Sunday, February 20, 2011

Self Awareness!!

          This past week we talked about becoming self aware and helping mentees become self aware in their transition to college.  I would like to give a quick shout out to Anthony and Beth, good presentation and nice job getting everybody to open up.  This week’s readings and lesson was to understand that helping students become self aware comes from being able to ask questions and have lessons that make mentees think about themselves.  I think that the best way to help mentees become more self aware is by having a thought question for them to answer each class.  Also having a question about a different area of life each week for mentees to blog about would be another way to get them thinking.  Lastly, I believe that having lessons about each area of awareness would help students to thinking about themselves and if they are aware of themselves in that way.  I believe that thought questions having to do with how you view yourself in different areas and what things make you act a certain way will make mentees think about themselves.  Before I start helping others become more self aware I plan to develop better awareness of myself by researching resources available to me.  Secondly, I would like become more aware of how I physically present myself when around others.  I plan to do that by watching myself when around others and recognizing what I need to change.   Lastly, I believe an individual can always become more spiritual which I plan to do by becoming more active in my church and in bible studies.  Well it is time to sign off for now so see ya’ll in a couple days.

2 comments:

  1. I agree Karen! It is always a great idea to leave students with a question that really makes them think! It is also important to self-reflect and to be self-aware as well! Great post, see you tomorrow!

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  2. I agree Karen! Being able to self-reflect and being self aware yourself is very important! And I agree with both you and Amy that leaving the students with a questions that really makes them think is a very good strategy!

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