Personal Awareness & Responsibility

Strengths:
1 “I am learning to take care of myself.”

2 “I can get goals, regulate my emotions and persevere in difficult situations.”

Examples:
 I cook my dinner every day and I can live alone while my family go back to China.
 I have a clear goal for my future study and when I am facing problems on coding, I would be
calm and spend time to solve them.

Area Of Improvement:
1 “I understand learning takes patience and time.”

Example:
 Sometimes while I need to watch video to learn something, I just keep skipping or use 2 times
speed to watch the video, because I don’t want to waste time on the unless sentences and just
want to get to the point as soon as possible.

Social Responsibility
Strengths:
1 “I have positive peer and intergenerational relationships.”

2 “I can identify and appreciate different perspectives on issues and use and evaluates strategies to
resolve problems.”

Examples:
 I have several friends in Canada, we took same courses together and help each other during the
courses. For example, I am good at Physics and one of my friends is good at English, so he
helped me in English class, and I helped him in Physics class.
 When I am facing difficulties, I am very glad to hear the ideas from other people and judge
which one is more suitable.

Area Of Improvement:
1 “I am aware of my community and environment and work independently and collaboratively for the
benefit of others.”

Example:
 I am not good at working with others especially with the people that I don’t know. When you
are working with others, everyone will have their own work. When you work with other people,
everyone has different work experience and methods, which it is difficult to combine.
Critical Thinking
Strengths:
1 “I understand the purpose for my work and consider my audience.”

2 “I can analyze and critiques my work and my learning.”

Examples:
 When I am working, I will first ask myself why I am doing this, and, I would think about once I
done it, who will read it. And most of the time, I explain my work to the audience.
 Every time I finish my work like presentation, I will recall what went wrong during my
presentation and how to correct it next time, and this is always helpful for my next presentation.

Area Of Improvement:
1 “I can ask good quality questions, gather relevant information, and come up with well-developed
conclusions.”

Example:
 I once asked the teacher more than 10 questions in a physics class, this is because every time I
ask questions, a new question comes up and they are all tiny little questions which is not that
important. I have to improve the quality of my questions which can also increase my learning
efficiency.

Creative Thinking
Strengths:
1 “I can persevere and understand that failure can be productive.”

2 “I can use the environment around me, including others, and my unconscious mind to generate new
ideas.”

Example:
 I got only 60% in one of my Physics 12 class’s tests, but didn’t give up, and I knew I can do
better. Finally, I got 96% in my final test.
 I was solving a really hard Math problem and I had no idea how to do it. So I decided to go for a
walk, and then suddenly, I just figure out how to solve it.

Area Of Improvement:
1 “I can create new and unique ideas that may provide new perspectives that influence how people
think about topics.”
Example:
 I am not a creative person. In my English 11 class, I was really struggle about the creative
projects. Every time I just write an essay which is the easiest way to think of. But the problem is,
I am not good at essay, so I always get a really low grade on creative projects.

Communication
Strengths:
1 “I can listen, learn to contribute meaningfully to discussion and debate, consider different
perspectives, and build consensus.”

2 “I can reflect on the processes of learning and share what I have learned.”

Examples:
 In a group discussion, I will always listen to others’ opinions, then add a new point of view. But
this only happens in front of people I know.
 I once learned an efficient learning method, which is to tell others what I have learned, so that I
can review what I have learned and help friends who don’t know how. I still use this method.

Area Of Improvement:
1 “I can work with other students to plan, inquire, and solve problems.”

Example:
 It is really hard to work with other students, especially everyone has their own schedule which is
nearly impossible to combine them together. So, every time I make a plan, it is not working. And
it is really hard to me to work without a plan.

Personal & Cultural Identity

Strengths:
1 “I understand what is important to me.”

2 “I know my strengths and what makes me unique.”

Examples:
 I like playing video games very much, but I am a student, I know that study is the most
important mission for me, so I set up a limit for myself where I can only play games after
homework.
 I am a very rational person, I know this is my strength, so I will use this rationality to better
complete my work
Area Of Improvement:
1 “I understand how to use my strengths and abilities to my advantage and I can explain how I use them
to contribute to my community.”

Example:
 As I said, I am not good at communicate with others, I always care about what other is thinking
and rarely show my strengths. I need to improve this for a better team working.