WARNING! Comfort zone

So this past week I had ample opportunity to ask students and staff at southern for interviews for my INQ mid-term video project. Randomly asking someone for an interview is very nerve racking since you don’t know if the person is going to accept or reject the invitation. For me I asked over a dozen different students for interviews more than half were busy or didn’t want to participate. When I received an acceptance I felt good, just not to be rejected. When you are presented with projects like this you have to be very open to people’s opinions and you have to except and admit to yourself that there will be rejection.  Overall my video turned out in my opinion great the people I interviewed were very open and willing to participating. This made me feel comfortable which I think lead to great interviews overall.

Another example this past week where I stepped outside of my comfort zone is when I asked question in my math class. Some might be saying you should have been asking questions from the start, this is true but I guess my pride was hindering me. In class this week I finally asked questions which I wasn’t doing prior to this day in class. Math is a class that was almost always my strongest class I passed pre-calc in -high school with an A. Now I’m taking it and I received a mid-term grade of a D. I tried many things like going to the math tutorial center It helped a little bit. I tried studying myself for hours at a time this always helped but I couldn’t apply concepts, leaving me confused. So I told myself that the next day in math I was going to ask questions. I came in and my teacher asked “Any questions,” the first thought that came into my mind was “Don’t ask that question, it’s a dumb question.” But I forced myself to say I need help with problem 3. When I finally spoke I felt a relief it felt good to just get that off my chest.

In conclusion stepping out of my comfort zone helped me gain interviews and knowledge in a class that I am struggling in. Overall I plan to implement these lessons into my life from here on out, DON’T LET YOUR PRIDE GET IN THE WAY KYRE!