What does it mean to be a professional?

Being a professional can mean a lot things, it depends on how we see it. I think that there is a general understanding in all its definitions. For instance a professional is someone who is an expert in their field, someone who makes a living out of a sport or talent.
A professional can be someone who is seen as a role model for their community for what he does. A professional is someone who takes their job seriously and they are for what they do. A professional is someone who presents himself or herself in a manner that is respectable, well mannered and has respect for others.

I also feel that being a professional is a learned talent. There are aspects of being a professional that you acquire from being a student. For instance as students we learning about our professionalism, what we will be as professionals, our careers. I don’t think that being a student you are taught how to act as a professional. I think that work experience teaches us in ways to act as professionals, because in our work, it requires certain behavior. In our work, there are policies which provides us with guidelines on what behavior is tolerable, and how we should present ourselves. They don’t teach us this as students. Although there are ethics in certain careers that as professionals we must follow, for example, there is one in policing, social work, Psychologist. As I write this journal, I am beginning to change my mind about the question asked, Are students in training to be professionals? Yes, I think we are.

Why is this Subject Taboo?

What I got from the reading was that the author was saying that Natives should be treated equally as the Non-Natives of Canada. The article talks about how we should educate ourselves, and our families. In the article it states that it is up to our leadership take the initiative to educate our people and families.

After reading the article “Why is this Subject Taboo?” I was left a little confused on what point the author was trying to get at. Is our Native history taboo? Some take the topic as taboo because the Native history in Canada is a hard history to swallow. Native people have been through a lot and it is not always a good history on part of what the Governments have tried and is still trying to segregate and colonize the Native people. I think that from our history of assimilation and residential schools and, our treaty rights, all this makes talking about Native issues taboo.

What is my objective for this class

There are a number things that I would like to get out of this class. First I would like to fully understand the concept entrepreneurship. I think I understand it, but there are times I still find it confusing. I can contribute some of my administration experience to the course. I have been working in administration for 4 years and I can share my experience with my classmates, and also learn from their experiences. I am a Director of a non-profit organization, call the Gesgapegiag Early Childhood Center. I would like to learn how to create a business plan and also find recourses to help start a business. I am not a business owner, although I hope to be a small business owner in the near future. I would like to learn about taxation and how does it apply to First Nations. I would like to know the loop hole that the Government uses to have First Nations pay tax when it is a fiduciary right not to pay the Provincial and Federal tax according to our Treaty rights.

Quizz 1 What type of learner am I

I would have to say that I am on the fence when it comes to what type of learner that I am. I think I am combination of the two learning styles. I am both auditory and also a visual learner. If I am going to learn anything new, I need to be interested in what I am about to learn. If I have no interest in the topic or concept I will have a difficult time staying focused. I pick up on concepts by applying what I have learned to my work. If I am shown what I have read then I can better understand what I am being taught. For instance if I have to read about a concept, I would then have to talk about the concept or if a lecture is given on the topic I will pick up the concepts easier if they are discussed and then read about them..

I find it most useful to have discussions with my classmates about the material being covered in class. I have to be able to understand the concept being taught by applying to my work or experienced it through work.