For me at the beginning of the year confidence meant to feel secure. Being secure means that you know what you like, you don't have to have certain clothes on or certain shoes on.
Now that I have matured I have a different perspective of what I feel confidence is. Confidence to me now is feeling sure of yourself and your abilities not in an arrogant way, but in a realistic, secure way. Confidence isn't about feeling superior to others. It's a quiet inner knowledge that you're capable. Confident people: feel secure rather than insecure.
By the end of this year, I would like to be able to say that I have grown throughout this school year.
Ownership: My goal for ownership Is standing up for what I have done and if I did something wrong I will take ownership for it. At the beginning of the year, I demonstrated ownership by acknowledging things that are my fault. I always try my hardest to listen in class even when some people are distracting. For example when I was working on my TPOL I asked the teacher if I could go to the hall. Turns out I got 2x the work done than I normally would. I even get better test scores when I am alone and in a quiet room. I understood ownership to mean taking responsibility for your own work.
By the end of this year, I would like to continue to get better at taking ownership.
Helpfulness: I show helpfulness by knowing my part, so that the teacher doesn't have to. At the beginning of the year, I demonstrated helpfulness by being respectful to the teacher. What this does is relieves all of the pressure from the day and puts less responsibility on the teachers part. My understanding of helpfulness now that it is the end of the school year is to not just help other people, but also help myself. I can do this by seeing what I need to get done and tell myself that I can do it. By the end of this year I would like to get better at helping myself. Even though I have done this already in many ways I always like to keep improving. I can be helpful and express my thoughts to others and control my feelings. Sometimes we have to partner up for assignments. When we do, me and my partner always split the work. So that we can get more work done. If we don't SOMEBODY has to do all of the work. And I don't want that to be me. For example in the Plate Tectonics Lab that we did me and my partner Gunner split the work 50 50 and got the assignment done.
How I have grown: I have grown a lot in 6th grade. I am proud of being the person that I am, and would like to continue on my path to grow as a learner. I will continue to show all of the habits of heart and mind, and I am excited to do the same in 7th grade.
Mrs Sherri: I was going to invite Mrs. Sherri because she is a lovely, amazing and caring person. Sadly she couldn't make it because she is teaching another class. I was going invite her because I have always looked up to her. She has always been a nice and amazing person to everyone around her and always has a smile on her face. I am sad that she is not here, but if she was, I know that she would have a smile on her face.
Conclusion: To finish up, I will reconnect with my 6th grade lens, Confidence. Based on everything I have presented, I hope that you can see that my confidence has changed a lot. Thank all of you guys for being here and have a wonderful rest of your day!