Samuel enjoyed assignments that helped him discover resources and learn about careers, like the scavenger hunt and Grayson Link career assignment. His favorite assignment was a service learning project where he helped his community and met new people. Favorite journals included ones where he assessed his strengths/weaknesses and imagined his dream life, motivating him. Week 6 was his favorite as he felt more motivated after journaling and goal-setting assignments. Lessons he will carry to next semester include developing metacognition, effective study strategies, and responsibility. His self-assessment scores both increased and decreased in different areas over the semester.

1. Samuel Lopez
Dental Hygienist
I am strong, confident, motivated,
persistent and capable of
accomplishing anything I set my
mind to.

2. Top 3 Assignments
• Scavenger Hunt
I enjoyed this assignment because it helped me discover so many resources. It is
often hard to find out everything a school offers so this assignment was very useful. I
used the information from this assignment several ways using many of the resources
found.
• Grayson Link Career Assignment
The Grayson Link Career assignment helped me in many ways. This assignment
helped me find out that there are many more careers I can relate to than I previously
thought. After reading all this information I looked forward keep studying so that I can
one day have a job I enjoy and be successful at.
• Service Learning Project
The Service Learning Project was my favorite assignment. I got the
opportunity to help and do something nice for my community. I also got to
meet a lot of good people.

3. Top 3 Journals
• Chapter 1 Journal – Self Assesment
I enjoyed the chapter 1 journal entry because it helped me discover things about
myself. In this journal entry I found out what my weakness and strengths are. I also
got the opportunity to open up more and think about what I need to do to better
myself.
• Chapter 2 Journal
In the chapter 2 journal entry I realized that I am very hard on myself. I criticize myself
a lot and self criticism is good but too much can be harmful. This exercise helped me
become more aware of how much I criticize myself and manage and control this as
well as to think about other factors that could have affected any problem I am going
through instead of just blaming myself.
• Chapter 3 Journal
The Chapter 3 journal entry was my favorite journal entry. In this entry I got to imagine
what my dream life would be in detail. This exercise motivated me to keep working
and studying. It is hard working a full time job, being a full time college student and
trying to keep a social life, but this exercise helped me realize that this will all be
worth it in the end when I accomplish my goals and live my dream life.

4. Favorite Week
Week 6 was probably my favorite week.
During this week I completed 2 assignments
that I found to be very useful. The first one
was the Chapter 3 journal entry. After
completing this assignment I was more
Motivated and ready to keep studying and working towards
achieving my goals. The second assignment was the
DAPPS Goal Setting assignment. This assignment helped
organize priorities and also provided me with a good
strategy on how setup my plans so that achieving my
goals is easier.

5. 3 lessons I will carry on next semester
• The proper way to develop good
Metacognition as well as how to properly
use it.
• How to get the most out of studying, the
principles to good studying and good
strategies when studying
• Accepting responsibility, Inner Criticism
and Inner Defending

6. During the self assessments I learned a lot about myself. As the
semester passed some of my scores went up but others went down.
For example my score for developing emotional intelligence increased
and my score for Discovering self management decreased.
Beginning Scores from self assessment
1. 60
2. 58
3. 43
4. 34
5. 40
6. 45
7. 35
8. 55
End of semester scores
1. 60
2. 48
3. 44
4. 26
5. 36
6. 43
7. 44
8. 47

7. Grayson Link career assignment
For this assignment the career I chose was
Dental Hygienist. Dental hygienist clean
teeth as well as examine oral areas, head,
and neck for signs or oral diseases. This
career requires knowledge in medicine,
dentistry, marketing, customer service,
and psychology. This career is growing
fast. An average dental hygienist makes
around 72,000 a year in Texas.