1) Tenaciousness is a competency. What are the behaviors that you have used (or developed) to keep up with the requirements of this course?
For me personally, I find that it is best to stay ahead of the game. The first week or two I was trying to submit things a little bit more last minute, but it is so much less stressful to start my work on Monday and work on it little by little throughout the week. Overall, I am much happier with my completed assignment as well!
2) Tenaciousness is also about attitude. Talk about a moment or two when you felt like "giving up." What pulled you through? Do you feel like you've developed a tenacious attitude during the past two months? What experience or experiences most contributed to this?
I have pretty bad anxiety when it comes to public speaking, even though I took a public speaking class. Although the videos are not equivalent to speaking in front of a crowd it still made me very nervous knowing that other people would be watching them. I almost did not submit anything for the assignment, although I had recorded for it. I don't know if I would say I have developed a tenacious attitude, but I did get over my fears and realised that it is not as big a deal as I was making it. What pulled me through was recognising I would sacrifice my grade somewhat if I did not become more confident about my post!
3) Three tips. What are three tips you would offer next semester's student about (1) fostering the skills that support tenacity and (2) developing the 'tenacious mindset' ?
I think that being organised within your class, job, whatever it may be really supports whatever tenacity you start out with. However, if you do need to develop that mindset (like I am doing now), I think that it is also a good starting point. Being organised makes you more sound of mind throughout the semester and gives you more time to come up with genuine ideas for the assignments. This, ultimately, supports the development of a tenacious person.
Hey Arielle,
ReplyDeleteI agree that staying on top of each assignment is the key to success in this class. I also turned in the first few assignments pretty last minute, but the stress became too much for me to handle so I started working on each assignment in the beginning of the week as well. This has resulted in better quality in my submitted work as well as less unnecessary stress in my academic life.