Becoming a Role Model-Week 7

This week was about becoming a role model as a peer mentor. As was brought up in class, this chapter had us focus on peer mentors in our lives. My sister was the one I shared in class. She is only six years older than me and it feels like she has so much more accomplished in life then me. She is wonderful. The main part of this chapter was in the common values of successful peer mentors. I think my strongest values on the list are gratitude and kindness. My weakest ones are choice and purpose. The activity Amy and Rachel had us do in class was very interactive and made us think. That is where I came up with the strong and weak values. I think that knowing this about myself will help me improve and be a better role model in the fall. I feel like I used to be a lot more responsible than I am now. For some reason, if I don’t write something down, I forget it. That is why I keep such a detailed schedule. I guess that is something I can share with the future students that goes through the same thing. Choice is a hard one for me because I am so indecisive. The power to choose your own responses to things that happen to you. My goal with this one is to choose to have a positive attitude when I go to class in the fall. I want to be excited about class, so that the students can be excited as well. I think that I need some self confidence to help with purpose. It seems like I get down a lot and like I’m not good enough. I definitely ask the question, why am I doing this? I think if I can start answering that question, I will discover more of what I want. Well I better not type your eyes out, I’ll see you all on Tuesday.