Blog 3: Topic Choice and Semester 1 ESLR Goals

1.  My topic is soccer. I want to focus more on prevention and recovering from a soccer injury or just the fitness. I'm still undecided if I should just do soccer in general. I want to choose soccer as my topic because I want to become an Athletic Trainer and because it helped my overcome many things, like making new friends, expressing who I am without hesitation and not being as shy as I was before. If I were to focus on preventing and recovering from a soccer injury it would really help me prepare for college to major in Athletic Trainer, Kinesiology, or Sports Medicine.

2.

•  iPoly Citizen- Throughout my senior year I plan to finish my community service hours and all that is necessary to graduate. I plan to always be on time to school and committed to taking responsibility for my own actions. At soccer practice if any one is late they have to run more laps. I never show up late. I know there is always consequences for coming late.  I plan to be a good example for my peers by helping and listening to them and just being a good leader. Respect is one of the things I have for everyone and always will no matter what. 

• Effective Learner- How I intend to grow this year is by doing all my research for my senior project. I want to become an expert on my topic. Researching by myself would make my responsible to learn on my own. This should be easy because my topic is something I love to do and interested in learning all there is about soccer.

• Effective User of Technology- What I plan to grow in this year is to improve in my computer skills. I feel like I am at basic knowledge, or what I should know. I want to learn the advanced stuff. So I could use them during core class. Especially during my 2 hour presentation. 

• Effective Communicator-  For me this is the most important one because you always have to have a respective way of talking to people whether it being you just giving them your divided attention. I really want to be able to have a good friendship with everyone and just communicate with people this year. For example like ASB, we have to be able to work together in order to make great events and senior events.