Chapter 2

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a) Elementary school was not a very pleasant time in my life, not because of school itself, but because of what was going on in my life. I went to Washington Elementary School in Stevens Point from kindergarten through 2nd grade. Then I went to Rothschild Elementary School for the remainder of the time. I loved being at school, but when I started at Rothschild we were still living in Stevens Point. Both of my parents were working in Wausau and we were in the process of selling our house, so we commuted everyday. It became very hectic and I began getting migraines, which caused me to miss school and be at the doctor's office quite a bit. I've suffered from migraines ever since then.
b) I loved high school at times. Once I was a senior I was just ready to be done and I began thinking how am I ever going to make it through college when all I can do is count down the days until I'm done with school. I learned a lot during this period of my life. I was a good student. I played fastpitch softball, which I love! I began to realize who my true friends were, which were the ones that didn't start drama or get mad at me for every little thing. This is also when I found out what true love is. I met my boyfriend the summer before junior year and we've been together for over 3 years now. My senior year, I was in Family Careers and Community Leaders of America, this will be the one thing from high school that I'll never forget. I made some awesome friends, we went to New Orleans to help with the reconstruction of Hurricane Katrina, I got out of school at noon to go work, and I learned a lot about the "real world" and how to write resumes, cover letters, and resignation letters, important things that I will always need in the future. During this time I was also working at Liberty Mutual and learned that there is no way I could ever work at a place where I sit in a cubicle and work on a computer all day. I have way to much energy and get ADD just sitting around.
c)College a has been a fun point in my life so far. I started my college experience at UWSP. During my second semester at UWSP I was also attending UWMC. Once I decided what I really wanted to do and UWSP didn't have it as a major I transferred to the NTC. So actually college has been pretty hectic so far. The hardest part is getting everything transferred from school to school and now my Financial Aid is messed up because I had already filed for it at UWSP and then when I switched to NTC it needed to be reprocessed and it's taking along time to receive it, and I need it really bad right now, because I'm only working part time at a day care, which has helped me to realize that I definately would like to work with children.
d) Same as above
e)I'm motiviated externally by knowing what the outcome will be for others and how it may help them. As for internally, doing certain things makes me feel good about myself, which makes me motivated to do things even if I don't want to do them. An example would be now, I have a lot of online classes and its easy to just put things off to the last minute but internally I know that I need to get things done and that once I finish I'll be able to relax a little bit and have some fun.
f) I am fairly confident in myself to begin with. So I would say I am pretty confident as a learner. I usually try to figure things out on my own and if I have problems I'm okay with asking others for help.
g)I would like change how I organize myself, I could do this by buying a planner and writing down everything that I need to do during the semester so that I wouldn't forget or get behind in my work.

2. This week I began another class, and I learned that I have to manage my time even more with having 5 classes. I also learned how hard confrontation can be, but it's just something you have to do some times.

3. I received a letter of recommendation from one of my high school teachers and it made me feel very good about myself after reading it.

4. One of my friends told me about some of the things she did for her volunteering hours and one of them was participate in Make a Difference Day, How can I get involved in this?