2. A person cannot be described in one word, phrase,
paragraph or even an entire novel. People develop
differently and continue to change in many ways through
the course of their lives.
With each coming year I have acquired many skills
and personality traits. I was not born with the personality I
posses today.
Today I am a very lively, happy, strong, diligent,
artistic, funny, creative and imaginative person. I have
always looked at things differently than other people. Many
people follow trends or leaders but I have always been
independent and thought on my own.
Some of my skills consist of writing, drawing, painting,
and reading, organizing, and solving problems. I am a
unique person and I am confident in my skills.
3. Lifestyle Choices Learning Styles
I have many goals for my future including some My learning styles are visual, auditory and
short term goals and some long term goals. kinesthetic or tactile. Usually a person will
only prefer one of these styles of learning but
Short Term Goals: I use each one to learn.
In a year I hope to have a GPA of a 4.0 or higher When I say that I am a visual learner, it means that
and be the editor of Penumbra. I would also I learn by making mental images and that I
like to have an internship and work at the like to use diagrams or illustration to reinforce
local animal shelter. I hope next year I will be my learning.
swimming and exercising daily.
Being an auditory learner means that listening and
participating in discussions help me to further
Long Term Goals:
educate myself.
I hope that in five years I will be in college and
working part-time. Hopefully I have studied Finally being a tactile or kinesthetic learner means
abroad at least once by then and I would like that by doing hands-on activities and
to be living away from home in a dorm with performing multiple tasks assist me in my
my own car. I would read and go out with learning process.
friends when I have spare time. Some careers that are associated with these three
In ten years I would like to have acquired a styles of learning are a graphic designer for
masters degree and have become fluent in visual learning, a translator for auditory
at least three languages other than English. learning and an actor for tactile learning.
4. Work Values Unique Qualities
Two work values that are important to Considerate
me are independence and
achievement. Imaginative Neat
Independence is something that I have
always cherished. Since I was
young I have done most things
independently. This does not mean Studious Bold
that I cannot get along with others
but that I prefer and work best when
I am..
I am alone. I will need to look for
jobs that will allow me to work and
make decisions on my own. Some Light-hearted Honest
careers that would allow me to
continue to value independence are
foreign language teachers and
animal trainers. Responsible Independent
Hard-working
5. These are my foundation building blocks that
will serve as the foundation for my
career. These traits and skills will help
me in my future careers.
Being a good listener means that I am good
at taking notes and visualizing what I
hear.
Thinking creatively means that I use my
imagination quite a lot, I try new
methods when I do something, and I
have different points of view.
Having good self-management means that I
like to make future goals and schedules
for myself.
In the future I hope to develop more
foundation building blocks such as
negotiation, decision-making, and
leadership.
6. My Holland Code is:
AIS
This means that I am mainly
artistic, I like to investigate
and I am a social type.
7. As a translator you must interpret written, oral, or sign language text
into another language for others.
Being a translator requires self-expression and it involves working with
forms.
A translator must proofread, edit, and revise translated materials. They also
must adapt translations to students’ specific grade levels.
You need to be able to talk to others to convey information efficiently and
you must be able to adjust actions in relations to others’ actions.
Most occupations require a four-year bachelor’s degree but some do not.
In New York, translators are paid $37,700 per year at first but more
experienced translators are paid $69,580 per year.
This occupation matches my code because with the code AIS it means that I
am social and I like to investigate. Becoming a translator means I would
have to investigate to learn new languages and be social to communicate
those languages well with others.
8. A creative writer creates original written works for publication or
performance.
Being a creative writer is an artistic occupation and involves working with
forms.
A creative writer must write fiction or nonfiction prose such as stories or
novels and must develop factors such as themes, plots, and
characterizations.
You must have a good knowledge of the English language, knowledge of
communication and media production, and knowledge of different
philosophical systems and religions.
In order to become a successful writer you should acquire a four-year
bachelor’s degree but it isn’t essential.
This occupation matches AIS because it in order to be a successful writer
you must investigate different subjects, be artistic, and socialize with
different types of audiences.
9. A Foreign Language Teacher must teach courses in a language or
several languages other than English.
A foreign language teacher is a social occupation and involves working,
communicating, and teaching people.
A foreign language teacher must evaluate students’ class work,
assignments, and papers.
You should be able to instruct and speak well in front of others
In order to become a foreign language teacher you acquire a bachelor’s
degree or a higher level degree.
A foreign language teacher in New York is paid $40,740 per year but the
pay increases with experience to $94,370 per year.
This job matches mainly the social part of my Holland code because each
day I would need to interact with students and other teachers. It matches
the I in my code because in order to learn languages fully I would need to
learn more about culture. Language is very artistic as well.
10. People with blue Interests like job responsibilities and occupations that involve creative,
humanistic, thoughtful, and quiet types of activities. Blue Interests include abstracting,
theorizing, designing, writing, reflecting, and originating, which often lead to work in
editing, teaching, composing, inventing, mediating, clergy, and writing.
People with yellow styles perform their job responsibilities in a manner that is orderly and
planned to meet a known schedule. They prefer to work where things get done with a
minimum of interpretation and unexpected change. People with a yellow style tend to be
orderly, cautious, structured, loyal, systematic, solitary, methodical, and organized, and
usually thrive in a research-oriented, predictable, established, controlled, measurable,
orderly environment. You will want to choose a work environment or career path in which
your style is welcomed and produces results.
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11. Writers usually research a certain topic in order to develop their work
more thoroughly. They can work from home or in an office and most
writers rather write about personal topics but a lot of more advanced
writers are assigned different topics by editors. Writers work on
drafts or manuscripts and send them to their editors to check for
errors or to see if revisions are needed.
Currently there are more writers than there are assignments. Writers
usually always depend on other sources of income to support
themselves. There are likely going to be more jobs in commercial
writing because commercial venues are always expanding.
Electronic publishing has increased and even more jobs will appear
for writers in the future.
There are many majors that could come in handy for a writer. Such
as, philosophy, English, American literature, creative writing,
government, ethnic studies, and countless more.
12. Photographers take pictures of many subjects including
people, animals, landscape, and events. They try to
capture and induce mood and feeling. Photography is
artistic and technical.
Photography is needed in many areas such as
entertainment, marketing, or research. It is clear that
there will constantly be a need for skilled and practiced
photographers.
There are numerous majors that would be useful for
someone fascinated by photography. Such as,
photography, radio and television, film, journalism,
illustration, photojournalism, and more.
13. An artist makes works of art, typically alone. Artists strive
to convey a certain meaning or vision in their work.
Art has been a great part of culture and always will be. In
the future artists will only have to worry about funding.
Many fresh forms of art have been appearing but the
traditional forms will always linger. The potential for art is
always uncertain because no one can actually know how
much support artists will gain.
Some majors associated art are ceramics, film, crafts, art
history, painting, drawing, graphic design, music and
many more.