Social Media

The social media assignment that I engaged in was Facebook where I liked 10 business or people and then engaged in discussions relevant my career.  I was surprised by how many different things applied to a Biology education major! It was interesting to learn and find the many different opportunities for my career and I felt like it was worthwhile. Social media can help me connect with possible businesses that may hire me and it allow me to explore the many different options for my career.  The articles about social media surprised me because I didn’t realize how strong of an impact social media played in people’s lives.  I was especially surprised about the Facebook article where it talked about how relationships can really be ruined just by the social network and how different people act just because they are behind a computer screen.  The impact that social media has on our lives got me thinking about everything that I should and should not post on my Facebook.  I’m getting older now and potential employers may look me up on Facebook and I want to seem like a good candidate for the job so I may have to change some things in my social media world.

Learning About Me

            Even though I think I am a mix of many different types, I think that my best-fit type was ENFJ.  My self-assessment and my indicator type were both different, so I combined the two to make my best-fit type.  I learned that this type is one of the least common types in our class and in the nation.  The MBTI helped me learn a lot about myself and tendencies.

            Some characteristics of my type is that I am a person that likes to work with people and am at my best when I am responsible for winning people’s cooperation.  These qualities will help me be a great high school teacher later on in life.  Some of the things I value are having a wide circle of relationships, a positive, enthusiastic view of life, seeing possibilities in people, structured learning, and encouraging improvements.  Some of these values like such as seeing possibilities in people and encouraging improvements are more things that will help me as a teacher.  Since I value having a wide circle of friendships, I should be able to make a lot of friends over my four years of college.  In addition, because I am orderly and value structured learning, maintaining a good G.P.A. and graduating in four years should not be an issue for me.  And finally, since I learned that I have a “positive, enthusiastic view of life” I believe that I can accomplish all of the goals that I set for myself.