Ten80 Trip Reflection Journal

                                                 
        Friday March 5th, I was given the opportunity to attend the TEN80 education workshop sponsored by the U.S Army held at York College. It was a really fun event where I participated in a workshop. I noticed that we were all going to attend to a different categories where 6 different workshops were available. The Lead, the Pitch, the Race, the Game, the Beat and the Code. I went to pitch and so I had to follow a girl who was a representative of that single workshop. Afterwards they took us into an area and we were given some little project that we had to complete in small groups or individually. First a guy introduced how to sell a product and gave us background information and knowledge for it since the project we were working on was similar to shark tank. We had to come up with an idea or product and try to sell it and be like salesmen to everyone. So I went into this workshop with Sukanya and I worked with her. The idea we came up were a combination of all different type of glasses but into one pair of glasses. We did not get to present it though. After the workshop we were taken back to the auditorium where they did prize giveaways from the tickets they gave from participation throughout the event. We had lunch and we went back to school afterwards. I personally think this was a fun experience especially since I already did a shark tank project in web design but I was selling my website, so it was like a similar experience. I thought it would be better though if the person that gave the presentation was more enthusiastic and tried to make it more engaging since I could tell people were getting bore and impatient.

WBL Workshop # 2: Career DNA

                                     
               In this WBL workshop, the CTE students learnt about Dynamic Natural Abilities. In this workshop, we discovered our own career DNA (Dynamic Natural Abilities). This workshop was more like finding yourself and what you're good at based on a series of questionnaires and tests based on your personality that we took to find our career path. There are six different areas that tells us if we are compatible with it which are Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional. The results I got were Realistic, Investigative and Artistic. I would say this is accurate since I am not really social and am kind of shy. I also like drawing and using my hands but am also a visual learner. Also when using my problem solving skills, I am realistic about the decisions/choices and outcomes. These were linked to some career choices which were to do with web design or managing or creating things. This workshop gave me options to see what I could choose from since they could go well with me and I have certain preferences and skills set in those areas.

WBL Workshop #1: WBL Requirements

                                                     
           The first Work Based Learning Workshop for senior year was about the requirement of the Work Base Learning Requirements. In this workshop, the teachers told us about all the required documents and paperwork required to graduate with a CTE diploma and also about internship requirements and volunteer requirements. Moreover, there were also previous CTE students that we had an opportunity to talk to for experience about their internships and what they are doing now. You were able to learn from them and apply their advice to yourself. This workshop was kind of like a wake up call to make sure that you need to hand all of the requirements in or else you won't get the CTE diploma. Part of the requirements were doing an internship, doing community service and getting a letter for proof, reflection journals of trips and all wbl workshops, and more.

Gerson Lehrman Group Reflection Journal

               Gerson Lehrman Group was founded in 1998 by Mark Gerson and Thomas Lehrman as a publishing company focused on sector-specific reports for investors. Later they saw how they could change the way companies conduct primary research and began building a technical infrastructure, creating a new professional learning platform. It connects professionals all around the world  and eventually became a membership of leading experts providing advice for decisions related to businesses for a better outcome. They began hosting small meetings with biotechnology investors and scientist, later expanding beyond healthcare and technology fields with a power and energy practice (Energy and Industrials). Their headquarters is in New York and they have 22 offices globally with around 1,400 employees. GLG formally launched GLG Institute for executives operating in increasingly complex business, regulatory, and technological environments. GLG launched its online video series featuring GLG experts sharing their perspective and insights. The council members share their knowledge and expertise on the following topics: accounting and financial analysis, consumer goods and services, energy and industrials, financial and business services, healthcare, information technology (IT), legal/economic/regulatory affairs, real estate, technology, media and telecommunications. The services they provide are phone consultations, meetings, roundtable discussions, onsite tours, board placement, surveys, and strategic projects. They offer jobs in business development, research/client support, strategy, engineering, operations, and organizing events. I would like to ask them questions regarding computer science and the medical field. I wanted to know more information about those since I am still mostly undecided on what to major. Also I want to ask questions on their personal experiences to how they became an expert and successful, what struggles they overcame and how they knew what they wanted to do with their life.
                 So when I visited the company, I got to take a tour and did networking and met Daryl and Ujin and spoke to them, getting to know each other. During the tour, I noticed that they mostly have colors like red, orange and green. Also I was kind of shocked to see how casual and comfortable the office looked like since it looked like a stress free environment even though they do a lot of work. But there were a lot of flexibility and the advice the guest panelists and CEO gave were entertaining and serious. I had my questions answered during the networking session. I spoke to Ujin who first went into journalism but ended up in sales and she told me that she's in her 20s but still figuring out what she wants to do. Speaking to her made me realize that I should not get too overwhelmed because there are people who are like me still undecided and not sure about their passion but it does not mean that it is impossible to find something that you enjoy. She never could imagine herself in this job before until she gave it a chance. Also I learned that whatever you are interested in or have strong skills in, you should stick with it or the career path that you eventually choose will have those skills and qualities set. This trip made me think more about my future deeply and be more focused on it.