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Worksheet: Emotional Intelligence

Assignment Overview

The interaction and interpersonal relationships between friends, business colleagues, or even strangers depends on their emotional intelligence.

For this assignment, you are the chairperson of a college scholarship committee. The Financial Aid Office has been given two scholarships by a private donor. These scholarships are for $2,500 each for four years. The stipulations of each scholarship are that it is to be given to an entering freshman, that it will be renewed each year as long as the student maintains a 2.5 grade average, and that a committee of students at the university should choose the recipient. Your task is to decide which two applicants will be awarded the scholarships.

Assignment Details:

Perform the following tasks::

• Complete the reading assignment and the interactive lesson before attempting this assignment
• To complete the assignment:
  • Read the following descriptive notes regarding the ten applicants.
  • Select two from the list that you will award the scholarships.
  • Write a 350-500 word summary to explain the reasons for your choices. Relate how your emotional intelligence affects your communication.
    • Be sure to use the lesson, readings, and other research to support your answer.
    • Use the plagiarism tool to check your summary against unintended plagiarism.
    • Spell check your summary.
  • Use the proper naming convention when saving your assignment:
    • COM205_wk4_assn_jsmith_mmddyyy
  • Submit your assignment.

Grading:

Criteria	Possible Points	Points Achieved
Selected two candidates and explained reasoning for choosing them.	20
Related this exercise to their own emotional intelligence and how it affected their communication.	20
Assignment contained no spelling, grammar or mechanical errors.	10
References are properly cited.	10
Total Possible Points	60

 

 

Assignment Worksheet

Scholarship Committee Notes

DEBBIE KRAMER, age 17. Debbie is a B student in her senior year of high school and is a cheerleader. Her father is deceased; her mother works as clerk typist. Debbie is the eldest of four children. She is described by high school teachers as “very likable and popular.” She plans to major in social work.

MARTIN ROGERS, age 18. Martin is a C student in high school and a member of band and choir. His father is a repairperson for the telephone company; his mother is a homemaker. Martin has one older brother who is a sophomore at Bloomsburg. Martin has a learning disability that creates great problems for him in reading. Because of this reading problem, he has had to work twice as hard as other students do. In courses that do not require reading skills, he is brilliant. High school teachers predict he will have outstanding success in his chosen major, computer science.

CLARENCE JEFFERSON, age 18. As a student in high school, he was president of the African American Cultural Society and editor of high school newspaper. His mother is a clerical worker and his father is deceased. Clarence has twin sisters who are juniors in high school.  Others describe him as very popular with fellow students. When he was a junior, his girlfriend got pregnant, and he is now supporting a one-year old son. Although he is taking financial responsibility for his son, he is not interested in getting married. Clarence will major in journalism.

CAROLYN GORDAN, age 35. She dropped out of high school when she was 17 to get married and now has three daughters, 18, 15, 12. Her oldest daughter is beginning college. Carolyn is divorced from her husband who lives in another state and pays no child support or alimony. She works as a supermarket checker. Her greatest desire is to go to college and become an elementary school teacher. She has taken several courses on a part time basis over the past few years and has maintained a 3.5 average.  If she got the scholarship, she could go to school full time.

ALEX STARZINSKI, age 18. He is a C student and an outstanding football player. Alex has won all possible city and state football awards. He works with Big Brothers, a program to help disadvantaged youth, and is deeply religious. Teachers say he is not a very good student but he works hard. Thirty football recruiters from colleges around the country have made him offers, and your school has a weak football team. Alex is an only child. His father works in bank, and his mother is a secretary.

EZEKIEL NKOMO, age 20. Ezekiel is from Lagos, Nigeria and is a brilliant student in chemistry. He comes from a poor family, with parents who could never afford to send him to the U.S. A Baptist mission group is willing to pay his passage if he can get a scholarship from a U.S. college. Ezekiel plans to study chemistry with the goal of working to develop fertilizers that will increase rice yields (an important crop in his country). His teachers as highly motivated describe him and goal oriented. They all agree that he will be highly successful in his studies.

CARMAN CASTOZO, age 19. Carman is a Cuban refugee now living in Miami. Her father has not yet found work. The entire family, including five younger children, is living in a refugee camp. Carman was a B+ student in Cuba and a star in women’s field hockey. She wants to major in English.

MICHELLE de GRAMO, age 18. Michelle is an A student in high school, and is not involved in any high school activities. A victim of cerebral palsy, she is confined to a wheelchair. Her father runs a small grocery store, and her mother is a homemaker. Michelle has one older brother who is married.  She will major in computer science. Although Michelle has a brilliant mind, she has a great physical disability and often has little control over her limbs or her speech.  There is no reason, however, why she could not pursue a career in computer science and have a normal job. Her parents are quite concerned about her future. They are both in their 60s, and they hope she will get a college education so she can become economically self-sufficient.

SCOTT BAKER, age 18. Scott has achieved a C+ average in high school. (He got Ds during his freshman year but has had As in his senior year.) Scott’s parents were killed in auto accident when he was five, and Scott has lived in a series of foster homes. He has no siblings or known family. Guidance Counselor says that he had great emotional problems in junior high. There is evidence that he was badly beaten in one of his foster homes. Has “found himself” in high school, as is evidenced by his improved grades in his senior year.  Scott is shy, a loner. He wants to major in history.

ELLEN McBRIDE, age 18. Ellen is an excellent student, valedictorian of her class, captain of her softball team, and a swimmer with many awards. Ellen was class president for two years and was elected Prom queen. Her mother died young; her father (retired) and stepmother (homemaker) raised her. Ellen has no brothers or sisters. As described by high school teachers, Ellen is a “girl who has everything.” She is uncertain about her major.

Candidate Selection

• Identify the two candidates you selected to receive the scholarships.

 

• Candidate 1:

 

• Candidate 2:

 

 

• Reasoning for selection of individuals.
• Write a 350-500 word summary to explain the reasons for your choices. Relate how your emotional intelligence affects your communication.