by doing a reflection at the end of the year I was able to better assess in a
more objective way what I had improved upon and maybe what I still wanted to
work on in the future it was a really good way of looking at the goals I had
set in September and the things that I felt that I'd accomplished by April and
comparing the two and realizing that I had gotten it better things gotten
better at things like time management or I had gotten better at things like
social skills and then also just putting aside a different list of things that
I'd wanted to improve on I never really saw the importance of reflection until I
entered into one of the placement courses in my third year and the final
project was to do a big reflective presentation about what you learned what
your goals were what you liked disliked all that type of stuff to really
pinpoint what exactly you did otherwise you're just there for however many hours
throughout the week and having done that using reflection helped me understand
what I am strong at what I am weak at what I did take away from the experience
and once again being able to draw on that in like further experiences that I
do and being able to build off of that or help me select career goals or any of
that type of stuff just knowing that you took something away from the course is
what reflection did for me