Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Qns: You were tasked to go through observations and make predictions and conclusions. On a scale of 1 to 5 (1 being very weak and 5 being very well), rate yourself on the tasks. Explain your rating.
Ans:
Hmm... I felt that on a scale of 1 to 5, I think I am just 1 if I want to be... ‘emo’ about it. I felt that I am unable to be true to myself. 4.5 if I am with a mask. I felt that the ability to covey my message on how I get the conclusion and prediction and making observation was better than I did in secondary school. I thought that it will be hard as it was a topic that I am weak in. But surprisingly that I could managed it without a sweat. I must thank the ‘mask’ that I had put on.
You must be wondering why I keep saying mask, well just let me write what I learn and even though I mention mask... well just ignore it. I think that to be able to understand the fact that there is a North and South point is important as this shows that I will not get lost in the wilderness. Although there is no North or South point in today’s problem statement, but after all it is on magnets. It is represented in GB. I mention that I will not get lost in the wilderness is because if I am leading a team of people into camping, and I am not good with my direction and I do not know how to rely on compass, I will be in deep trouble. Therefore through today’s science lesson, I know that it is important to know how to read the compass or magnet even if there are interference.
Being able to clarify my thoughts with my team mates and understanding how each of us thinks, allows me to be more sure of my idea. For the last RJ, Ms Lim/Joan mentioned that if I do not know how to do a question or solve a problem, it is okay to say “I do not know”. I put it into used today during the time I am doing the worksheet. I am suppose to do question 4 and 5, but as I am doing question 4, I felt that I do not get what the questions was asking, for example Q4f, it was confusing and I do not know how to solve it. Although I am a persistent person, I still believe that when I say ‘I do not know”, it actually help my group to move much faster (in terms of speed and in terms of understanding) rather than stuck at one position and unable to move on.
Today when doing the problem statement, I am able to open up the game this means that I will not feel as left out as last week. I am also glad that this time round, the whole team are ready to take their initiative to complete the work that is on hand. Even though the presentation wasn’t that good, but at least, I felt that we were more prepared compared to last week’s presentation. I am able to focus on the group presentation until all my energy was drained bits by bits.
I hope that maybe if each teams are to complete one questions not many, it will be better. Reason is that, it will not drained everyone that much. This is what we have for communicative. I hope that with other questions, this will help us to be exposed to more than just one question. One may say, hey not everyone will source for the same resource, but for every project, I noticed that every team had presented their finding using the same resource.
Many of us are still relying on just one source, that includes me. I have forgotten to refer to other sources such as books. I guess the only way to remind myself that I need to refer to other sources is by using post-sticks or pop-ups to remind me to refer to other resources. Well, if must still be wondering what is a mask. It is the “friendly, outgoing and someone who do not need to battle with an ongoing emotion battle” mask. To be true, everyone has an ongoing battle in their mind, but I do not when my ongoing battle/emotional battle will end. I am tired of this battle.
If one day I cannot take the stress, and I cry in class, just let me be. I will be fine as time goes by. =) Ok sorry for the long essasy again. It is just a long and hard growing up process... =)
Scientific? does it matter? 6:39 AM ;
