In all of my years in the High Tech High system, junior year has given me by far the most hard skills. I was given a much larger workload than I had received in the past and had to learn myself how to manage it. I finally cemented skills that I had been introduced to years before like making to do lists, balancing different classwork, or managing my time appropriately. Soft skills however, have simply continued to grow. This year I learned the value of self advocacy in a very different way than before. In past years I might have been okay with asking for help on a math problem, but I still didn’t know how to be a student and be okay with failing. It’s still a challenge, but this year has pushed me in unique ways that forced me to have to say something. For the first time, I told a teacher I couldn’t, that it was too much for me. We came to a compromise and together figured out a way for me to complete the assignment without sacrificing my mental health. This taught me an important lesson in communication. It is far better to be honest and forward before things get to an extreme point. Typically, I consider myself a strong communicator and have no problem talking through conflict and speaking my mind in a constructive way. However, when it comes to admitting that I can’t or giving myself slack, it’s very difficult to say it to myself, much less to an adult that believes in me. I think by working with a trusted adult, my internship will be a good opportunity to get used to accepting or denying work while being mindful about what is fair to me AND my mentor.
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