Sophomore Inspire Week Reflection
After participating in this Sophomore Inspire Week, I had new skills and new opportunities waiting for me. The biggest takeaway I have from the week is the ability to collaborate effectively with my peers. Creative projects involving a leaderless team can get a bit dicey, and even though I suffered from internal madness, I still learned to cope with my peers’ non-preferable attitudes and unique ideas.
This project, above all, gave me a sense of what life will be like in the real world, and a lot of it I could relate with from my time in school. There are so many connections I can make between school and my week, one being the people I’m working with. The kids I’m with all the time can be frustrating, but it’s my responsibility to remain soulful and respectful. I do believe I did that the best I could, considering the respect/internal agony function (the more respectful and contained I am, the more internal agony I suffer). Basically, I think the best thing for me do in school is refrain from working with negative people.
What I did with my time during the majority of the project was read Tony Robbins’ Unlimited Power. It’s a wonderful book, and without the distance from me and my computer I wouldn’t have been willing to sit down and read it. I think I learned more from Tony than I did the whole mural thing, and I say that with as much thought, respect and honesty as I can provide.
YouScience claims that I am most prominently a numerical detective, meaning I’m quick to spot patterns. I think I’ve always known myself to be a numerical detective and I thought that would be useful when making a mural, but man was I wrong, because making a mural was not my job. My job was to abide to the opinions, dominance and arrogance of others, concur their ideas, whatever they may be, and not get myself yelled at by an emotionally unstable, erratic and apathetic group. Some skills that would have been useful to have during the week are perhaps more social-based - skills which I have absolutely none.
My advice to the so fragile, innocent youth is to simply resist the warm current in which your heart instinctively flows, for a waterfall awaits at the end of the brook. Rather use your head (and YouScience) to really consider what will be best for you. Honestly, I don’t think any of the Sophomore Inspire Weeks are very fun, so I would just pick the most laid-back one and read a book the whole time.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
This project, above all, gave me a sense of what life will be like in the real world, and a lot of it I could relate with from my time in school. There are so many connections I can make between school and my week, one being the people I’m working with. The kids I’m with all the time can be frustrating, but it’s my responsibility to remain soulful and respectful. I do believe I did that the best I could, considering the respect/internal agony function (the more respectful and contained I am, the more internal agony I suffer). Basically, I think the best thing for me do in school is refrain from working with negative people.
What I did with my time during the majority of the project was read Tony Robbins’ Unlimited Power. It’s a wonderful book, and without the distance from me and my computer I wouldn’t have been willing to sit down and read it. I think I learned more from Tony than I did the whole mural thing, and I say that with as much thought, respect and honesty as I can provide.
YouScience claims that I am most prominently a numerical detective, meaning I’m quick to spot patterns. I think I’ve always known myself to be a numerical detective and I thought that would be useful when making a mural, but man was I wrong, because making a mural was not my job. My job was to abide to the opinions, dominance and arrogance of others, concur their ideas, whatever they may be, and not get myself yelled at by an emotionally unstable, erratic and apathetic group. Some skills that would have been useful to have during the week are perhaps more social-based - skills which I have absolutely none.
My advice to the so fragile, innocent youth is to simply resist the warm current in which your heart instinctively flows, for a waterfall awaits at the end of the brook. Rather use your head (and YouScience) to really consider what will be best for you. Honestly, I don’t think any of the Sophomore Inspire Weeks are very fun, so I would just pick the most laid-back one and read a book the whole time.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.