Early Ed Studies: Conflict Resolution

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Conflict Resolution

I like to practice honesty in my communication and in conflict resolution there is no shortage of it. I think one thing that I know about myself is because I am very honest that I have to put the brakes on it at times and really examine what it is that I want others to hear from me and really listen to. A strategy that I often practice is addressing the problem with the person that it occurred with. I believe that this minimizes the possibility for misunderstanding to occur by not involving other people who don't know the context of the conflict. I also like to practice sticking to factual information and how it made me feel personally versus speaking for the other party or trying to accommodate for their perception of why they committed the act that was offensive to me. I think these two strategies as well as reflecting once the conflict has been resolved really helps me to solve things quickly and helps me to hear and to also be heard during conflict.

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Relationship Reflection

Relationships are important to me because I believe they shape every part of who I am in some way, shape, or form. I believe that we are very much so influenced by the relationships we carry with others whether it is positive or negative by the people who are in our lives. I think that one of the most positive relationships that I carry in my life is the relationship I have with my father. He is and has always been the most consistent person in my life and he has been the motivation for a lot of the choices I have made in my life. I think this has been one of the most positive relationships in which I have been engaged in because of the consistency that it provides in my life not just by being physically present but by being an encouragement to me to seek more positive relationships that are similar to it. This relationship has really set the precedence in my life for a lot of the other relationships I have chosen to engage in. There are many challenges that one can have through the course of relationships with others and I think that one of the main challenges is trying to enhance the longevity if the relationship. I think it is so important and vital to nurture the relationships through really making time for it and encouraging its growth by talking to one another, investing in the things that are of interest to one another, and communicating your needs honestly with each other. In addition, I might think that special characterisitics of the relationships that I have personally engaged in are that they must have some degree of consistency and some sort of balance. Having a relationship with someone where you both take equal stock and investment in the relationship I think is very important to the survival of the relationship. I think primarily this relationship impacts my work as an educator because I know how important it is to carry on a relationship with someone and have them understand who you are and feel that who you are is important to them and this is what I apply to my relationships with the families that I am blessed to serve and work with everyday.

My Childhood Web

As a child I'm sure that we can think of many people whom we were important to and who are important to us. In taking the thime to think about the people in my life who cared about me and made me feel special as a child, two very specific people came to mind. I have always kept a very small circle of people so it's not surprising to me that I could think of two main people who I knew without a doubt I was important to as a child.

The first person was my dad. He was and still is the person who is always consistently there for me whom I lean on for any and everything. He has always supported everything that I do from going to recitals, basketball games, and even watching me graduate. He has always been the person who provides me a lot of consistency in my life and he always inspires me to do better by offering me encouragement and supporting my goals and even by doing things as simple as taking the time to inquire about what goes on in my life always reminds me that I am important to him. He is a figure who remains active in my life and I'm sure that even when I'm 35 or 40 and he's still around, I'm sure I'll still call him to come over and help me kill spiders (which really boils down to an excuse to see him). My dad helps me to continue to succeed by supporting me in my ventures in my education and my career and when anything else comes up I'm sure he will be there to support me through that too.

The second person who immediately came to mind was my god sister and best friend, Noel. She was everything to me. She was my partner in crime (in a good way). She was always really supportive of me and she always listened to everything that I had to say no matter how silly it was. She was the person who made me feel good about everything that I was by showing me that she needed me just as much as I needed her. She made me a part of her family and even though she isn't here anymore I still see her family at least once a week and she has given me something that can't be bought. A whole new family with people who love and support me and take interest in the things that I do. She was very much an inspiration to me and she still is now. She is the reason why I chose to do this work. She inspired me because even though she had a lot of difficulty with her health she never let that stand in the way of her faith or in the way of our friendship. She was the first person who showed me how important I was to her by telling me that she loved me every time I saw her and I have never forgotten how that made me feel and now I do my best to do the same to the people that I know and love.

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Sunday, December 2, 2012

Conflict Resolution

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