My Vision

This week we had our second part of our paper due this week.   I really enjoyed writing this part of our paper a lot more than the first part.  I never really thought about what I would like people to think of me after my career or life until now.  If I think about what I would like to have people look and and say about me NOW, I can focus on making my behavior and attitude mirror that.  It helps you mold yourself into the person you would like to be in the future.
Im not sure how well my three parts will come together but after meeting with my group we all kind of decided on three things we want to focus on and write about in our final part of the paper.

Midterm week

The scavenger hunt was really interesting, I found out a lot more about our schools symbols and cultures as well as learning about my group at the same time.  We all had different ideas of our schools' culture.  I thought it was a fun activity.
After studying for the midterm I thought I had a pretty good grasp of the content that would be on the exam.  The study guide was really helpful although the music during the test coming from outside wasn't very helpful at all.  I was very distracted.  Hopefully I will be better prepared for the next exam and there will not be as many distractions during it.

Leadership and Committees

Having Dr. Hellweg speak in our class today was great.  I have had her for another class and really enjoy how she teaches.  Today's lecture was all about committees and was interesting because when I think of a committee I think of a team, but she explained how there are leaders and followers in a committee as well.

She explained that maybe in the beginning of a committee getting together, there may not be a 'leader', but as time passes leaders will emerge and people will follow them.  The list of specific functions was really helpful.  It basically listed the good qualities a leader should have in a group or committee.  It had a lot to do about encouraging others, making suggestions instead of giving directions, and facilitating group interaction.

I've always been interested in Organizational Communication, so I really enjoyed having Dr. Hellweg as our guest speaker today although much of the information was review.  Her lectures are very organized and I think I learn best this way.

Take The Lead

This week in class during take the movie Take the Lead I saw the movie differently than I had the first time I watched it.  This is a great movie, its very moving.  The teacher was a great leader, he really believed in his students, even though sometime they may not have believed in themselves the whole time.  He volunteered to do this.  He really was focused on teaching these kids respect and also really focused on respect as well.  I really like how he forced the two kids to meet up seperately from the group to work on their trusting and respect for each other.

This week my group is meeting tomorrow to talk about our second part of our paper.  Hopefully we can come together and figure out a way to merge our vision statements together.  I think we all have very good ideas in our first part.