well for my reflection I chose to do it on Little Buddies and a little bit of what this is about is where we go to an elementary school and we get given little buddies who we spend the whole semester with and get to know, do activities with them and just bond with them. I would say this experience was fun and I made a good connection with all my buddies and had a good time getting to know all of them and meeting them. Also for this reflection, I can’t put a picture of my buddies but I would have a photo of all of us together and some of the photos I have from the semester. That will not be on this post.
My strengths | What are things I’m good at/ Examples: well I would say with little buddies I had a good strength of building new relationships and making new ones because I did that with all of my buddies, and meeting them I had to go out of comfort zone and meet new kids who I have never met before, and through that process I met amazing kids who I am glad were my little buddies. Another strength I have is solving problems, I always make an outcome that is fair for everyone involved and that is fair for all, so for little buddies of course little kids want two different things than some of the other ones, so I had a problem solve and make it fair if someone did not want to go outside I would make a compromise and make it fair to both kids involved. As well as making sure everyone likes the idea and is okay with the compromise so it ends peacefully and so everyone has fun. I can explain something when it is unfair, sometimes some of the kids would take others’ things so I would have to explain that we don’t do that to my buddy and yes it can be unfair, but taught them not to do that and to be fair. I can also advocate for others, I sometimes had to advocate for them because they were scared to say something or ask one of the other buddies for rules/advice, so I would ask so they felt more comfortable.
My Goals | what are things I can get better at:
One of my main goals to get better at is to not be as shy, as I did talk to buddies lots but at the beginning don’t be shy and I should just talk to them, because usually when kids meet someone new they are shy and won’t talk to you as much because they are scared, so I feel like I want to get better at that so I can have a conversation with them without the awkwardness and silence at the start of every time I see them.
My plan |what can I do to achieve my goals:
How can I achieve this goal honestly I feel like I just have to be more open and more outgoing than I am because I would say I am outgoing, so I just have to not also be awkward and shy because usually, it takes longer to get a conversation going and to get to know the person. So I would just have to go out of my shell and be more outgoing to be able to not make it awkward in the beginning and so that we can get more comfortable with each other. So that is what i feel like i need to improve on.