Habits of the mind

When I was reading the article Describing the Habits of Mind which was very interesting by the way I have found that I am a few of the following:

• Persisting
• Managing Impulsivity
• Listening with Understanding and Empathy
• Responding with Wonderment and Awe

The ones i KNOW i need to improve on is:

• Striving for Accuracy
• Thinking Interdependently

Persisting

Am a great problem solver.The things that I have to over come and solve is school work. I never give up on it so easy. Even if it takes awhile i still don't give up I just keep at it until something pops up that makes me say "DUH!". Most of the time I have another alternative if my first strategy didn't work. In my last year english and this year english 4 class u have to know what information to wright down how to take notes and get a idea of how the person wants thier work done or you just dont get a grade for the work you gave in.

Managing Impulsivity

This is a easy one the proof that i think before i act is that am still in brook. If I said everything I wanted I would have been in a lot of fights, and probly kicked out. But thats the type of thing I try to tell people think about what you say before you say it because words are powerful and it can build you or brake you. You just need to know how to use them.I have a lot of self-discipline because of my perents they taught me that there are always consequences to your actions. They always told me u will make mistakes but try not to make a lot of BIG ones. I always look at other options before I act. Thats just how I always am. Like my friends come to me for advise i mean ALL the time and am glad to help them because they know I dont judge no one and I dont take sides I find out both sides of the story and find a solution to the whole thing and try to avoid as many problems as possible.

Listening with Understanding and Empathy

Wow I just explained this from above but ok.. the reason i picked this one is because my friends told me out of all of them this is the one am more like. I guess its because I listen to all their problems and try to help them to the best of my knowledge. To see who is wrong and who was right. (since I explained this one already am going to wright another one to fill in)

Responding with Wonderment and Awe

(Ok this one is a filler so its going to be small) puzzles and strategy is what me and my dad do all the time. Me and him go on the internet and find riddles and puzzles for each other and try to quiz each other. we figure it strangthens are minds and its just fun do. Thinking outside the box is what I do best. If you know me you would agree :D

Alright on to the ones I need help with.

Striving for Accuracy

Everyone isn't prefect, like my hand writing sucks. Its soo sloppy it makes my work look bad. After all this time i still didn't change it or attempt to change it and make it better. My grade are another thing I know I could do better then what am doing now.To prove am trying am actually doing this and trying to get a good grade in this class it might not be what she wants but hey at least I can say I tryed instead of giving up.Am also trying to get my GPA up to make my people proud of me I might not get what I want but am still going to try.

Thinking Interdependently

When I was younger I never liked being in groups, and well I still don't like working with others. I dont know what it is I just don't I work better by myself because the people in the group depend on me anyway and make me do all the work. So its like am doing the work by myself anyway I might as well do it on my own. most people am paired up with they don't want to hear other people ideas anyway but I have to at least try and work with them but I really don't see me enjoying it unless its with my friends.