Communication Goals

My Goals:

• I want to make my hand writing legible

• I would like to be fully honest in any writing that I compose

Goal 1: I want to make my hand writing legible.

Why I chose this goal:

Throughout my educational journey I have always been known for bad handwriting, especially for science teachers, but this term I wanted to change that, this goal is meant to push me to develop the best handwriting possible.

Progress:

Throughout this second term I have been focused on writing slower until I reached a state of penmanship that I was happy with. After I reached this, I slowly started trying to increase the speed of my writing. Progress was definitely slow but it was deliberate. Refer to the differences in my handwriting between my daily English tracker to see the progress that I have had in terms of legibility.

Impact:

Having better handwriting has overall improved my quality of life. Since half way through the second term I have stopped getting requests to read to a person what I have wrote in my handwriting. I now am able to clearly convey a message on paper without having to clarify.

Goal 2: I would like to be truthful in any writing that I compose.

Why I chose this goal:

In the past, and in other classes, I often see my self not conveying the beliefs that I truly believe in, I just did whatever would get me the highest mark or whatever would resonate the best with others, this term I wanted to change that, I wanted to be truthful and true to myself.

Progress:

Throughout this term I have gradually seen an increase in how truthful I am in my responses and writing. At first it was harder, I was sticking to my past habits but eventually, after a couple of assignments, I finally started writing what I felt was true. This is imminently seen in my literary paragraph where I use my own voice to convey the meaning of the book, "We Were Dreamers", as to what I felt was true.

Impact:

Overall, being more truthful in my wiring has not only helped me be more in depth with the message I'm conveying but it has also made it more fun to work on assignments as I am able to be myself and not someone else. I am very happy to have chosen this goal and would chose it 100 times again, not only has it made an impact in my writing, but also my happiness.