GAINS profile of Stéphanie Trottier!

The first subject of my first blog ever is sitting next to me right now in the person of Stéphanie Trottier. We met this morning in English class, when we had to learn about other students in order to write about one of them, following the GAINS pattern.

When asked about her goals in life , the ones she mentioned were all relative to school. In the short term, she wishes to be able to pass her english class. In the mid-term, Stéphanie wants to graduate from cegep. Her main objective would be to become a successful art therapist in the 5 years to come. 

Still academically speaking, one of the things she is most proud of is to actually have reached cegep last year. On a more personal level, the achievements she would be the happiest about would be her participation to various talent shows. She sang twice in front of a large crowd, and is very proud of that.

Stéphanie is a very artistic person. Her main interests almost all concern arts, at different levels. She loves to sing, but quit her singing lessons because they were too expensive. She also likes to draw, paint and read. Out of the artistic world, she has a passion for traveling and would like to be able to do it more often. 

Due to her mother's nationality, Stéphanie has family in Malaysia, though her close family lives in Montreal. Since she lives here, most of her friends are also in Montreal. 

If she had to describe herself in three words, they would probably be : creative, artistic and curious. They represent well her strengths and skills. After getting to know her a little bit  better in this small interview, I would agree with her choice of words. 

I hope this profile succeeded in explaining what kind of person Stéphanie Trottier is. The GAINS way of proceeding is very interesting and really helps in bonding with a person in a short time.