Reflection on personal development 1

     At first I thought that MPU was something like a sejarah subject in SPM, and I hated MPU before I even had my first MPU class. But then after the first lesson, I realised that MPU is nothing like sejarah, it is a session where the students not only get to know themselves better, but also learned to work with others (whom you don't know) and know your friends even better. 

     Assignments like personal reflection, personality test, career test and S.W.O.T had been very useful because they actually helped me to know myself better, e.g. my personality test had proven to me that I'm a ESFJ type of person (which I myself didn't know). Furthermore, S.W.O.T assignment is a very interesting assignment where I'll have to think and reflect on my weaknesses and strengths, which would help me to think about ways to overcome these weaknesses. 

     This MPU session had also helped in discovering my strength as well as the career path suitable for me. This really helps because I get to know my opportunity in the courses or career path I'm going to take. 

     I had also benefited from this program because I get to know more friends other than my classmates, as we get to team up with friends from other Groups and therefore this had enlarged my circle of friends. Another great value I had learned throughout MPU is the importance of teamwork as well as independence. Sometimes I'll have to complete my individual work on my own, without my friends' help. And in some cases, when we have group work, every member has to work together and contribute in order to complete a particular group assignment, if someone does not contribute, the assignment can not be done excellently. Hence, I get to work with friends with good teamwork spirit and I suppose this is a great value that I should embrace for my whole life. 

     Lastly, through this MPU session I get to know how to use Prezi, Show Me and PowToon. These had helped me to prepare very interesting slides for presentation of my data, which can be pretty useful when I use it to do presentation for other subjects in class. 

ACTION PLAN TEMPLATE

Goal/Expected outcome: To get scholarship for dentistry course in IMU.

Action Steps	Deadline	Resources	Result
Find out about the requirements for dentistry courses	JUNE 2016	Online - official IMU website	Get in improve self to meet the requirements
Study hard for A Levels to meet the requirements	JUNE 2016	Lecturers Taylor’s student portal	Better chance in gaining place in university
Participate actively in college co-curricular activities	JUNE 2016	Seniors	Better leadership and communication skills
Learn about ways to enter university of choice	JUNE 2016	University Placement Office	Gain knowledge on steps to be taken to enter the university
Find out more information about dental surgery	JUNE 2016	Ask a relative who works as a dentist	Have better understanding about the duties of a dentist
Do research related to the course of choice	JUNE 2016	Online	Know more about dentistry
Gain experience by volunteering to help out at a dental clinic	JUNE 2016	-	Improve on practical tasks
Prepare for interviews	JUNE 2016	Seniors	Get knowledge on types of questions asked during interviews
Visit the university of choice to ask about scholarships	JUNE 2016	Staffs of university of choice	Get better understanding to what to do to enter the university
Make application for a place in university of choice	JUNE 2016	-	-

My s.m.a.r.t. assignment https://prezi.com/2yt5oeqxr82e/

S.W.O.T.

My S.W.O.T. presentation by PowToon. Enjoy!

personal reflection

"This is all for your own good, eventually you'll realise this," she said.

     I was a rebellious Form 2 student by then. My elder brother had always been a genius, he scores well in his studies, and at the same time he is good at sports and public speaking. He is good in everything. So, being the youngest in the family, my parents had high hopes in me, hoping that I could follow his footsteps. 

     Due to the stress caused by parents, I wanted to give up on my studies and started a quarrel with my mother. I didn't regret quarrelling with my mother, but i regret the words i said to her. 

"I wish you were like other mothers," I said. 

     I instantly regretted after i let these words out. She didn't show she was hurt, but we didn't talk for days. For that whole year my results went downhill. 

     Her attitude caused me to change. The year after that, I was having my PMR exams. That was when, for the first time, she didn't cause me stress and she didn't check on my results, despite that i was having a public exam that year. I was extremely grateful for that. I've gotten the freedom i wanted but that was also when i felt guilty. 

     Stressless, I began reflect. I began to rethink the choices im going to make for my future if i had given up on my studies. And only then i knew, what my mother said was right. Only then i knew what i wanted, and i started working hard for it. 

     To my surprise, I was one of the top scorers in my school that year and i've gotten straight As in PMR. If it weren't for what my mother had said to me, if she didn't give me the second chance i wanted, I wouldn't have been what i am today. i would have given up on my studies if she'd continue to put up the stress on me by comparing me to my brother. It was because she was willing to trust me in doing well by not always putting up stress on me that pushes me to work harder. This had caused pushed me forward and helped me gain the interest in studies. 

     From then on, I studied hard for every exams. I've always maintain my good results in school and now i've gotten a scholarship. And from then on, I've always trusted my mother on all the decisions she made for me, for i knew, everything she does is for my own good.  Just want to say, I love my mum!! 

Career Test

Result of my career test 
Introverted (I) 68%        Extraverted (E) 32%
Sensing (S) 64%           Intuitive (N) 36%
Feeling (F) 55%            Thinking (T) 45%
Judging (J) 77%           Perceiving (P) 23%

ISFJ - Nurturers and Defenders

Career relevant traits
- very observant
- practical, down-to-earth and stable
- service-orientated
- very uncomfortable with confrontation and conflict
- learn best on hands-on training

Possible career paths for ISFJ
1. Interior Decoraters
2. Designers
3. Gardeners
4. Curators
5. Medical technologists
6. Nurses
7. Administrative Assistants
8. Librarians
9. Child Care and Early Childhood Development
10. Counsellors