Self Controversy

We all have done many MBTI’s before, I personally took 3 the first semester last year alone. I thought they were very helpful for starting out college but I was confused with some of the certain letters. Mainly I was confused with the extraversion and introversion, which deals with where you get your energy from. My confusion was that I feel like I am a very energetic person that likes to meet new people but sometimes I just sit back more like an “I”. With this test it broke it down each type into 5 sub categories, which explained my “E” and “I” controversy. It said I was receiving and contained, and those are both on the “I” side but it says I am an "E". Receiving and contained says that I am more reserved, like to get introduced and harder to get to know, which is very true for me because once introduced and know the person more, I am very open. My other type that was interesting to me was my “J” and “P”, I am a “P” but a low “P” and then the early starting sub category was very high, which is in the “J”. I like to start things early and plan but I don’t usually totally fallow that plan and I like to be spontaneous and do random things.

The MBTI taught me a lot about myself and I believe it will help me to not only become a good mentor but will help me to improve myself as a person and help out with school and my career. This MBTI helped me to get to know the other peer mentors and see who is like me and who might complement me as a partner like Allie and Silas complement each other.

Student's in Transition: The ABC's

While making the transition from high school to college, I think the hardest part is the difference in classes. High school students have to go to class for eight hours straight, but in college classes aren’t always back to back and not eight hours in one day. So it takes quite a bit of adjusting to get use to only having class one and a while and having a lot of free time. This is just one of the hardest things I went through last year, and this chapter talks about this and many other problems of transferring to college from high school. As mentors, we need to aid student in transferring from high school to college. One way the book talks about this is the ABC’s of mentoring students in transition; Acknowledge the student’s reality, Be strategic and student-focused, and Commit students to do it. What I got from this section was, that you don’t know if the student is struggling with the transition, we as mentors need to ask questions and get to know students so they are comfortable talking to you. Once a student opens up to you, as mentor you should know how to respond to help them with their problem. After figuring out what they should do, help them commit to it and check back with them.

Odysseus's Trusted Counselor

What is a Mentor? This may seem like a simple question that you know the answer to, at least I thought I did until I begun to read Peer Mentor Companion. I have had many mentors through my life confirmation mentor, high school mentor, Hixson peer mentor, learning community peer mentor, and many more that you may never think as a mentor. As the mentee of these many mentors, I thought them to be someone just lending a helping hand but as I read through Peer Mentor Companion I realized that they are more of life changers who are guiding you through a certain part of your life. Among realizing this, I realized that I am not as prepared to be a good mentor as I once thought I had been. This being said I become more eager to go to class and learn my strengths and weaknesses so I know what I can work on to become that outstanding mentor I thrive to be.

While sitting in class this past Tuesday, going over the syllabus for the class and finding out what events are to come. I know that I have been given the tools to form myself into that outstanding mentor and it is now up to me to construction myself into a lean mean mentoring machine. With the aid of the Mentoring Confidence Inventory, I know some of the major things that I need to become more confident on before starting my mentoring. As I work on these things I know that I will have to support of my fellow mentors that I look forward to getting to know and working with, in the digital storytelling project.

Mentor I'd choose

Right now I feel like I don’t have any good people to ask for a recommendation from except for the one from my high school. Although from there are some very good recommendations, but as goes for college may not be the best choice. I do have the formation of some recommendation people in the making but so far I would need to work on that more before asking that of them.
If I had to choose someone from college standing I would maybe talk with my math tutor or math professor. My math tutor isn’t quite out of college but knows me on the personal bases and that would make a good person of recommendation. My math professor on the other hand is out of college which would make them a good candidate but doesn’t know me on the personal bases as well.
I feel that is good to have someone of higher power, like a professor, and someone who knows you personally and professionally. These are good to have in a person of recommendation to ensure the best recommendation. It’s like they say it’s not what you know it’s who you know.

Associated General Contractors of America

Associated General Contractors of America or know to the students of Iowa State as AGC. AGC does many Volunteer Projects through-out the community that deals with construction, like concrete and gravel pours for assisted living homes, building boat ramps, or just doing some landscaping. AGC also bring the ConE students at Iowa State together so they can get to know each other extremely well. They have varies cookouts, camping trip, and much more. AGC helps student get acquainted with the Construction field, how it works, what they do, and anything else that will help a student future professional career.

I join AGC for both of the personal reasons and professional reasons. I like the personal part of AGC because I can make lots of new friends who share the same interest/ major. Bond with friends already made that are also a part of AGC. Professionally, it looks good on a resume, plus it is really good experience to learn about the construction field. There is also the feel of doing good when volunteering at an assisted living home.

As a freshman, I can only get extremely involved in varies volunteering activities, social activities, and meetings but in future years I can become an officers and lead the ISU AGC club to success. That will someday help me land a job in the terrible economy market of today. Along with the experience to help me already know how to do that said job well, and get move up the chain faster.

WC FFA Vice President Rules!!!!!!!!!!!

Accord to an online dictionary “Best” is defined as “of the highest quality, excellence, or standing: the best work; the best students” (dictionary.com). I believe that my best falls under the highest excellence or standing, which would be my year as Vice President of the Webster City FFA Chapter. I use my great leadership skills to get my chapter involved in as many activities as we could. This position made me feel empowered, and in charge even though I was not the president.
My senior year of high school as a fourth year FFA member and previous officer, I thought I would run to be the president of the Webster City FFA Chapter. Although, was not elected to become president of the Webster City FFA Chapter, I was honored to take the Vice President position. As Vice President I had just as much responsibilities as the president, I made Webster City FFA a chapter. Without me, we wouldn’t have been considered a chapter. The chapter would have lacked the grueling work necessary to register to be an official chapter.
My leadership skills lead our chapter to get involved with anything and everything. I created the 100 page Programs of Activities book need to register to be an official chapter. On top of that I organized a week of fun activities for the chapter and the school to get involved with for National FFA Week. I also applied for the Iowa Degree given out at State Convention. In order receive this I filled out a detailed 60 page application to be submitted to the State FFA.
I felt in charge of our chapter even though I was not the president because I was more membered based power and our president was more paperwork and organization based. I felt on top of the world when be presented my Iowa Degree in front of 8,000 people from all across the state.
At my best is leading my organization of FFA member to success with the highest quality, excellence, and standing. I was the Webster City FFA Vice President 2008-2009 and Iowa FFA Degree Award Winner. I am number one in the book of Webster City FFA and my heart.