#8

1) Personal power is the ability to influence our own life and the people and events around us.
Nurturing power is power used to foster another person's well-being. Shared power is when our personal power is used to complement or increase other people's power.

2) I used my power to nurture others when I:
-Stayed home on a Friday night to help my mom when she was sick
-Helped my brother move in when his back hurt
-Helped my friend through a rough time at home
-Went to my friends house when she was sick to make her food
-Helped my friend with her homework when she didn't understand it

I shared my powers with others when:
-I discuss homework problems with others
-I share my knowledge about sports with other people
-I lead my team in sports to help them be all that they can be
-I taught my brother how to play a new card game
-I showed my mom how to use the computer and all of its functions

I would evaluate the sense of my own power by saying that it is quite exquisite. I believe that it is extensive and ranges to all sorts of topics and ideas.

#7

"How did Leslie Lemke's Johari window change over the course of his life? In what ways are you like Leslie and in what ways are you unlike him? Explain."

His Johari window changed at some parts greatly over his lifel, and other parts not so much. His public self was very small when he was younger because there wasn't much that he and other people knew about himself. As he grew older his public self got bigger because everyone was finding out stuff about him that he knew, too. His blind area was also small when he was younger, because although he didn't know anything about himself, his parents didn't know much about him either because he couldn't speak or show feelings. When he was older, it grew a little because there were things that his parents knew about him that he didn't, like how amazing he truly was.

His private self was very small both when he was younger and older because he could never really function or think normally. He never had any secrets that he never told anyone because his life progressively got better as he grew older. His unknown area was the biggest of the boxes when he was younger and older. This was because his talents were hidden to the world when he was younger, and when he was older he still had other talents unknown.

I honestly don't feel that I am like Leslie at all, other than that I have unknown talents just like he did. I am different from him because I was born with everything functioning normally and perfectly. Also, I can't play the piano or sing for my life, so he has me beat in that.

#6

1) Independence is relying only yourself to accomplish your goals. Dependence is relying on others only. Interdependence is a healthy balance of dependence and interdependence. Autonomy is the ability to shape our own life and actions by living interdependently with others.

2) I do agree with my Interdependent Scale rating of 14 because I am both independent and dependent when I try to accomplish my goals, and there is a healthy balance of the two. I am very interdependent and base my ideas on what other people say and how I feel.

I can grow interdependently by accomplishing goals of:
-working on a project individually and in a group
-building something on my own and with my father
-practicing sports with my brother and on my own
-reflect on my thoughts and have group discussions
-do homework on my own and then go over it with the teacher

#5

1) A sense of identity of who we are. This refers to our personality traits, abilities, strengths, weaknesses, interests, and values.


2) a. I am smart. I am athletic. I am Italian. I am a fast runner. I play soccer and baseball. I am 17 years old. I live in Westchester. I am the driver of a Honda Civic. I am very sarcastic. I am shorter than most people. I am understanding. I am caring. I am a "ladies man". I am the #2 ranked student in the class. I am John LaPaglia.

b. The hardest feeling for me to share with others is when I feel sad. I feel this is the hardest for me to share because I don't want to make people feel that I can't handle myself. Also, because I don't want people to act like they care how I feel, because I know people say things that they don't mean.

c. "Over the past year I have learned _______________ about myself because someone told it to me."

-that other people enjoy being in my presence
-that I have good leadership qualities
-that I can do anything that I truly want to
-that I have a good heart and mine
-that my brain can lead me anywhere I want to go

d. "I want to learn ____________ over the next year."

-how good of a soccer player I am
-how good of an all-around baseball player I can be
-how smart I can be
-hidden talents of mine
-how to speak Italian
-how to throw left-handed
-how to put a computer together from scratch
-about cars
-how to be able to have a 35" vertical leap
-how to be the best person I can possibly be

#4

1. A transition is a time of change, a crossing or passage... going from one thing to the next. An example of a transition that happened in my life would be going from junior high to high school, because the way that everything runs is different. Moving would also be a transition that would occur in some peoples' lives. An important transition I made in my life would be when my brother moved out of the house (temporarily into his dorm, and then permanently into his apartment). It was a difficult time because I always spent most of my time with him, and sharing a bedroom with him didn't make it any easier. I don't think I'm better off since he moved out, because I don't have anyone that I can talk to about stuff that I wouldn't feel comfortable talking to my parents about. I don't really have any opportunities since he moved out, I just have my own room, which gets kind of lonely at times, even though I have more space for myself.

2. From the story about the explorer in the Amazon I learned that to live fully you need to work and accomplish things by yourself. Having other people do things for you doesn't make you a better person, and you become lazy and don't learn to live on your own. No body can live your life for you, and to realize that you have to LIVE your life to the fullest extent.

3. Jesus's definition and my definition of living fully vary greatly. Jesus believed that to live fully you have to love and be loved. My definition is to live fully you have to truly enjoy live for what it's worth and live it to the fullest extreme. My definition is more about have fun and being happy, and Jesus's involves love and caring, and being cared for by other people.

4. Out of the eleven developmental tasks, I found that they were all essential to living a good life. I think that I am most eager to work on the task of choosing the right career and finding the perfect job because these choices affect the rest of your life, and your family's. I hope to one day become a civil engineer and provide for my family everything they need and want. I am most afraid to work on having a loving commitment, but only with finding the right wife. I am afraid because I wouldn't be sure if she was the right girl for me and could raise our kids with the utmost respect. I believe that choosing the right girl is very important and at times very scary, but I think that I will be prepared to take on the challenge.

#3

Suffering


Twisted- Keith Sweat

#2

At my funeral, I think that I would want my friends to say that I was a hard working student that cared about other peoples' feelings and really respected everyone for who they were. I would hope that they would say that I was a great athlete, but even more importantly, a great friend. I think that they would discuss their thoughts and views of me (hopefully all good) and would say that they missed me. I would hope that none of them regretted anything that happened with me in the past, and would realize that God does everything for a purpose, and that everything that I did was to better the world.

#1

One goal in my life that I wish to achieve is to graduate, with honors, from Notre Dame. It's one of the only schools that I truly wish to attend, and just getting accepted there would make me happy. I believe that I can accomplish this goal with hard work and perseverance, and hopefully one day I can accomplish it.