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College is the place to find yourself. I am only a month into my college tenure and I have already begun to learn more about myself here than I had in my 18 years prior. I have learned so much through Carolyn Kalil’s True Colors Personality Quiz, The Learning Styles Inventory and Learning Styles Descriptions by Solomon and Felder, and The Reading/Learning Process in Chapter One of A Brief Guide to Writing from Readings by Stephen Wilhoit. The True Colors Personality Quiz has taught me that I am more adventurous and restless than serious and punctual.
The Learning Styles Inventory and Learning Styles Descriptions has taught me that I am a reflective, sensing, visual, learner. Chapter One of A Brief Guide to Writing form Readings has taught me to find a definition and purpose, ask questions, and take notes. Through the True Colors Personality Quiz, The Learning Styles Inventory and Learning Styles Descriptions, and Chapter One of Wilhoit have taught me a lot about myself during my short time at school. Carolyn Kalil’s True Colors Personality Quiz has taught me that I am more adventurous and restless than serious and punctual.
According to the quiz, my dominant color is orange. My orange personality makes me spontaneous and optimistic. I am definately optimistic, because I am a Cincinnati Reds fan and that takes more optimism than anything! I am also restless with routine and I find it difficult fitting into academic routine. I have never liked people telling me to do things that I do not wish to do. The academic routine has been a problem since I have never been able to take my school work seriously unless I was interested in the subject. Plus, sports has always come first in my family, which is good since I am motivated by competition and fun.
Competition comes so naturally to me. I love winning, but even if my team does not win I love the feeling of knowing that I made the other team work for that “W. ” Sports are good for me, because they allow me to learn by doing. In baseball, the only way I can learn to field a clean grounder is by doing it. Or in field hockey, I can watch a video about how to hit a drive into the corner of the goal, but unless I actually get onto the pitch and do it myself, I will never learn. Although I am predominately orange, I also have a blue personality.
Having a blue personality means that I am enthusiastic. I am extremely enthusiastic about sports and my future since my future includes a career in the sports industry. My blue personality describes me as enjoying romantic symbols. This is true, because I love movies like The Notebook, Walk the Line, and Atonement. Carolyn Kalil’s True Colors Personality Quiz has taught me that I am more adventurous and restless than serious and punctual. The Learning Styles Inventory and Learning Styles Descriptions by Solomon and Felder has taught me that I am a reflective, sensing, visual, learner.
As a reflective learner, I prefer to learn by myself at first to make sure that I understand the material. It is also extremely hard for me to get through a lecture where all I do is take notes. I am not able to sit and memorize the material, I have to read the information over and over again. I also like being able to get up and do things during class. I am also a sensing learner, which means that I like learning the clear cut facts and solving problems with the best given method. In high school, I was best at history, because it was memorizing facts. There were no theories that would hinder my learning process.
I also liked calculus, because I was able to solve the problems with the best given methods and I could do them step by step. The best way for me to learn is to relate the material to the real world. I hate my philosophy class, because all it entails is therories and opinions. I have to be able to visualize how the theroies and abstract material to be successful in my philosophy class. Visualization is a key tool for being a visual learner. I am able to learn best when I am able to look at a picture or a graph. Unfortunately, many of my college courses so not provide visuals, so in order to succeed I have to find other ways to study.
I can help myself by making color-coded notes or even by making boxes around information that I have to know. The Learning Styles Inventory and Learning Styles Descriptions by Solomon and Felder has taught me that I am a reflective, sensing, visual, learner. The Reading/Learning Process in Chapter One of A Brief Guide to Writing from Readings by Stephen Wilhoit has taught me to find a definition and purpose, ask questions, and take notes. I never like to write academic papers, especially if I don not know why I am writing it. If there is at least some sense of a purpose then I might be inclined to do the assignment well.
I understand that the purpose of this assignment is to summarize what we have learned about ourselves while we have been here, so I was inclined to write this paper! I have learned that it is good to ask questions. It is encouraged that I ask questions to make sure that I understand the assignment or reading so I can do well. I know that I have to ask questions, because I do not always understand the material that I read. I also have to start taking better notes. In order to understand the material, I have to make notes in my texts and make annotations in my notebooks.
As my notes get better, my understanding of the readings will improve as well. The Reading/Learning Process in Chapter One of A Brief Guide to Writing from Readings by Stephen Wilhoit has taught me to find a definition and purpose, ask questions, and take notes. Through the True Colors Personality Quiz, The Learning Styles Inventory and Learning Styles Descriptions, and Chapter One of Wilhoit have taught me a lot about myself during my short time at school. I cannot wait to find out more about myself while I am here. I cannot wait to see how my futue will unfold. So far, I love the University of Dayton and what this institution has taught me!