Reflection

Devaron Hlavinka Mr. Rudebusch 3/29/19 My entire project took approximately three months to complete. This included my fifteen hours of shadowing, the creation of my website, presentation, research paper, product prospectus, and the product itself. Probably the largest challenge I had to overcome was my own laziness. I procrastinated a lot, which I now regret as I had to rush to get tasks done by their deadlines, especially in regard to these past few weeks. As a result of this, time itself was an obstacle of mine. I really do not think I was going to make it at certain points, and the rushed jobs I had to do definitely shows in many facets of my entire project. In addition, my social anxiety hindered me in this process. It was at its worst on my first day, but throughout my experience I was very anxious, and that affected my performance during my shadowing. It was difficult to focus on tasks at times, and I’m certain I came off as quite awkward to others. In terms of time management, I did an overall poor job. I believe I did make all respective deadlines, but once again, rushing hurt my product. I would heavily advise others to take a more proactive stance in their projects when that time comes. I learned a lot from my experience. First and foremost, I learned a lot about the field of library sciences. I would say a gained a fairly deep perspective on the field, both its positives and negatives. Specifically, I learned that it is certainly something I may pursue, and something I more than likely will pursue if nothing else presents itself. In terms of using all that I have learned, it will assist me in deciding my future, as well as aiding me in the study of the field itself.

At best, I see my presentation going average at best. Overall my presentation is not especially well written or visually appealing, or anything in that manner. I would say it will be a definite “meh”. In the meantime, I am going to revise my presentation a bit to make it flow a bit better and the like. I hope my panel gained something out of my presentation, whatever that might be. Preferably, I hope they learned the dangers of procrastination and how to give it properly (no stuttering and the like). To conclude, I would give myself something around a C. Again, it was an extremely average presentation and delivery, nothing special.