Category: Comm 299

In Comm 299 (Career Fundamentals) I learned about my strengths, skills and abilities. Through the Strength Quest, a really useful tool, I found out that I am analytical, disciplined, consistent, relator and harmonious. These helped me realize my specific strengths, something that would have been difficult to specify by myself. Now I am aware of my skills and I can focus on making the most out of them.

Moreover, the course was very helpful in improving my resume and cover letter skills. In a career in which these two documents are extremely important and crucial to get the job that I want, this course was very helpful to prepare myself for the future. Additionally, I learned from the interview that I have to improve my communication skills. I have not had any previous experience in interviews, so this was a really helpful activity to see how I could do in a situation like that. Now I can concentrate on improving my weak points  to be well prepared for when I really apply for a job.

Overall, I think that Comm 299 was a really useful course that helped me learn several important aspects of myself.

I can say that I’ve learned many great lessons in the last few years. So that makes it quite hard to choose only one. Anyway, I would say that the greatest lesson is one I learned from my parents. And that is: to know how fortunate I am and be grateful for that.

I come from Peru, a developing country in which the average person is not as fortunate as me. I am very aware of that and I am very grateful. I have been given the opportunity to study in one of the best universities in the world and the best way to show how thankful I am for that is taking the most out of this experience. That means doing my best, not only academically but also in other aspects. That is why I put a lot of effort to achieve my objectives.

I can say that I know what is it to have the chance to do well and not do it. The feeling is terrible and I would never like to feel it again. I’m not saying that fear is what is driving me to try my best; I’m saying that experience has taught me not to make certain mistakes. In conclusion, I consider this the greatest lesson learned because it made me learn several other lessons.