Academic Knowledge of Skills

As I get older and adapt to the life of university and work, I am beginning to realize what makes me who I am and the qualities that distinguish me from others. My personality, the way I communicate and interact are formed by various skills, strengths and weaknesses. This essay will be critically reflecting and evaluating my academic skills, highlighting both my strengths and weaknesses in order to identify what needs to be worked on to better my performance in all of life's challenges. I believe that Benjamin Franklins words of wisdom, "Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man," identifies how important it is for me to know my strengths and weaknesses helping me move in the right direction to become a better person.

From my experiences with team working and the communication level required to formally interact and understand others, I am confident and experienced in this aspect. I have worked with others as a team in several occasions accomplishing different aims, as I have been part in organizing different events like Prom, charity events and many more. When communicating with others in a group, I am able to listen as well as respond and this way acknowledging and interpreting everyone's ideas to form a final vision is extremely beneficial for the final product. Adding on, being able to complete tasks, deadlines and providing information when prompted is essential to insure the group are meeting objectives and working at a positive rate. These skills as a group member have allowed me to become familiar with different peoples ideas, opinions and allowed me to gain knowledge about different peoples cultures and lifestyles.

On the other hand, I am aware that their may be aspect that need improving when interacting and presenting inform of large audience which causes me to stutter and become nervous. This can be practiced and worked on by insuring that I have a script of template to follow when speaking and also to practice insuring that my grammar and information is correct. By checking and preparing for presentations will boost my confidence in what I will be speaking about and will practice by presenting in front of friends and classmates to help build my confidence. In addition my skimming and scanning skills can be worked on by insuring that I know what information I am looking for in order to help me find a quicker way of search information and using key information to help build my knowledge. This is due to the fact that, skills and developments are crucial when concurring the essay styled question and being able to present clearly and formally.

By clearly identifying my strengths and weaknesses it has allow me to recognize what skills need improving and how this can be done. As well as this, identifying existing skills I have gained and how I am able to incorporate them in different situations and how