must be completed by 11:59 pm on December 16, 2012.
There has been many times ive been asked to do something that I simply thought I could not do. The time im going to talk about is the time when I started my first job . I started my first job not to long ago. By now though I know what is expected of me and therefore I know how to do my job. Currently I cook, such as fries, chicken patties, fish patties, and side dishes. At first, it sounded like I could never do all these things. I was taught for about an hour then I was intrsucted to try to do these things by myself. It was difficult at first, but as time progressed I learned rapitdly and made myself useful. Many things drove me to fulfill this job and to move on. For one I wanted to keep this job. The staff seemed nice and to this day they are. Another thing that kept me going was to think about my first paycheck ! I could not wait! I new it would feel good when I go deposit my first check to the bank. I will always keep my first pay check! My personal goal was to keep this job and do a good job at this job. Because of my good perfomences I am able to pick up some more hours now. Now there is many results in my hard work. For example, my boss does frequently tell me I am doing a good job. I have also made new friends with some of the work staff. I enjoy working there because I has made me into a new person personally. By this I mean that I have gained more responsibility, ive matured a little more and I now know how to cook in my own home as well as my work place!There has been many times ive been asked to do something that I simply thought I could not do. The time im going to talk about is the time when I started my first job . I started my first job not to long ago. By now though I know what is expected of me and therefore I know how to do my job. Currently I cook, such as fries, chicken patties, fish patties, and side dishes. At first, it sounded like I could never do all these things. I was taught for about an hour then I was intrsucted to try to do these things by myself. It was difficult at first, but as time progressed I learned rapitdly and made myself useful. Many things drove me to fulfill this job and to move on. For one I wanted to keep this job. The staff seemed nice and to this day they are. Another thing that kept me going was to think about my first paycheck ! I could not wait! I new it would feel good when I go deposit my first check to the bank. I will always keep my first pay check! My personal goal was to keep this job and do a good job at this job. Because of my good perfomences I am able to pick up some more hours now. Now there is many results in my hard work. For example, my boss does frequently tell me I am doing a good job. I have also made new friends with some of the work staff. I enjoy working there because I has made me into a new person personally. By this I mean that I have gained more responsibility, ive matured a little more and I now know how to cook in my own home as well as my work place!
ReplyDeleteTime and time again I get asked to do things I think i can't do. I know I shouldn't but I doubt myself all the time. Half the time I do way better then I thought I would do; This one recent time was when my sister asked me to cook dinner for her kids because she had to work late. I didn't want too because I'm only used to cooking small things for myself. This was something like a big responsibility that I didn't want. But I had to suck it up and make it work. It's really not anything big but I feel like it is because I've never done it before. I shouldn't have doubted myself though because I did absoluelty fine!!
ReplyDeletei know what you mean when you had to make dinner cause i have had to do that before. i also really liked what you wrote.
DeleteI know exactly what you mean also. Sometimes in our mind we don’t think we can do something, and that just life. But in reality we are just scared to fail. We are scared to fail so we don’t even try. Deep in our minds we don’t want to try because we are scared of the results.
DeleteWhat'dijya cook?
Deletewell Kevin, i cooked rice, beans and chicken.. the chicken didnt come out so good though.
DeleteJess Ward
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Ms.Orlowsky
English 9
There has been many times where I have been asked to do something I cannot do. Like one time my teacher wanted me to read in front of the whole class. I hate reading out loud and in front of a class. I get scared and anxiety because I hate the thought of everyone staring at me. And what if I messed up and everyone started laughing. But I told my teacher I could not read in front of everyone. But she made me I was so scared and could not sit still and I was shaking. I thought I would have had an anxiety attack. But I knew I had to read because she would not let me sit down or take no for an answer. So when it was my turn I went and sat in front of the class. I sat there with my paper in front of me my legs were shaking I could not help it. I started to read. And when I`m nervous I read very fast. When I was done I was so relived but she said I read too fast and had to read again but told her I could not she was lucky I read the first time. She said it was fine. It was something that I have been asked to do something I really did not want to do. But in the end I had to read and got it over with it was hard but I did it and was happy with myself in the end when I finally got it over with. In everybody’s life they have to do things that they cannot do. No one can get away from those things it’s a part of life and you can’t hide from it not matter how bad you don’t want to go through with whatever you have to do.
One time I put a little bit too much of something to do on my plate was around Thanksgiving time about 4 years ago when we had a whole bunch of friends and family coming over and my mom told me to start cleaning my room. I started off cleaning my room and the started to clean just about everything. Everything I saw I felt the need to just spiffy it up. By the time dinner time rolled around I had just about cleaned the house top to bottom. After I clean just about everything in my house I set the table. By myself. It was dinner time and everything was set. I have never done so much work cleaning still to this day. My personal goal is to become a mechanic and work on cars and someday have a nice car. I’ve always had a keen interest in cars and the more I got to know them and study them the more I loved them. I have always said to my dad that I’m going to go to a vocational school and do the program there to see if I like it. I know small things on cars and watch some shows on cars. What made me become interested in cars is my brother rand dad. They always talk about cars and my sister has a friend who is a mechanic so no matter what I’m always around cars. This is something I really enjoy and plan on doing something with it in the near future. This is something I kind of worked for and plan on taking all the steps that I need to fulfill it. One day I hope to call myself a mechanic.
ReplyDeleteI take this situation very serious because I myself use these step ALL the time. I ask for more of myself every single day. If its from reading for school, working out more, sports, studying harder for test, or even for video games. The way I look at it, for asking more off yourself is a way at achieving a goal higher than u would like it to be. In other words, in sports aspect, if you run just a little bit faster or try just a little bit more, than your results will be higher than your expecting. What drove me to asking more of what I could really do, comes deep down in yourself, and you have to ask yourself, maybe if I try harder or run a little faster maybe I could fulfill my goal or even over achieve it. A time I asked more from my myself would be a time last year when I was playing on my all-star baseball team in 2011, in Indiana. I was on second baseball as a runner, and the pitcher picked me off and I was unfortunately caught in a pickle, or in other words in a run down. The 3rd basemen and shortstop was run me back in forth. People would think, what would you be asking for yourself more in this situation , well in that moment of the run down I wanted to get back to the base so bad that I was going to make sure I was going to be safe. I sprinted harder, and faster than I expected, I focused and thought it out thoroughly more clearly and lucky enough I wound up at 3rd base safe, with the whole field wondering how I could ever do that against the number 1 team in Indiana. If you ask for more of yourself and try just a little harder, I can guarantee you that the results will show.
ReplyDeleteI have many personal goals, but most of them don't get told. But any way I have one in particular. It was in 4th grade, the last marking period. It might have been my proudest day. I showed myself hard work does payoff in the long run. I got honorable for the first time ever. When they called my name, I walked up the middle of the isle. My swag walk was well deserved. I grasped the paper with my hand and shook the principals and smiled. I looked for my parents nowhere to be found. I sat down disappointed.....the steps I took to achieve this wonderful day were long term, but still better than short term hard work. I achieved this over a long period time. None stop studying, none stop extra help. My neighbors forgot about me, because I was always inside doing work. Also if it wasn't for my brothers and sister I wouldn't have got this. They were always my backing. Since 4th grade my I have nobody to help me at my house. Now I can stay after school it’s become easier to find help.
ReplyDeletei like that word "keen." Its so different. And thats cool that you like cars too. I like cars also, but i dont know anything about them.
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DeleteI think it's great that you wanted honorable so bad, and finally got it. Doing it by yourself, with your brothers and sister's support is awesome.
DeleteThis was very nice to read about your personal goal because I thought it was interesting and I thought back when the first time I got honoral. I was very happy and felt achieved like you did and had to work hard like you did and it is very nice when you can go home and say look what I got.
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ReplyDeleteActually, not much has ever really been asked of me. I legitimately can't think of a single time when so much was asked of me that I doubted the tasks possibility. My whole life I have always trusted everybody around me. Never in my life have I not trusted myself. Nothing bad ever really happened in my life the worst thing i can think of is my parents divorce but even that was never really a huge deal for me. But again nothing hard has ever really come up in my life...Until recently. Recently something happened in my life that was very hard for me to deal with, and the whole experience really was pretty effed up, but there was one thing that i had to do at one point that still sets in my mind. What i had to has replayed in my mind a thousand times and just pokes at me almost all the time. Not a day has passed since where i haven't thought about it and wondered why what happened, happened. Anyway even though what i did was hard for me and even after what just happened, happened i still trusted every one around me at the time to be there to help. Never before in my life had i trusted a stranger so much, we dialed their number calling for help and they sent strangers to come help us. It was these strangers job to do what they did. we just trusted them to let themselves into our house to do what they did. And i wonder why anybody should have to do what they did that day. And they do that type of thing every single day. How do they not see it impossible to do what they do? How do they not doubt themselves to make mistakes. That's a persons life they're dealing with and they just help anyway. They help everybody the same way, calmly, patiently, professionally, delicately and perfectly. So after seeing what i saw, i know that i cant ever doubt myself and that i cant ever say that anything is impossible because if you put your mind to it, anything can be accomplished. If there was any doubt in me before this whole experience... it's gone now.
ReplyDeleteOne time in football i was a quarterback. I didnt really like quarterb ack so i asked coach if i couldbe runningback.He told me thatg i would have to work for the spot because there is a really good runningback. i thought that i couldnt do it. Everyday when i came home i ran and ran.I also worked out alot. The kid i who i was trying to take his position is really fast and strong.Then when we had practice i would go against him to get better.Whem i get hit by him hard its kind of hard to get back up.But i do it.Then when i get up he say hes gonna hit me harder next time.I usally get scared but i show no fear!When i get back up and verse him he kills me.After when we go in the lockeroom he says goodjob.The coach called me over and said he had to have a talk with me.I was very nervous.He ttold me that i couldnt get the job as runningback. i was very upset.I took it like a man.He said that he needed me at quarteback.So that night i told my dad what i did and he was happy with my effort. He told me that all that matters is that i tried.So unfortuanly i didnt get it.Well atleast something good happened, i still gotthe job as a quarterback!
ReplyDeleteAs I grew up and joined different sports, the one sport I always wanted to play was football. Over the years I have played baseball, basketball and soccer. From the age of 2, I had asthma. It was because of this, my mom would never let me sign up. Each year when sports registration came around, I would beg mom to let me join football. The answer was always the same, no. She would say that it was way too physical, and there was too much running in such hot heat that it would effect my breathing. Every year my disappointment grew bigger. As i got older, my asthma attacks were less and less. Finally, when I got into high school, mom said yes!! I couldn't believe I was actually going to play. I joined up in the summer, and finally got on the field. I've played soccer for 10 years and have always had a great foot, so I decided to try out for a kicker. My personal goal as the kicker was to be able to kick a 45 yard field goal. I worked out every day to gain strength, and practiced kicking every chance I had. During practice, I could kick a decent punt, extra point and field goal. When it came time to play in a game, my confidence went downhill and I didn't kick as good. It took me several games, and tons of practice to finally be able to kick a 45 yard ball. That day, the feeling of finally being able to reach my goal, felt awesome. Next year I have to come up with something bigger and better to strive for.
ReplyDeleteI mean, you all make it seem like your lives are so difficult. I guess im good at everything. or maybe i just don't try anything that stresses me out. I have goals that are easy to reach and i guess that's what keeps me sane. I obviously cant say my life is easy, most of you know my situations and problems with the school and that makes my life harder. But at the end of the day I still can fall asleep and there isn't really much on my mind like, "Oh, i wish I did that today" or "I should have said this". I try my best to live as if you will die the next second. I live on instinct. Maybe not the smartest way to live but I always seem for filled, and i don't really have a lot of regrets. Every action is worth the price to pay, because if you don't act upon it you might never have the chance again. I never had much interest in sports. I just try to keep in shape and be good to the environment. Those seem to be my biggest goals. I never think about where I'm going to be in 5 years. Maybe I should but It's just not important to me right now.
ReplyDeleteThere have been times that I thought to myself that there are thing that i can not do then made it possible and that is every time time that i step onto the mat at a cheer competitions. My coaches always tell us that we have the routine but we lack the confidence in ourselves that we can execute it correctly. No matter how many competitions that I have been to and the amount of people in the audience I still get so nervous and feel that I can't do what i need to do. Somtimes thing do happen that we could have done better and we take it out on ourselves. We practice continually and take many hour in perfecting ourselves yet every time my entire team feels the heat right before were about to step onto the mat but we do it and we push through no matter how what happens we always come out strong. There are time that i think to myself how i do the things i do and can't figure it out and am amazed by what i do as are other people. I would have never thought a couple years ago that i would be doing the things i do know and that i would be taking the risks that i do and going out on stage and performing in front of hundreds of people and putting on a shor for them. the thing that drives me to fulfill these amazing things and push through every time is the motivation of my parents and coaches and also the people who look up to me and have the same dreams that I once had. That what i feel is what i fulfill and continue to fulfil even though sometimes i am unsure of myself.
ReplyDeletei reallly love the way that you were so strong willed . aloso i love the fact that you have great courage and confidence while competing
Delete"You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them." -Michael Jordan. A time when i asked my self to do more than i thought i could was the time i got left back in 7th grade. IT made me sad not graduating 8th grade with my friends so i worked up the courage to ask if the was any possibility i could be moved up. I asked my principal dr.driber and he said " i cant honestly promise you anything but if you keep working hard ill see what i could doo. From that day on i worked hard and tryed every extra credit there was. I was motivated enough to get high honoroll for three marking periods straight.My favorite subject at the time was math and my math teacher ms. gebler loved me and i loved her she used to kall me her baby she is the one person who fought and recomended for me to be moved uo to the next grade eventhoug she would miss me when i graduated. My friends, family, and teachers pushed me and motivated me to be the best student i could be. So every night i would pray the dr driber would get word from the super intendent to move me up.Soon i grew worried and then one day i was in ms geblers class working hard as usuall and my phone started viborating so i quickly darted to the bathroom. As i looked at ma phoe it said one missed call. It was my mom so i called back ofcourse. Anciously my heart beated faster and faster she had told me the news . I would be goin to the next grade. We both cried tears of joy and a few minutes later she told me to go get back to work. As i entered the class room i ran to ms gebler and told her thank you for all she had done for me and that i loved her. she was happy but sad that i would only be in her class for about another to weeks while my schedule was being made. It really turned for the best and her i am . Today.
ReplyDeleteA time when I drove myself to go above and beyond was during the eighth grade. By the end of the first marking period, I was failing all of my classes severely. At that point, I was too involved with my friends to even care about my grades, so I slacked majorly, and did so for the first half of my semester. Then one day during science class, I was told to go down to the guidance office. And when I got there, I was told that if I don't turn around my grades, as of right then, I wasn't going to pass into high school, which genuinely scared me. I couldn't even process the thought of not going on in school without my friends, to have to make new friends. I wasn't going to stay back. So I, with help of my guidance councilor, was able to return to my old grades and rid myself of those horrendous habits. I am very happy to say I passed and for the most part am doing better in high school. During this time, I had really slacked and in order to help my grades and myself, I had to push myself and do everything I possibly could to give myself that edge that could get myself a passing grade. And by doing this, I didn't slip any further.
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ReplyDelete“You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them” –Michael Jordan. I do very much so like this quote in many ways because it makes you believe in yourself when you achieve that certain goal you have been striving for your entire life. For example Michael Jordan is a professional basketball player and he was not born that way he worked for what he is doing now and is rewarded for playing a sport that he loves and enjoys as a job and is getting paid big money for it. When he achieved such joy he was deffinatly crying inside because of how happy he was to get his dream job and to get what he wanted to do his entire life. A personal goal I have always had is to get through school and to get good grades. Sometimes it is hard for me to do such things and I do not succeed with the grades I would like but I do end up passing in the end. For me I am ok and happy with myself for a 70 but my parents always expect more of me and it may get annoying a lot sometimes but I love them so I try and do what they ask of me. In the end I am always happy with myself that I have passed for that year or marking period and not have to repeat another grade because I do get annoyed with school and would like to get done with it as fast as possible and not fail just to get another year in school. This is one of my personal goals that I have in my life just like Michael Jordan and I will succeed just like he has and be happy with life.
"You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them." -Michael Jordan (professional basketball player). A time I asked more from myself than I thought I could was when I took the NJ ask test. I usually slack on all of my test, my classes, and homework, but for some reason this meant so much to me. I finally wanted to prove myself by just getting a good grade on this because this test mattered, a lot. I’m not saying I don’t try; I just don’t try my hardest. I tried to succeed during this to make not only myself proud, but my parents and my teachers. I actually studied, I started to do a lot of my homework, and I even started to stay after a lot. It helped me out and once they planted the test in front of me I looked at it, and the things I saw didn’t seem to be as hard as I thought they’d be. Once I started filling in the bubbles, I actually felt confidence in myself and it made me really proud. After I saw my grade it didn’t really make me that happy. I thought I would’ve done a lot better. But, I look at it as the thought that counts, and the amount I tried.
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