Self-Reflections and discussion lead to realizations and influences accountability.

This week's reading was interesting as it closely relates to my mentality toward everything. This week's chapter assigned to us was about accountability and how to own it. I feel many people shy away from accountability as it tends to steer the blame at themselves if things go awry. Although accountability can be troublesome, it is a necessary trait if you want to be successful in life. In the book Own your education!:a student's guide to greater success in school (and life), author Megan Stone states that accountability is "being reliable and responsible to someone or something and following through with action (Stone, M. 2014)."

Regarding my education, I admit to not holding myself accountable and would always end up placing blame on things that could've been avoided. It's much easier to place blame on something or someone other than yourself. It took me a while to have some accountability. I found myself reflecting a lot and eventually was able to break from it.

We can start to be accountable by being able to think clearly before committing, making reasonable commitments, and following through. 3 principles support accountability which are self-awareness, effective communication, and self-advocacy. Self-awareness according to Megan Stone is " Knowledge about your strengths and weakness…(Stone, M.2014)." Effective communication is "An interaction with one or more people…(Stone. M. 2014)." While self-advocacy is "The ability to speak for yourself about your rights, needs, and responsibilities in a respectful, reasonable way (Stone, M. 2014)" If we can start to be aware of our lack of accountability and start to reflect by having discussions and incorporate these principles and ideas we have a chance to be successful in education as stated "It is an educational process that brings action and reflection into praxis through dialogue (Wolske, M. 2020). It's only an idea until we start to act on our realizations through our reflections which in turn leads to actions.

Citation

Stone, M. (2014). Chapter 9: Accountability: How Do You Own It? In Own your education!: A student's guide to greater success in school (and life). essay, Pearson Education.

Wolske, M. (2020). 1A: The logic of Hardware and Programming. In Person-centered guide to demystifying technology: Working together to observe/ question/ design/ prototype/ and implement/reject technology in support of people's valued beings and doings. essay, Windsor & Downs Press.