Jacquelina Monteiro

Note Taking for Action Research

April 21st
NO CLASS
I spent the day working on Revised Narrative Outline and Revision of the KAQ's. I did not like the KAQ but hopefully this time I did get the hang of it.

April 14th
This week we used the Jigsaw method and it was great yet then again I had one of the shorter articles to read. I really enjoy the mini group meetings that are being hed in ACtion Reserach class even though I know that that is not the main purpose of the class yet I enjoy it. I believe that the group and various group work is what the main purpose of what the Critical and Creative thinking program is all about and it is really nice to tackle it from different angles. I have never used the jigsaw method but it is extremely helpful in many different aspects of life situations also. It also reminds me of different techniques that I have faced with at work, they have never labled it as "the Jigsaw method" but someone sits down with me explains the new menu items and the changes that have and will be made. I then get that information and pass it on to the new highers of the company. My version is usually I little bit differently, I add some things and take the not so important informatin out. I also explain the ingridents in certain species and receipts that I am already aware of yet the next person may not. There are just different tackits in which one could handle the same situation, however I prefer the jigsaw method the best.

April 7th
This week class was very interesting and very different which is not a bad thing. I love discussion group especially in a classroom setting, even though that we are each working on our separtate projects it is nice to various feedback from certain classmates. I just feel that having variuos discussions with different people extents the range of my thinking especially with my project since it is based on a personal action project that I would altimaltey like to change amount myself and my style of living. I did like the tactic about having the set of cards going around the table and that is difiantley something that I have to use especially with certain things I do with my family. I wish that when I was making plans for my wedding that I used the picking the cards out of the middle of the table would have been extremely helpful. I had so many thoughts that I wanted to do and add to my wedding the way that I wanted to but I had so many different people telling me what I should do when I juts really wanted to do certain things my way. WHen I did not take their advice they talk crap, like my wedding was so unorganized, unmanaged and was not a good wedding however when I talk to my husband's side of the family they absolutley loved the wedding. They talk about how beautiful it was while my family the ones that I actually asked and needed their help, support and guidance. This trully hurts my feelings but I know that this is just the way they are, so I learn to expect it but that does not mean that I have to get continued to get hurt by them. It really gave me a new approach of how to manage and deal with my family and addressing them especially when I need assistance from them.

March 31st
This past week there has been many issues that I am dealing with and that I have to face unfortunally very unexpectly. However I have needed some guidnace in certain areas. My life has been extremely hectic these last past two months and now it is time for me to gather as much support from my family and from those who I have helped throughout the few years. For the first time in my life, I am stepping back and letting people help me when needed. For the last few years We my husband and I have worked very hard, we have planned our own wedding and pay for a 300 hundred guest list. I thought that it was worth it but however this last few months when I had my family crisis I started to realize that money holds more value than I have thought. I have been leaning toward my family for help and I am enjoying the help and support that I am receiving I just have to keep in mind for me not to get use to this. I still like to take control over my life, which sometimes becomes an issue when I have my family members help me because then they want to do things the way that they want to do them. My family is a very huge family and we are very stubborn, I know that that is the way that they are so I have to handle them differently expectly to get help and guidance from them. I tackle each family differently in order to get for the most part what I need from them. My sister Angie owes me a lot of money which I know that is something that her and her fiancee are struggling with especially knowing that they just lost their son but hey right now I am in a point in my life that I need help because I am struggling with the person that I am, who I am am and what I want to become with my life. Asking for help is something that I struggle with but at a time of need I have to do what I have to do. My older sister Elizabeth has been helping me with this new apartment search which extremly nice concerning that for years her and I have not spoke. I like the fact that we speak and actually do things with each other now. Family is very important to me but for many reasons right now there is a lot of conflict that I am trying to reevaluate and making it a better family situation. With Elizabeth I ask for help but only what I need help in and then I try to keep my distance for the rest of my situations. She likes to take control and because right now her lifestyle is in a better fiancial situation then whaT I am right now she makes it seem like she knows it all and that is really not the case. I am currently trying to reconnect with my older sister Vera but she is going through her own stuff right now that she is keeping her distance, which I guess that I just have to leave her to herself right now.