Being a student for almost all my life made me learn and develop a lot of skills. However, I do not consider myself as a professional on anything. I place myself in between the professionals and to those that need more work. I do believe that we are all lifelong learners and in everything that we do, in all of our experiences, we learn a lot of things. Indeed, life is like an everyday assignment – we work on it and we work on how we develop ourselves.
Developing our skills make us more confident to present ourselves. When we know that we are good at something, we make efforts for other people to realize that we would like to create or contribute – we want to be leaders. But when we feel like it is not our forte, we step back and let others take the lead. Being able to assess ourselves is like an eye-opening experience for me. No one would know ourselves better expect us. We know how we feel, how we suppress our feelings and how we express ourselves in different situations.
Out of all the qualities of a media writer, I gave myself a two (2) in these following qualities: industrious, persevering, and loves to read. I made this decision maybe because I know that I am a person that is willing to learn and is very diligent in all tasks given to me. I make sure to do all things in a fast but sure manner. I gave my self a lot of threes (3) but out of all the qualities, I am not convinced with my resourcefulness. I tend to get frustrated when I could not easily access the information that I need. However, I know that I can overcome this because I have my perseverance to push me ahead. I am hesitant to give myself a one (1) rating because I know that I can still improve a lot during my stay in the College of Development Communication.
It is really hard to rate yourself in terms of skills mainly because you do not want to go overboard or because you do not want other people to judge you. I gave myself a two (2) rating in all of the skills needed by a media writer expect for the proficiency in the operation of communication tools/devices. If I were to choose a skill that I am confident the most is on how I can write clearly and effectively. I have been writing since 4th grade and I have learned a lot of techniques and I think that I am on my way to building my own writing style. On the other hand, I gave myself a three (3) in the proficiency of operating the communication tools/devices because deep down I know that I need to improve a lot especially with the complex soft wares and devices that I need to use.
It was a really quick assessment, but in all fairness, I discovered the things I need to work on and develop and the things that I need to maintain and improve. At the end of the day, you will not be successful as a media writer if you do not recognize your flaws and if you do not take the courage to step up and Work on It.
If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always be where you’ve always been.
T.D. Jakes
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