Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Vannessa's CAS Reflection #8

While crocheting, I’ve learned the lesson that although one way may stop you and create tension/stress, there are other ways to approach the situation. When I first tried to crochet a hat with a needle and yarn, I tried over and over again to make a hat. Although I discussed in previous reflections to never give up on a situation, it is always important to take a step back and assess the situation. Because if I would have kept going on the problem I had, I may have never moved forward. However, I looked at the situation as a whole and realized that crocheting is not a skill I have, and decided to look elsewhere for guidance. That is when i found the loom and with that it was easier and more helpful to make hats. After that, I began making much more improvements and could see my time and effort in the making of hats. From this, I have changed since this activity by gaining problem solving skills, perseverance, and confidence that I can do things if I continuously put forth effort. With having problems on a daily  basis, I realized that no matter my performance, as long as I did my best that day, that was all the I could ask of me. Gaining confidence  and perseverance likely improved my performance further. I am able to meet more goals I set for myself and I know I’ve done things right if I feel satisfied with the outcome of events and projects. I need to feel mentally and physically drained or I’m unsatisfied with my performance in any subject or event. In school I am a perfectionist and I also believe that this may put more stress than what I already have on myself.   Despite my exhaustion and aggravation, I always continue to work as I always strive for more in anything. This project impacted me in that I gained physical and mental abilities I could never dream of having. I learned a lot about the difference between passion and getting it over with as at first I was just doing it for the grade but once I connected and grew with the project I developed a relation to the VLC project in hopes of helping the community. I believe I can apply what I’ve learned with crocheting to other life situations because whatever I do, I want it to be as enjoyable as possible and put my best effort into it in order to get the best results possible. If I were to have the choice of doing this next year or not, I wouldn’t change anything about my effort I put forth in these past 2 years. It is an amazing experience and I’m proud to have an impact on the community around me to make the world a better place. In the end, it might not have been the best ethical choice to give the hats to St. Mary's Hospital services as they might not have been is need as much as other places such as the Community Hospital or Hospice; I had the communications and access to St. Mary's due to my great relationship with Kris. Although this might not have helped as many people as I could have, I feel that my efforts and purpose of this donation have impacted people's life and wellbeing ethically. Another unethical option is I also had the inability to make hats personal as I cannot have the knowledge to know who I am giving the hats to. With this, I had to look at my ethical choices I had to make all my hats count and make sure I do make them with love and care in hopes of making an impact on their lives, whether big or small. Another ethical choice I had to make was choosing which group I could help the most with the amount of time I put in. Although crocheting was time consuming and I may not have helped as many people I could have with the long hours I put into putting effort into each hat, I feel that it should be addressed on quality vs. quantity when compiling how much of an impact my actions had on a community.

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