Journal+Response+Questions


 * //__Semester 2 __//**

__**May 26, 2014 **__ Today's journal is focusing on what you have learned on your job so far.

 Journal Response -

//A new employee has come into your workplace. You are in charge of teaching them the ropes. Your supervisor tells you not to miss anything when teaching the new person but nothing else but that. What are you going to do? List all the steps that you will tell the person about your job. You have to remember to included, safety, work hours, rules and regulations, coffee breaks, start and stop times, etc.... anything that is applicable to your workplace. //

__**April 28, 2014 **__ Today's journal reflection is focusing on YOUR GROWTH AS A WORKER. Who are //you as a worker//? You have been out in the workforce, for CWEX, now 3 weeks. In 3 weeks that is long enough to BLEND into your work place. What does that mean? You should come in and out of your work place like an EMPLOYEE! Are you causing your employer to work? You are you an asset to their place of business? These are things you need to think of.  to help you create some ideas
 * Who do you think you are as a worker? Looking at the TOP 5 things you are doing right and the TOP 5 things you need to work on, share your thoughts?
 * What does an employee doing their job look like? Really think here.... Try not to state the obvious. Use the  [[image:http://c1.wikicdn.com/i/mime/32/application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document.png width="32" height="32" caption="Effective Empolyee.docx" link="file:whatisstoppingyou/Effective Empolyee.docx"]]
 * [|Details]
 * [[file:whatisstoppingyou/Effective Empolyee.docx|Download]]
 * 66 KB
 * What is your grown plan? What do you think you need to focus on to make sure you are seen as an effective worker where ever you are working. Place yourself in any work situation.
 * Using the Effective Employee handout what are two characteristics you need to work on? You choose.... Only you know you best!!

__**April 7, 2014 **__ Who states teenagers can't be CEO's... What does it mean by putting yourself out there? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16.799999237060547px;">Your journal response today is to get you to think about taking the first step in your life. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16.799999237060547px;">a) What does that mean? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16.799999237060547px;">b) How can you take the first steps to control your movement forward (this is a hard question)? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16.799999237060547px;">c) List the 5 careers you might be interested in. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16.799999237060547px;">d) What do you have to do to get those careers? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16.799999237060547px;">e) What does it mean "the skill of confidence"? How does that relate to your life? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16.799999237060547px;">media type="custom" key="25579450" <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16.799999237060547px; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">media type="custom" key="25579458" <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 16.799999237060547px; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;">media type="custom" key="25579466"


 * //__<span style="color: #010134; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">YOU ARE THE AVERAGE OF YOUR 5 FRIENDS __//**

<span style="color: #010134; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">1. Write down 5 to 10 points about people in your world that you admire. Why do you admire them? What qualities do they possess? Think... What is it about them that you are drawn to? Why are you drawn to them?
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Tuesday <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 20.279998779296875px;">February <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> 11, 2014 **

<span style="color: #010134; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">2. What legend (legacy) do you want to leave?

<span style="color: #010134; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Are you surrounding yourself with people who inspire you? Who are you around? People who build you up? or people who are taking you down? No response needed.... This is a question for you and who you want to become. Think.... Who is around you that tells you that there are no limits to possibility? "Ordinary People can do the EXTRAORDINARY"


 * <span style="color: #010134; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Semester 1 **
 * **<span style="color: #010134; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px;">Monday Oct 28 **

<span style="color: #010134; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px;">a. Your job this week was to think. How did you think? What made you think? Did you always think? Did you notice others around you (no names need to be mentioned) not thinking? Did you notice others around you really thinking? Hmmmmmm thinking. Who knew we needed to think so much! <span style="color: #010134; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px;"> b. Fear - What fear did you overcome this week? How did you overcome the fear? Maybe you didn't over come a fear this week.... What was that fear? Why is the fear stopping you?
 * __<span style="color: #010134; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px;">JOURNAL RESPONSES __**


 * <span style="color: #010134; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px;">Monday November 4 **

<span style="color: #010134; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px;">**Journal refection**

<span style="color: #010134; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px;"> - **Communication** - How is your communicating skills in your workplace? Who are you regularly communicating with at work? <span style="color: #010134; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px;"> - What is the main topic of conversation? When you don't understand something who do you go to and how do you ask? <span style="color: #010134; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 1.5;">- When work gets boring what do you do? Are you sitting doing nothing or are you asking for something to do? How do you ask for something to do? <span style="color: #010134; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 1.5;">- What if you want to see something or do something you haven't done yet? How are you going to ask? <span style="color: #010134; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 1.5;">- How to talk to customers? What do you need to remember? <span style="color: #010134; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px; line-height: 1.5;">- When you are asked a question that you don't understand, what do you do? What do you say to your employer?


 * <span style="color: #010134; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px;">Monday November 25 **

Journal Reflection Post - Please talk about the following on your journal/reflection page


 * <span style="color: #010134; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px;">What has been the highlight of your first half of work?
 * <span style="color: #010134; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px;">What is something that you have learned so far from your journey?
 * <span style="color: #010134; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px;">What is a mistake you have made? How have you learned from it?
 * <span style="color: #010134; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px;">What would you teach a new employee about being in your workplace?

<span style="color: #010134; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px;">Journal Response -
 * <span style="color: #010134; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px;">Monday December 2 **

<span style="color: #010134; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15.454545021057129px;"> a) How are you going to show initiative in your job this week? How are you going to see something to do? How are you going to ask your employer if you can do a task that might not have been asked of you? (This would only happen if you are done the jobs you have been asked to do).

b) A new employee has come into your workplace. You are in charge of teaching them the ropes. Your supervisor tells you not to miss anything when teaching the new person but nothing else but that. What are you going to do? List all the steps that you will tell the person about your job. You have to remember to included, safety, work hours, rules and regulations, coffee breaks, start and stop times, etc.... anything that is applicable to your workplace.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #010134; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5;">Journal today - Your job is to write a thank you letter highlighting your experiences over the last 8 weeks. Make should you include who, what, when, where, why, and how in your letter. What does that mean? It means you include everything that you experienced. What you felt, when it was good, when you learned, etc... ||  ||
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #010134; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Monday December 9 **