Aron Dalrymple is an accounting major who enjoyed assignments involving budgets, finances, and self-reflection. He found the Financial Avenue assignment and creating budgets for friends to be interesting given his background in banking. Aron also liked the introductory discussion that helped him network and the scavenger hunt that familiarized him with campus. Favorite journal entries helped Aron reflect on overcoming challenges and envision his career. Aron felt most focused during weeks with multiple assignments across classes. He plans to carry forward lessons in time management, confidence, and helping others. Aron's self-assessment showed growth in areas like responsibility and self-awareness.

1. Aron Dalrymple
Major: Accounting
Personal Affirmation: I am a funny, loving, supportive friend and family
member.

2. Favorite Assignments & Discussions
The Financial Avenue assignment was a favorite of mine, I have been in banking so numbers have always
worked for me. Budgeting and making plans to save excite me sometimes. A few of my friends have had me
make monthly budgets for them, and it seemed to have really helped them.
The very first discussion we did was one I was excited yet nervous about, getting to start to know other people
and hear their stories I was excited about. College to me is a lot of networking, someone you meet your
freshman year may be able to help you with something in your senior year. It really got me excited for the
course and semester.
The Scavenger Hunt was very helpful for me, I also love finding new things. I had never been around the
Grayson Campus so doing the scavenger hunt really helped me, put where my classes would be or if I needed
to go anywhere. I can also refer to the map when I get new courses or find new things to do at the college.

3. Favorite Journals
The Chapter 8 Journal Entry 29 also was an assignment I liked, it really got me thinking about the feelings that I
have had and grown through. Reflecting on past situations can help grow, as well as having a realization of how
strong you can truly be without realizing it. This journal entry really helped me think about how I handled
things in my life but that you can make it through anything, then on the other side of it have your moment of
“wow I really did that”.
The Chapter 3 Journal Entry 11 was an assignment I enjoyed for multiple reasons. I was able to get excited
about the future once I do get my degree, as well as being able to play out the first moments of my career in
the way I would want them to happen in real life. I am a day dream type of person, so having these thoughts in
my head of how I want things to happen then being able to put it on paper, really showed me how badly I want
this to happen.
The Chapter 4 Journal Entry 13 I liked because it made me aware of time management I had, but did not
realize. After the assignment I was able to evaluate how I managed my time, and change what I needed. I also
was able to tell a couple friends, and they started working on how they did things too.

4. Most liked week
It may sound strange but, I had more than one week I liked most. There
were week that I had multiple assignments from each of my classes,
those were the weeks I enjoyed the most. I feel that the week I had the
most work were the weeks I really focused the most, grew the most,
and got me really excited about school and learning as much as I was.

5. Lessons I will carry to future semesters
• I will take my time management that I learned with me, to help with homework,
turning in assignments, I can also apply it to my personal life.
• I will take the confidence I gained from this course into my future semesters, I am
so happy that I had this course to get me started in college. I have noticed a lot of
changes in my schooling and personal life, and I am so excited to expand on that.
• I hope to help others in college or even in this course, even if it’s in a small way I
could help someone in some kind of aspect I would be happy.

6. Self assessment scores
• Accepting personal responsibility (59 to 67)
• Discovering self-motivation (61 to 73)
• Mastering self-management (51 to 54)
• Employing Interdependence (63 to 67)
• Gaining self-awareness (52 to 61)
• Adopting lifelong learning (46 to 52)
• Developing emotional intelligence (37 to 48)
• Believing in myself (45 to 58)
• I have learned from my score that I have the power
to change a lot around me if I put my mind to it.
• I learned that I really have to focus on school to be
as successful as I want to be, that it is not easy to
get.
• I learned that once you believe in yourself and
believe you can do anything, it really helps you
succeed in what you want to do.

7. Grayson Link Assignment
This Assignment really reassured me that, the field that I am wanting to go into fits me. It was the
number one career that showed up when I did the assessment, I am glad that I am on the right path
to where I want to go.
Being in banking I already knew a lot about banking, and know that accounting is along the same
lines with subtle differences.
What I did learn is different:
• The types of math you would need
• The business knowledge you need
• The accounting and tax preparation software's
• That were are a lot of other careers along the same line

8. Visual Representation
Being an only child, my friends have always been
my whole world. Getting their support and love
helps me get through situations that I myself, may
not think I could make it through.

9. Visual Representation
Every person on the left has been a support
system for me to reach the pictures on the right,
pursue what I want and get back into school and
be there for me when I started. I could not ask
for a better group of people to have in my life.