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Perspective within My Practice, How we See Things!

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https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/112660428158893378/?nic=1 Looking at my practice and who I am within my practice has not been an easy task by any stretch of the imagination. I have always labelled myself purely as a performer. Digging a little deeper I have started to question and look objectively at myself and my practice. This led to a plethora of questions, the main questions at the forefront of my mind were, who am I within my practice? am I my practice? To understand my practice do I need to look at other people within my practice and what they are doing? My questions remain ongoing but there does not need to be answers right now or ever at all! That is the beauty of looking into your practice and who you are within it, it is constant and there is no end product. We are forever developing and growing as people. Learning new skills by gaining insight into the world around us and applying it to ourselves. One main area I have noticed about myself is the struggle I have in a

First Skype Reflection

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I am looking back today to develop my upcoming plans to further my knowledge. My plan is to look at how I am going to question areas of my practice, and where I fit into my practice. The first Skype session I attended in the first week was extremely daunting for me. Full of anticipation of what to expect as a distance learner, I listened into the conversation intently. The Beginning the famous saying of "the only thing we fear, is fear itself" came to mind at first. However when settling into conversation, the word "fear" had quickly evaporated after just a few seconds of chatter between fellow peer members. We talked about the module handbook, unihub, the library and how the module was going to run. Feeling at ease when hearing other peers asking the same questions that I had in my head, but was to scared to ask out of "fear" that it was a silly question. From this Skype session the main area that seemed to resonate with me is that this degree is wha