Learning Goals Reflection

Just to refresh your memory (and mine), my goals were: Public Speaking, Using and Writing Blogs, Essay Writing Skills, Essay Planning, Melbourne Streets, First Aid, Responsibility, Patience, Organisation and Getting Rid Of a VERY VERY BAD Nail-Biting Habit

So, I am now halfway through my Galileo experience and I think at least half of my goals have been improved on. I have improved on public speaking, using and writing blogs, essay writing skills, essay planning, Melbourne streets, First Aid, Pa- wait.... I think I have actually improved on ALL of my goals!!! Some of the goals were hard and without support from Galileo classes, trails, friends and family, I doubt I would have been able to complete/ improve on my goals. By now, I think the goals I have fully achieved are: using and writing blogs (though there is still going to be some new feature I don't know), Melbourne Streets (just the streets, not places), (basic) first aid, patience (with anyone but my little brother) and (non) NAIL-BITING (but my finger occasionally manages to appear near my teeth).  

My major goal was public speaking. I feel like I have improved on it, but not as much as I would have liked to. I still sometimes stumble over the words and only one of my three sub-goals have been achieved (start speaking up more in class)

For my remaining goals (Essay Writing Skills, Essay Planning, Responsibility and Organisation), I think are are ones that just need practice. Essay writing skills and essay planning kind of go together, and to improve on them all, I'd probably need support from my teachers, family and friends. I will know that I have been successful if I receive a 10 for my essay (excluding flukes) and have all the homework done two days before the due date as a habit