Welcome to my tPOL! It feels weird to be presenting right now, because it feels as though I just did a mPOL. Because we’ve only had around 1 project in between these presentations, I want to talk more about my success behaviours, and how these improve and affect my work and mindset. I do know that I should touch base with some project throughout the year, so ill highlight some of my favourites.
For my favourite projects, I have a couple specific ones. Recently our class worked on WW1 themed comic books, and then used them as a basis for our spring exhibition. This project came out as one of my top favourites, because of the fact that is was not a video. I didn’t mind making videos, but I also know that I can never become an influencer, because I hate the awkwardness of listening to my voice in videos. Even though I realized that I am nowhere near my mums artistic ability, I know that I put it a lot of effort and pushed myself to complete all my drawings to a level that I know is my best.
My other favourite project was definetly our Louis Riel essay project. Why? Because again, we got a break from creating videos. We had 3 weeks to research, write and revise our essays so that they were able to discuss how the portrayals of Louis Riel have changed over time. I enjoyed this project just because it felt simple and I enjoyed the research aspect of the project.
Success Behaviours
If you can see up there, my success behaviours are mostly in the middle. I wanted to be fully honest in them, and I know that I lie more in middle range. TPOLs are supposed to be here to highlight on my abilities and what I need to work on so the best thing for me to do is to talk about some of my struggles.
The best one for me to highlight would be Self-Regulation. Even writing this TPOL took me a very long time because I struggled to stay on track. I’ve learned about my work that I need lots of breaks and I really struggle to stay on track for a long amount of time, because I just get too antsy or distracted by other apps or people. Im very good at zoning out, which Mr. Hughes called out in class the other day when he made the class talk about why I looked like I wished I was anywhere but school. I know I talked about work ethic a lot in my last POL, but I know that I’ve put in a lot of effort with our comic books to be done in time. I actually was the first comic printed, which I like to think was a very good sign.
Another thing that’s important to reflect on is preparation. As you can see here, I’m succeeding and failing at the same time. In school I am able to consistently follow along the criteria for being prepared in school. I know I’m capable of being in class on time, and coming prepared with the materials I need and a charged iPad. I do also understand that I should work on being able to use my time correctly outside of school, so I can still come into school feeling prepared with the level of work I have completed.
For my final success behaviour, I am required to talk about an agency behaviour. Out of the 6 I chose to talk about seeking help. I’ve struggled throughout this year with reaching out to my peers and teachers when it comes to questions or peer revisions. I may talk a lot but communication isn’t one of my strong suits. I’ve actually been told before that I have my dads listening skills! I noticed that I’ve tried to improve on a lot of my weak spots throughout my last project. I asked a lot of my friends for advice about script, storyboard and drawing. Shoutout to ailie who would say that any of my work is amazing, no matter how awful it is.
But am I really ready for grade 10? Absolutely not! No matter how much I could try to convince myself that Im prepared, I know that anything can change. I can tell that I am a very different person from last year. Im much more outgoing and more confident, which was a very big goal for myself from when I came into PLP. I may have been in high school for 2 years now, but there is no way I know everything I could possibly understand about how school and I work. But no matter how unsure I am for next year, I also know that everyone around me is always ready to help and I know I can work through whatever challenges are thrown my way. So that is what makes me confident that I am ready to be a learner next year.