1. Welcome to your Portfolio Midterm!
There are three sections to your midterm. Please read instructions in each section and
follow the directions.
Section One:
By
(Jelani Cameron)
It is important that you make a commitment to succeed in your college education. A
good way to finish what you start is to start well! In one paragraph or more write what
your intentions (right under this paragraph) are for this class and your college education.
Intention statements are commitments you make to do a specific task or to take a
certain action. Remember to be effective your Intention Statements must begin with "I
will" or "I intend to" NEVER "I WILL TRY". Saying you will try is not good enough to
bring about change.
My name is Jelani Cameron and I am a college student at Broward College. I
intend to graduate with a Associates Degree in Arts at Broward College. Also, I
will finish with at least a B average in my SLS class. Finally, when I receive my
Associates Degree at Broward College I will work on my clothing line.

2. Section Two: There are three Learning Style inventories in this section. Please
read the instructions and follow the directions for each:
One tool that students find most valuable is discussed in Chapter 1 and that is
DISCOVERING HOW YOU LEARN. This information will help you to take advantage of
your strengths and shore up your weaknesses in both school and daily living situations.
Knowing this information will help you choose activities that match your learning style. It
will also help you understand why you struggle with some activities, professors, and
courses and not others. You may also begin to understand why you get along, or work
better with some individuals than others (it may help explain why you might disagree
with those you are close to as well).
Learning Style Assignment #1: VARK
Refresher - VARK is a questionnaire that provides users with a profile of their learning
preferences. These preferences are about the ways that they want to take-in and give-
out information. Here is your assignment:
Your Type is
INTJ
Introverted Intuitive Thinking Judging
Strength of the preferences %
56 38 50 67
1. .
2. Now answer the following questions:
a. What are your two highest VARK scores? 67
b. What are your two lowest VARK scores? 38
c. Read the Help Study Sheet a Guide to Learning Styles at:
http://www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?p=helpsheets
Click on each of the Leaning styles and read the study strategies.

3. d. Use one or more of the Learning Styles study strategies that you feel
would be most helpful to you and write a paragraph about each of the
following:
1. taking in information;
2. using information for effective learning;
3. communicating more effectively;
4. performing well in tests and examinations.
Write your Paragraph here: To begin, there are many different ways I take in
information. For example, I analyze every detail my professor teaches in each
lesson in class. Also, I use whatever I learn effectively by using it in real-life
situations. I communicate more effectively by talking to my colleagues about how
they feel in any common situation me and her/him has. Therefore, I can look at
how to solve the problem from different aspects. Finally, I feel as if performing
well on tests consists of studying and processing all the information that I
learned.

4. Learning Style Assignment #2: Myers/Briggs
The purpose of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®
(MBTI®
) personality inventory is to
make the theory of psychological types described by C. G. Jung understandable and
useful in people’s lives. The essence of the theory is that much seemingly random
variation in the behavior is actually quite orderly and consistent, being due to basic
differences in the ways individuals prefer to use their perception and judgment.
1. Do the following:
Your Type is
INTJ
Introverted Intuitive Thinking Judging
Strength of the preferences %
56 38 50 67
a. Since you have taken the Jung Test and know what your personality type
is go to this Website: http://www.personalitypage.com/html/portraits.html
to Identify careers for your Jung Personality Type – you will see a list
of Personality Type Portraits.
What is your Personality Type Portrait?
Answer: The Scientists
b. Next click on what your Personality Type is; a new window will open. Read
your Personality Type Portrait.
c. After reading the “Personality Type Portrait;” go to careers to learn some
of the careers that are possible for your personality type.
• To do this: at the bottom of the article in the center of the page you will see this
image  click on the image to open the careers for your personality type, a
new window will open. What are the careers paths possible for your personality
type? Scientists
• Engineers
• Professors and Teachers
• Medical Doctors / Dentists
• Corporate Strategists and Organization Builders

5. • Business Administrators / Managers
• Military Leaders
• Lawyers / Attorneys
• Judges
• Computer Programmers, Systems Analysts and Computer Specialists

6. Learning Style Assignment #2: Myers/Briggs (Continued)
2. Now answer the following questions:
a. Do you agree or disagree with the results – why or why not
Answer: I agree because it says I have a possibility of being a lawyer and I
always catch myself debating about everything.
b. Do these careers match the careers you have chosen for yourself?
Answer: No, I really want to design my own clothing line.
c. If no, will you change your career choice?
Answer: No.
d. What can you do with this information?
Answer: I can find balance in the places I need to.

7. Learning Style Assignment #3: True Colors:
Are you a thinker, always analyzing, like a GREEN? Do you prefer inspiring people and
building their self-esteem as a BLUE? Are you the responsible one who is always on
time and keeping everyone else on time like GOLD? Or do you thrive on entertaining
and persuading people, like an ORANGE? Take the FREE quiz now and find out what
color you are. True Colors, a personality system, has been around since 1979 when
Don Lowry modeled it as a graphical presentation of both Keirsey’s Temperament and
the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. The True Colors descriptions are listed at the end of
this document.
Learn how to:
Discover your unique gifts and talents
Soar with your strengths
Discover your passion
Express your heart and soul in what you do
Increase self-esteem, creating a positive, clear self-image
Become successful in spite of your fears
Do the test at the website: http://www.truecolorscareer.com/quiz.asp
After you have completed the test:
1. What is dominant color (your highest score).
Answer: GOLD 14
NEXT: Open and read the PowerPoint Presentation that is attached to
this assignment.
2. After reading the PowerPoint Presentation: Choose a color that is different
from your dominant color and explain how you would handle the following
situations:
A. Plan a trip to Europe.
Answer: ORANGE: I would persuade my friend to come with me by
showing him all the beautiful sites to look at and people to meet.
B. Diffuse an argument at work with an irate co-worker.
Answer: GREEN: I would think about why we started arguing in the
first place then try to solve it.
C. Communicate with a supervisor, whose ethnicity is different from
yours, to solve a scheduling problem.

8. Answer: GREEN: I would find another co-worker who speaks the
same language as my supervisor and him or her translate for me.

9. The National Student Success Institute The National Student Success Institute
Section Three: Emotional Intelligence Activity: Tapping into Emotions
Directions: The following are examples adapted from Joshua Freedman's At the Heart of Leadership:
How to Get Results with Emotional Intelligence. He argues that we often experience emotions in a pattern. For
example, similar situations will trigger a type of response. It will help us, he argues, if we learn to
recognize the pattern and to dig deeper to explore the reasons why we feel the way we do. Then, we
should look for the wisdom in the situation and response; in other words, we should look for a lesson to learn
to improve ourselves.
Using the following "typical" college student examples, reflect on your emotional
reaction to these types of situations and what you think the wisdom, or lesson, is in each.
1. EMOTION: DISCOMFORT
TYPICAL SITUATION: You walk into a class for the first time and the professor seems
uninterested to teach or uninteresting in general. You suddenly get worried that you will not enjoy this class
—and you have to have it for your degree.
YOUR EXPERIENCE IN THIS SITUATION: I haven’t experienced this in college, but I
have experienced this in high school with my English class and I felt as is the teacher
didn’t even know what she was talking about. Although I passed the course by teaching
myself, I always respected and shared a couple of laughs with the teacher.
THE LESSON TO BE LEARNED: Make the best out of your situation.

10. 2. EMOTION: ANXIETY/FEAR
TYPICAL SITUATION: You walk into class where the professor explains everything that you are
going to do this semester. He talks about a 15-page research paper, field studies, and weekly journals. You
don't even have access to a computer.
YOUR EXPERIENCE IN THIS SITUATION: My English professor tells us we will start doing
research papers that much be 10 pages long, but I just always tell myself I can do it.
THE LESSON TO BE LEARNED: Always be confident and determined that you can do
anything.

11. 3. EMOTION: EXCITEMENT
TYPICAL SITUATION: You find out that you won a scholarship that will pay for books, tuition, and
fees when you transfer to a four-year university next semester. You can't wait to share the good news with
your family because they were having a hard time helping support you while you were in college.
YOUR EXPERIENCE IN THIS SITUATION: It was very difficult for me to find a job, but
finally I had gotten a job so I could help my parents pay bills.
THE LESSON TO BE LEARNED: Never give up.

12. 4. EMOTION: JOY
TYPICAL SITUATION: You have taken your last final exam and will be graduating next week in front
of your family, friends, and co-workers—and a few people who thought you wouldn't make it. You have
a job ready and waiting for you in your field of study. While the pay may not be high, it offers great
opportunities for advancement. Your two children are proud to tell everyone that their mom has a college
degree, and you know that they will be more likely to attend college because you did.
YOUR EXPERIENCE IN THIS SITUATION: I was falling behind some credits my
senior year, but I worked but my butt off in every class. I was happy as ever when I
graduated high school. Some people thought I wouldn’t walk the stage, but I did.
THE LESSON TO BE LEARNED: Don’t let it bother you when someone doubts your work
ethic.