„A personally aware and responsible individual takes steps to ensure their well-being, sets goals and monitors progress, regulates emotions and manages stress, and recognizes and advocates for their own rights.“

Self-regulating

„Students who are personally aware and responsible take ownership of their choices and actions. They set goals, monitor progress, and understand their emotions, using that understanding to regulate actions and reactions. They are aware that learning involves patience and time. They can persevere in difficult situations, and to understand how their actions affect themselves and others.“

According to the profiles for Personal awareness and responsibility I personally fit the best to self-regulating. I can identify what topics I have have difficulties with or if I need extra help. For example when I realized that I needed some help, I got myself a tutor. We only met two times so far, but it was extremely helpful.

I always try to do my best, although I know sometimes it can be frustrating. But I have my own goals which I want to archive. And from time to time I need to adjust my goals to keep them realistic, but I never give up. If the grades are dropping it’s only a sign to work harder for the next time, because we cannot change the past, but we can learn from it.

One of the things I learned the most was personal responsibility. Managing my classes who require more effort, especially Pre-Calculus 12 where I need to manage the time to watch the videos while taking notes and studying the material by myself and after that also doing the homework in the workbook. And after that I also have other homework to do. All that I need to do with 16 years in a different country, in a different language without my family around me.