This week we went over our Myers-Briggs type indicator in class where I learned some things about myself that I had never really thought about before but had come to find that it was very true. My personality reading was ISFJ; introversion, sensing, feeling, and judging. None of these really surprised me until I read a little more about what they all meant and represented about me. The introversion makes sense because I am a pretty quiet person and it takes a lot to get to know me really well. The sensing describes me in a way where I can be practical and think about everything in terms of how it makes sense in my everyday life, but I also know that I am not always like that. I think that would explain why I am not very strong towards the sensing side of the spectrum. I am very much of a feeling type where I am compassionate and accepting. I always have been a sensitive person in my own way and in terms of other people so it is no surprise to me that this is the most extreme of my personality indicators. The last of the personality type was the judging, which makes sense to me in terms of how I act and feel but isn’t always the case. I like to accomplish things on time, abide by a schedule and make some plans, but I am also a very big procrastinator! I might get a good start on things but I seem to always wait to the very last opportunity to complete them. I don’t like the feeling of cutting things close to the deadline but it always seems to happen that way in everything I do.
This week we also attended some leadership workshops that were educational and advantageous to us in our present and future mentoring experiences. I felt the most advantageous one was the workshop where we talked to career services personnel from different colleges in Iowa State about how to incorporate leadership and mentoring experiences into our resumes. I learned a lot of helpful hints I was unaware of and aim to edit my resume to represent my leadership experiences better.
There was a lot put into this week that was very beneficial for me as a future mentor. I really learned a lot about myself and how I can better portray the person I am and the things I have accomplished to other individuals.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Week 2
The liaison between college and high school rests within the peer mentors of a student’s life. Their transition into anything is impacted by the people they look up to. I understand my job as a peer mentor is to be that liaison to aid in the transition from college to high school.
This past week in class we were asked to reflect back to our first year of college, even our first few days in a college environment. I had never really reflected back to those days and when I did, I remember being so many things you don’t think of an 18 year old feeling. I was scared, lost, confused, and didn’t know which foot to put in front of the other. The Hixson program really helped put things into perspective for me. It helped me outline goals for myself, meet some new people, but most importantly it helped me learn various resources and traditions at Iowa State.
I take what I learned in my very first experiences in college and use them to make better decisions as I grow. It is why my goals change as I progress through my life. My priorities alter all the time as I learn from my every day occurrences
As a peer mentor, I guide my mentees through their transition to college from high school and help them make attainable goals. I know that those goals will constantly change, but at least it will be a start into the right direction for them. They will make the adjustment into their new life and work to grow as better individuals by creating all new goals and all new priorities.
They will look back and evaluate the change in themselves and their life experiences just as I have, and hopefully feel a sense of accomplishment for how far they have come and a sense of excitement for where they are going.
This past week in class we were asked to reflect back to our first year of college, even our first few days in a college environment. I had never really reflected back to those days and when I did, I remember being so many things you don’t think of an 18 year old feeling. I was scared, lost, confused, and didn’t know which foot to put in front of the other. The Hixson program really helped put things into perspective for me. It helped me outline goals for myself, meet some new people, but most importantly it helped me learn various resources and traditions at Iowa State.
I take what I learned in my very first experiences in college and use them to make better decisions as I grow. It is why my goals change as I progress through my life. My priorities alter all the time as I learn from my every day occurrences
As a peer mentor, I guide my mentees through their transition to college from high school and help them make attainable goals. I know that those goals will constantly change, but at least it will be a start into the right direction for them. They will make the adjustment into their new life and work to grow as better individuals by creating all new goals and all new priorities.
They will look back and evaluate the change in themselves and their life experiences just as I have, and hopefully feel a sense of accomplishment for how far they have come and a sense of excitement for where they are going.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Week 1
A peer mentor has a lot more to its title than it looks. It is more of a process of taking steps to become a person in which the term peer mentor defines. The book defines a peer mentor as a student who has learned from experience and has developed skills to successfully guide other students through college.
In addition to taking the steps to complete the process of becoming a peer mentor, you must also have the desire and qualities necessary within to be a successful peer mentor. In everything people do they must have qualities to carry out tasks. They can vary based on the task being carried out, but there is always a foundation of qualities like responsibility, honesty, loyalty, reliability, trustworthiness, etc.
The qualities I possess that fit the general definition of a peer mentor would create more of a description rather than simply a list of things. I have had experiences that could be beneficial to others I mentor because I have learned from every experience. When developing a great deal of knowledge from experience, it makes you wise in ways that you cannot simply learn through a class or out of a textbook. My experiences so far in life have come from all extremes. I’ve had terrible times and I’ve had great times, each of them that I can take and figure into some new experience for myself.
I have always loved to help people. I thrive on being able to get a person somewhere they want to be, but can’t get there on their own. As a peer mentor, I can be a ‘go-to’ person for my mentees in all their times of trouble. As a junior at a university like Iowa State, I believe I have the excess knowledge I need in order to give helpful advice that can be trusted. Trust is the foundation I plan to build in all of my relationships with my mentees. By building a foundation to a successful relationship, I can create a truly amazing first experience for my mentees as they step into a new adventure.
In addition to taking the steps to complete the process of becoming a peer mentor, you must also have the desire and qualities necessary within to be a successful peer mentor. In everything people do they must have qualities to carry out tasks. They can vary based on the task being carried out, but there is always a foundation of qualities like responsibility, honesty, loyalty, reliability, trustworthiness, etc.
The qualities I possess that fit the general definition of a peer mentor would create more of a description rather than simply a list of things. I have had experiences that could be beneficial to others I mentor because I have learned from every experience. When developing a great deal of knowledge from experience, it makes you wise in ways that you cannot simply learn through a class or out of a textbook. My experiences so far in life have come from all extremes. I’ve had terrible times and I’ve had great times, each of them that I can take and figure into some new experience for myself.
I have always loved to help people. I thrive on being able to get a person somewhere they want to be, but can’t get there on their own. As a peer mentor, I can be a ‘go-to’ person for my mentees in all their times of trouble. As a junior at a university like Iowa State, I believe I have the excess knowledge I need in order to give helpful advice that can be trusted. Trust is the foundation I plan to build in all of my relationships with my mentees. By building a foundation to a successful relationship, I can create a truly amazing first experience for my mentees as they step into a new adventure.
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