• My strength as a student is that I am a quick learner and am able to catch onto something fairly quick.

• Another strength I have is that I am dedicated and will push myself to do something until I finish.

• My strength as a teacher is that because I am able to learn quicker, it is also easier for me to teach material from different angles or perspectives. After I explain something to someone and they are giving me a blank look, I try to re-explain from a different manner. Everybody learns differently so I like to vary the way I teach.

• My weakness as a student is that I am not entirely sure what I know until test day. I will believe I know the material and explain it perfectly, but once it comes to test day my head will forget the small details until after the test.

• My weakness as a teacher would be that I'm new to this major and still learning everything.

• I feel most confident teaching about climate change and mass waste because I took an AP Environmental Science class in high school that I loved.

• I feel most nervous about teaching about minerals because I wouldn't know how to explain it or where to start.

My SMART goal for this class is to enjoy learning again. For a while it felt like I had to learn for a grade but I feel like I can breathe and learn. I will do this by reading the material, attending lecture, and researching my topics. I will also try to prepare my slides as much as possible so I may use them for the future.

I think Ungrading is great and should be incorporated into the school grading system. I say this because in my old math classes, an equation could take me to 10-30 minutes to complete, but if there was one mistake the entire thing would be wrong. For example, one time I got an answer right, the whole process was done correct but at the last moment I accidentally added a negative sign and the entire problem was wrong. I accept it wasn't the correct answer, but at least partial credit would be good to have. I clearly knew the concept and how to do the problem, but it did not matter because I accidentally added a negative sign.