Class Reflection

Coming into CTE Advanced Studies was a very eye opening experience, the class was

tough but I managed to get through. Something I can take from my time in the class was

that you shouldn't go into a class always expecting things to be easy because it's not it's also

made me realize that doing stuff early on and not last minute could really help you in the

long run. Being a part of Mr.tahs classroom was a huge game changer, I learned a lot like

getting work done on time, listening to my body when it's worn out and just need a little

mental break, time management a little it's really taught me how to stay focused and get

things done while sticking to a scheduled plan + writing things out instead of leaving it in

your head it just makes things more confusing for yourself, doing things with a plan not just

jumping right in to a situation.

What I can take away from my project was, I might have a passion for the

development of children's minds. Also, that you're mental Health should always come first

never second to add to that thought mental health is not just for one age it's from all ages

and it comes in many different forms. Furthermore, if not treated could lead to more serious

problems in a person's life. The research that I did taught me something new I always

thought mental health came from only environmental circumstances like social media,

abuse, insecurities and so much more. I never stopped to think it could be passed down by

your own parents that was something really cool to think about.

Starting my paper was really hard because I didn't know what I wanted to do yet, and

I kept switching topics because I kept procrastinating and trying to figure out what? And

How? I wanted to start it I knew I didn't want to do stuff with animals because I always do

something with this specific topic. I wanted to try something out of my comfort zone. So I

chose the psychology of children and how they could become someone so cold hearted

without a care. That's what led me to conduct and callous unemotional disorder you couldn't

make one paper on one disorder without mentioning the other so I decided to do both in one

big paper.
 Don't get me wrong it was hard especially with all the other work that was thrown at

me but I kept pushing because of the support from my friends and family. Though I didn't

get the grade I wanted on my paper I decided to start planning my project early on when I

started the process of creating my project I wanted to do an artwork display then I soon

changed my mind and wanted to do something more of an awareness campaign for mental

health with children and adolescents. Parents and more older generations believe you can't

have a mental illness at a young age. My piece was to advocate and express to parents and

teachers that mental health is a real thing in all of us. Once I found my idea my hardest part

was pitching the idea to my teacher, which took me some time because I had to tweak it

every so often, it mostly had to do with the way I worded things or simple grammatical

errors.

Sometimes, I felt as though the workload was too much and the expectations

were way to high. But now that I look back, I realized that those are the expectations I need

for myself. So then, I can push myself to do more high-quality work thinking back to the

essay doing a 8 paged paper in two weeks was the hardest thing I could ever do that doesn't

mean, I tried my utmost best I did it while also feeling incomplete about it.there's something

I still feel like I lacked and missed when writing I had the best evidence yet the execution

never really worked out.

Particularly working on my execution, grammar + wording was one of the few ideas I

need to stay on top of when it came to the project. As I continued the process of my project, I

needed to find somewhere I could do a free domain without a problem I started my journey

with Wix. Yeah It was easy to navigate and upload information and knowledge that I learned

from doing my paper But when I finished the website completely, the biggest enigma was

trying to open the webpage on a desktop since it only opened on mobile devices.

I Researched and researched, but nothing would come up so, I had to talk with

Mr.tah about remaking my project that I ended up using Weebly. I adapted way faster to

using it because I'm familiar with the website as the weeks continued to go on. I put my

website together as I saw fit. In the middle of that time of doing the new project. I had to
finish up some loose ends with my project tracking google docs sheet + The project charter

google docs and turn it in through email as late work. So, I could get a grade for it I had alot

of sleepless nights especially with the process of picking a college was right around the

corner everything was a tight squeeze, I felt like people werent listening to me when I said I

was truly stressed as well as tired of everything for me I need some proper sleep and time to

just relax my body and mind. Getting my late work done was a big priority in helping not

only my grade but letting my teacher know I would go to great lengths to get my work done

even if all the odds were against me because I am a very flexible and resilient student.

When I did the work, I missed. I started on a portfolio introduction about who I am

when reading bout portfolios I had no clue on what to do due to this being my first time

writing or producing something like this. I had no references or instructions from my

instructor that I ended up putting all my time and efforts in to my webpage the thing was

again, my foolish decision was going to cost me big time.what did it cost me a 20point grade

which hasn't been put in but still at least I talked to the principal about making up work, and

she let me get the assignment done without a penalty. I finally got to talk about and see

examples from my other colleagues in class and I got the ideas and organization that I

wanted for my website complete, I started by constructing the website by looking at my

outline guide I drew In class.I took time to make my words welcoming and inviting for

anyone who wants to look at my work that I did over two semesters of school year .

The days progressed I started making little reminders on my phone to create a time

zone on when to finish and start certain things with in my portfolio. I had to work between

the time frame of this saturday and sunday so, I had to think of a creative way to finish little

details so, I decide to bring my computer with me so I could work on it during my lunch

break even after work hours before my mom came to pick me up this helped me save a lot of

time when it's come to uploading certain documents from google docs into a pdf to go on

my portfolio webpage that I worked on with weebly, I got some feedback from my parents on

how to upload documents, and the format I should put it in. I took all suggestions and

criticisms that my parents gave me and took the ones I really needed to hear and put it in my
portfolio and scrapped the ones I didn't need. Even if I finished my project and other

assignments I still went back and checked to see things I missed or failed to explain in more

details.

Once I finished my portfolio I took a day off for a family emergency and missed a very

important presentation on a document called the project initial. I had no idea what to do

and had to work with classmates and look at theirs to get a idea of what I would be working

on. While working on this topic I didnt know what to add or take away because again their

was no instructions just words to add to a power point presentation . So I ended up

finishing but not turning it in because I fell asleep because of exhaustion and worrying about

the other personal problems going on in my life. I know it's not a excuse but now I know not

to miss so many days of school or your at risk of missing out on important things.

The last part I'm still working on which is the Reflection I'm writing write now it's not

esay writing this but everything In the reflection is how I truly felt and how I spent my time

and dedication into doing right the second time around for the project.as for the review on

the classroom it's self, I feel as if students should have more time on doing assignments and

should get positive and negative feedback on work not just the bare minimum. I also believe

that students shouldn't have to be forced to give a principal reasons. On why they haven't

turned in work if it's just 2 or three missing assignments I think that's taking it alittle to far

because you don't know the personal experiences that students are going through at home

nor should they be forced to tell a teacher why especially if it's personal.

Other than that, I think the class is a big learning experience that all students should

have I understand the teacher is a first year teacher but I do want him to understand that

the class isn't mainly about academics but having fun in the discovers that you're making and

the class should be open to more fun topics and ideas of creativity because if you want and

expect the best from your students you need to understand them individually and based on

their originality + creativity when it comes to writings and projects, not just the curriculum

you wrote down on a piece of paper at the end of the day they're still high school students.
 In conclusion, the class was a big help into what college life will look like this

encounter help me undergo a bit of changes to how I do to have things done on time. Plus

create a time management of how I want things done and when I need and want it to be

finished. Being in this class taught me punctuality with the addition of learning new skills

like deep research,communication, analyse,writing, citation skills when it comes to writing

and creating a website or paper. This project showed me I should value my mental health

and truly value the way I conduct my work because my work reflect who I am as a person so

this class did have me reevaluate my thoughts and the way I bring myself off to others.

It also made me think about my web design and web development on different

sites.In the end I'm very pleased with the work that I created over the course of two

semesters it was very mentally straining because of the time limit but I dont regret anything

from the time I started the class and developed the work to the time I ended the class and

finished the work.if could go back and change anything it would be the waiting to long or

just getting discouraged and not wanting to complete it with all that I got.