Task Five - My Experiences In My Service Learning Placement
My service learning placement is at Jittery Joe's, which is a coffee shop. My position in the shop is a barista. While working there I have learned how to run it and assist the customers mostly by visual learning. I learned best by watching employees make drinks and use the cash register. When I was stumped on how to make a drink by myself, I referred to the drink instruction chart that was posted inside the shop. The chart helped me the most because it broke down the information in a simple way that I could remember.
My second best way of learning at Jittery Joe's was through some trial and error. When I made drinks, I would find myself monitoring myself step by step to keep myself from rushing and messing up. As I was monitoring myself I would see how the resulting product would turn out and later see if I could do something different to make the process easier and better. The important thing is the satisfaction of the customer. Therefore, when changing my steps in the drink making process, I would observe the satisfaction of the customer and judge my decisions based upon their reactions. If they seem impatient, I will probably not use the same process. If they say something like, "Wow! That was fast! The coffee tastes really good!" I know I was time conscious, but careful, and delivered a good product in a timely manner.
My most positive experience so far while working at Jittery Joe's has been getting used to handling equipment, learning the drink menu and prices, and having satisfied customers. I look forward to making more customers happy in the future and making my job run more and more smoothly. The people in the store have been very helpful in teaching me the things necessary to do my job well by allowing me to watch them while working.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Week Three
Task 1
The first and most important study skill that I think that I need to improve about myself is procrastination. I have the tendency to put things off until a later date for silly reasons like not "feeling" like it, or other excuses. In reality, I could have a lot less to worry about if I just knocked out assignments when I am sitting around doing nothing. Not procrastinating is not only rewarding in the stress category, but usually people who keep their procrastinations to a minimum have better grades as well. Another study skill I could improve is the "getting started" skill. Sometimes I just have a hard time focusing myself on getting started on an assignment. It is almost like I dread the work ahead of me and I distract myself from what I have to do. I think that if I were to concentrate on improving these skills I would have a lot less stress and a lot better grades.
Task 2
Five Things I Can Do To Take Better Notes
The first and most important study skill that I think that I need to improve about myself is procrastination. I have the tendency to put things off until a later date for silly reasons like not "feeling" like it, or other excuses. In reality, I could have a lot less to worry about if I just knocked out assignments when I am sitting around doing nothing. Not procrastinating is not only rewarding in the stress category, but usually people who keep their procrastinations to a minimum have better grades as well. Another study skill I could improve is the "getting started" skill. Sometimes I just have a hard time focusing myself on getting started on an assignment. It is almost like I dread the work ahead of me and I distract myself from what I have to do. I think that if I were to concentrate on improving these skills I would have a lot less stress and a lot better grades.
Task 2
Five Things I Can Do To Take Better Notes
- Take quick notes instead of lengthy notes. When I take long notes information tends to get foggy.
- Write down questions during class, if they aren't answered in class answer them at home. This well help me be prepared for the next class.
- Rewriting my notes after class not only helps me have more organized notes, but also helps you review what was taught in class.
- Using symbols helps because you have more time to write more important information and listen rather than writing out entire words.
- Listen for key points. Writing EVERYTHING the teacher says will not help, this will only leave you fogged and flustered.
Five Things I Can Do To Control Procrastination
- Motivate myself to get the task out of the way so I can do something more fun. In other words, work before play, no fun stuff until the task gets done.
- Get all of the tasks that are most difficult out of the way so that way I will feel more relieved and can do the easy stuff.
- Instead of trying to knock out a whole project in one sitting, break it up and set goals to complete one manageable part at a time.
- Once I get started on a task work my way through it and it will be finished quicker than expected.
- Make an agenda, this will help keep me on track and paced for tasks that need to be completed.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Service Learning Weekly Journal (Week Two)
My Experiences in Service Learning
My experiences in my Service Learning class has helped me specify goals and things that I need to work on myself to become a better person and have a sucessful future. This class is a positive experience and think that is very helpful in taking the steps to help enhance learning and putting it into perspective in the future. The work that I have done in this class has made me focus my thoughts on the future and what I can do now to make it better for myself.
In this class I have also been able to take the time to learn more about what I want to do and the skills that I would need to possess in order to be sucessful in that career. In the coming weeks I hope to have more assignments that will help enhance learning from life experience. I hope to learn how to better use what I do and learn now and apply it into the future to earn success.
My experiences in my Service Learning class has helped me specify goals and things that I need to work on myself to become a better person and have a sucessful future. This class is a positive experience and think that is very helpful in taking the steps to help enhance learning and putting it into perspective in the future. The work that I have done in this class has made me focus my thoughts on the future and what I can do now to make it better for myself.
In this class I have also been able to take the time to learn more about what I want to do and the skills that I would need to possess in order to be sucessful in that career. In the coming weeks I hope to have more assignments that will help enhance learning from life experience. I hope to learn how to better use what I do and learn now and apply it into the future to earn success.
Week Two

I chose this image to represent this assignment because this is how I want to visualize myself in 10 years and forever, at the top of the ladder and still looking for other opportunities to better myself and my life. This image stuck out to me because the top of the ladder is in the sky, and to me that symbolizes endless opportunities and always reaching as high as you can possibly go. Optimisim is the key to success.
Me in 10 years
- I would like to see myself settled in 10 years.
- I would like to see myself happy in my career
- I want to be continuing moving up the career ladder and bettering myself in what I do.
- I would like to see myself with a stable home life with a husband and children.
- I want to have a good and completed education.
- I want to see myself with a wide range of possibilities concerning my career, being able to transfer work, and perhaps going to school again.
- I would like to in a higher position than that in which I started out in 10 years before.
- I would like to have had lots of experience in many different jobs within my career.
- I would like to have helped many people.
- Most importantly I would like to be happy with my life and myself.
II. What can I do now to get there?
In these next five months before I enter the world and begin a very serious part of my life, these are ten thing I need to do to prepare myself first:
- Study, study, study
- Keep my goals in mind and stay focused.
- Remain diligent, diligence will take you far wherever you are.
- Take what I learn in school and life and apply it to the future. This helps you be prepared in future for situations that you may not have been prepared for.
- Stay focused on what it is I am working for. This helps me feel motivated.
- I should take every task and assignment seriously, they are there for a reason.
- Work hard and always do the very best I can possibly do in everything.
- It would help me in these next five months to do a little bit of research on the career I want to enter.
- I should concentrate on enhancing the skills necessary for my future, such as communication, how to present myself in a professional environment, and people skills.
- The last thing would be to not get distracted and overcome all obstacles. Every bit of hard work is worth it.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Week 1 Successful habits
Task1
I think that I could improve my communication skills. I would like to work on developing a professional dialect, improving my typing skills, and learning to carry myself in a professional manner. Developing communication skills are very important in the working world and can give you the extra points on getting a job over another person. These skills are the ones I believe I need the most improvement.
Task2
I believe that an important addition for the list to have that would apply to all positive students would be dillegence. Dillegence is a major key in achieving your goals and getting where you want to go in life. When a person really wants something dillegence is what gets them there. It is what drives you to accomplish your goals. This is a very importand skill to learn in the real world and is a huge key to success.
I think that I could improve my communication skills. I would like to work on developing a professional dialect, improving my typing skills, and learning to carry myself in a professional manner. Developing communication skills are very important in the working world and can give you the extra points on getting a job over another person. These skills are the ones I believe I need the most improvement.
Task2
I believe that an important addition for the list to have that would apply to all positive students would be dillegence. Dillegence is a major key in achieving your goals and getting where you want to go in life. When a person really wants something dillegence is what gets them there. It is what drives you to accomplish your goals. This is a very importand skill to learn in the real world and is a huge key to success.
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