[Ous-lp-rp13] EDAD 2010 Response to Answer to Question #2

[Miller, Ashton]

Tony,

I can completely relate when it comes to stress tolerance. My little family consists of myself, my daughter whom just turned two, and my ten month old son. My husband is currently serving his first deployment, so the stress is definitely high. Although I do not have the same stress as you, I do see where you are coming from because on top of my own situation, I have two sisters; both within four years younger than me. My mom talks all of the time about living with three teenagers, girls at that, in the house at one time. I think that living a life with so many stress factors is what builds your stress tolerance. If you can handle a few of your own and not fly off the handle, I am sure that it is just making that aspect of your personality even stronger.


On the other hand, you said that you do not judge people to the point of disliking them. I thought that my emotional maturity was one of my stronger traits, but after reading your answer to the question, it made me think. I do think that sometimes I tend to let my emotions take over and, unlike you, I unfortunately do let myself judge others to the point of disliking them or thinking negatively of them. I think that aspect of your personality will take you so far in administration and it makes me realize that I need to work on having more compassion and be more understanding when my emotions are at a high.


I also see where you are coming from when you say that you are not always able to comfortably approach others, rather than just nodding or waving. I, too, have this problem and so many people take me the wrong way because of it. My extroversion skills need work for this same reason, as well. The great thing about it is that you can see how others may perceive you, so you know just what to do to fix it and just what you need to work on.


I very much enjoyed reading your post, as it made me think of things in a way that I would not have on my own. It also helped me to learn a little bit more about myself. Thank you for that!










Original Post:


My level of self-confidence provides me with the belief that I can accomplish or perform well on any task that I decide to take on.  With enough motivating factors, this includes any reasonable challenge. It is my desire for family time and recreation that pushes back on my engagements of time consuming challenges.


My stress tolerance is a bit suspect at times with my immediate family (ages 16, 17, and 19), but overall I have a mindset that everything will be okay in the end as long as I don't give up.  Here are some words of wisdom from my father in law about the DOT during my training as a truck driver..."They can't eat you."


I believe that my level of stress tolerance along with my life experiences (16,17,19) allow me to have an equally high emotional maturity.  I do not judge others to the point of disliking them, but am more likely have compassion for their inabilities to communicate appropriately.  This allows me to forgive and move on as well as avoid unnecessary and unproductive 'power-battles' with others.


Interactions with others and comments about my person usually give me positive outlook on my level of integrity.  I would like to think that this is one of my strongest traits.


Since I have been teaching and then later accepting the position as our high school's associate AD, I have been working on my extroversion skills.  I do know a lot of community members and struggle with small talk when I run in to them. I will usually nod, wave or say high, but lack the ability to comfortably approach them for random conversation.  I realize that this perceived lack of friendliness has the potential to come off the wrong way, especially when I am in such a public position.


I think my motivations are all balanced equally strong as long as the description of power needs goes as follows.  I would want to be in control only if I felt like my competence would be greater than someone else's, therefore making proper use of my abilities for the good of the community and society.


Although I would rate my technical skills somewhere around mediocre to good right now, I feel like I could figure the technical things out with practice and perseverance.


I feel very comfortable with respecting, listening, learning, and responding to those that I work with and understand that productivity with only be diminished if interpersonal communications fail to be positive.


At this point, I feel my conceptual skills are strong. Although I would need help carrying out the organizing aspect, I do enjoy analyzing and solving complex and challenging problems. Being a geometry teacher may have helped me with thinking logically and reasoning using deduction and induction.
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