Several significant changes have resulted from the previous personal reflection plan. In addition, it was possible that I would face academic failures in future because I was becoming possessed with video and computer games rather than being involved in real physical exercises. For example, I was running a risk of being lonely due to my weak approach to teamwork. I further realized that there were certain threats that challenged my performance. These were opportunities that I ought to have utilized before, but which had been the priority in the previous personal reflection plan. In addition, the university encourages teamwork, from which students realize their weaknesses and strengths, and work to perfect their strengths and to improve their weak areas. For example, the university has a number of games, societies and clubs, all of which are equipped and staffed to help the students achieve their goals in academics and other activities important in social and personal life. Within this reflection, I had also recognized a number of opportunities that I should have utilized to perfect my skills in education and social life. In this plan, I set strict schedules to allow me attend my favorite games – soccer and American football. I was not able to attend any of the activities before I made the last PDP, and even spent much time playing games on my personal computer rather than being involved in real athletics. In co-curricular activities, I realized that I had done little in games and clubs within the university, despite having a number of athletic teams, training personnel as well as other facilities. I realized that I did not consult my tutors in academics rather I attempted to do my own research. I did not attend discussion and group work, and seemed to ignore the strength of teamwork. For example, I realized that I had a problem relating with other students, tutors and friends.
However, I also recognized that I actually had some weaknesses that caused my performance to dwindle in certain areas. With this plan, I worked hard to perfect my strengths, correct the weaknesses and make them my strong points, utilize the opportunities placed within my abilities and finally recognize and avoid any negative effect that was posed by the threats in the SWOT analysis (Bolton 2010).įrom these considerations, I recognized that some of my strengths were the ability to work under strict deadlines, carry out extensive research, attend classes, and do personal studies and to submit all the papers and assignments at the right time. This is primarily because I was able to develop clear SWOT analysis, in which I recognized my strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats not only in academics, but also in my social life, extra-curricular activities and any other activity I took. In academics, I have achieved a lot, as my average grades have improved from the previous B+ to an A. For example, I have noted that for the last one semester, I have improved in a number of areas that I had pointed in my last PDP. Since I made the plan within the PDP, there are certain changes that I have witnessed happening in my career, social and learning areas. In the previous personal development plan, I had embarked more on the process that I believe would help me to think about my own learning, performance and achievements as well as to plan my personal, educational, social and career development. In my previous personal development plan, I had made several initiatives through which I hoped to achieve certain goals both in academics and in social life.
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