Learning Profile

Dear Sonja,
You have made a wonderful impact on my life. I feel very comfortable and confident around campus now and also as a person. You’ve helped me improve as a learner as well. The stories, activities and open communication where all part in this and would like to share the reasons behind them with you.

The reading material touched my heart. At first it was just another sad story but now they are stories of success. These life lesson stories start out with a problem but always seem to find some type of happiness at the end. So how is this success? Well, the authors shared these stories so maybe just maybe someone else doesn’t go through the same thing they did. They are sharing there troubles and mistakes so we can learn from them. And that’s their success.

My strengths as a learner are my ability to communicate. I know that might seem weird, but I was able to voice my opinion in this class and I learn more from classes that let me voice my opinion. Example: I never ever talk in math class and surprisingly it was my worst subject. Therefore, I feel new students should feel more open and comfortable in this class from the beginning. The more open I feel the better I communicate making the learning process easier.

You’ve made it easy to analyze my strengths and weaknesses as a learner. My weakness as a learner is my attendance. I don’t have much time for school having a full time job and two people to take care of. But the ‘time management’ assignment helped me become a little more organized with my priorities. And education is very important to me. A quality as a learner that I wish I had is the ability to multitask. Some people in this class seem to possess this ability and do a great job at it. One thing that was difficult and time consuming were the writing assignments. It’s difficult for me to put my thoughts into words at the right moment. That all kind of leads back to time management.

This class has taught me more about ‘real life’ (when you realize you’re an adult now, real life) then I knew. For example: I didn’t realize how much time could be on your side. Before, it seemed like I was always working against time. And the coping with change assignment opened my eyes to different ways to cope. The academic plan assignment is now playing a part in my degree decision. And my favorite assignment (butler resources) was amazing!!!! I had no idea there was any other way of searching then Google. So, you can only imagine the surprise of find an online library with all the fixing and tools you need. I have to admit that this class wasn’t needed but now I know butler reason behind it. See, you know how it feels like you know everything just after graduating. Then, a short time later, you find yourself confused upon entering college. This class helps eliminate that lost feeling. It just seems to make life easy to deal with. And without the skills taught to me in this class, instead of being a college student second semester, I could have been a drop out. Now, I understand why this class is required for college freshman.

Not to talk about assignments again, but did you find yourself relating with them, like me? They really hit home with almost all things I wondered about. Learning from other people’s problems and mistake to finding your self a career path is what I learned from this class. Seems pretty important right? Well it is.

The course worked for me, from my perspective of the content we covered, I feel that nothing should be dropped. I also feel that the ‘Butler Resources’ assignment should be kept at all cost, and maybe adding another assignment tied to that one would help. Activities on the other hand, everything should be kept as is. I don’t feel a change would help. Okay, maybe more activities. But then you would have to assign the reading to be done at home and allow more time for completion of assignments in class. Nope, you should just leave activities alone. My most important advice I would give you on how to design, conduct, and evaluate this course next time would be “……………..” I can not seem to think of any.

The experience I’ve this class have made me a better person. I say better person, because the experiences in this class have and still are affecting my life and my career path. I know have an education on education and without it I might have graduated with a degree I wouldn’t want. That means I would have to attend college again. Hoping to receive another degree in a career I would enjoy. Now, that’s not a bad idea, but it’s also not what I would call, fun.


Love Jen