Mid-Term Meta-Reflection
Being enrolled in the Community Engagement class, I have had some huge opportunities. Participating in a variety of different OOCLOs has reassured myself in what I want to do with myself and in my future. I have helped with events but doing the work and then I have just sat back in other events to just listen and reflect. All of the OOCLOs I have participated in have been beneficial. It would be impossible to pick which one has been the best and which one I have learned the most because I have had so many different situations. While in these OOCLOs you are continually learning when you are working and interacting with people. Sitting in a classroom and listening to the lecture is a way to learn and I do take back from our lectures, but I remember and learn more by going to all the events in St. Catharine’s.
A personal difficulty that has been revealed through this class so far is my outgoingness. I feel comfortable talking to people whom I have never met and am able to go and introduce myself to a total stranger. Back home I never really went to talk to people I had never met because I always considered myself shy. I have also learned time management. Not having a class that is time designated to me has taught me how to schedule my days out and make room for my OOCLOs. I have grown from this because I have just moved out of home and always had my parents take care of me. They would schedule everything for me and make sure I was always on time, now I do everything for myself and consider myself very well with time management.
To deepen my learning next semester I am going to have to continue to engage myself in this course and take OOCLOs that I am able to put more time into, this however will be difficult because I will be having more on my plate due to the job that I will be doing starting January. I still believe that I can put more effort into my OOCLOs and receive more. I also believe that I should write down my thoughts after every OOCLOs because then when I am writing my reflection I will be able spark up a feeling I had then and write better about it. This will be enjoyable because whenever I am done an OOCLO I always feel like I have accomplished something, which is fulfilling.
I am excited for second semester and cannot wait to see what this class brings to me. I am willing to put in the extra effort to make each moment count.