Reflection (Nicolette)

Reflections

Well,this English Performance Task was actually quite fun though there were lots of setbacks and obstacles.

We faced many obstacles throughout the course of this performance task,the first being the research component of the performance task.We had to sieve out what information was reliable and what was not,at the same time finding enough information to do our presentations and to complete the planning worksheet.Secondly,we also had the problem of planning out suitable survey questions using Socratic Questioning.We had to go through many drafts and prepared at least 6 sets of questions over and over again,editing all the while.However,we eventually ,managed to come up with a satisfactory set of questions that were not too difficult,non-understandable and without grammatical errors.We also tailored our questions such that they were not rude or insulting to the recipients.Thirdly,we had trouble finding people who were willing to do our survey.We were rejected repeatedly and some of our rejectors included Eu Yan Sang as well as a few anonymous Western doctors.When we went out to do our survey some people ignored us or simply brushed us off. We even got chased out of Raffles City as we were a supposed 'public nuisance'.Fortunately,though we were rejected many times we still managed to get 50+ surveys and we had enough to do our presentations.The presentation that I did with Yan Jean overshot the two and a half minute limit by almost twice our allocated timing.Our script was 2000 words long and our presentation was too wordy but we worked hard and eventually reduced our script to 500 words and deleted several slides as well as many bits and pieces of information.

I have learnt many things from this English Performance Task.I learnt that quality work is not produced because one is talented but because of the overall hard work and cooperation of a group.A good and successful performance task depends a lot on a good work relationship with the group members.I also learnt that rejection is inevitable.There is no such thing as a smooth-sailing project.Because of rejection,I think that I have become less 'soft' and stronger.I also learnt that you cannot produce something overnight and that doing a project takes a lot of time and effort .You need to be dedicated to a project in order for it to be a success.

In conclusion,I think that i have learnt a lot form this performance task and gained much experience on many things such as rejection and working with others.I also think that this performance task has greatly improved my research skills.

On a side note
I would like to thank all of my group members for being such wonderful work partners and supportive friends.Without them, I don't think our project would have been as successful.I think that they are the best performance task group that I have ever worked with and once again,to all of my group members,thank you for being so amazing:)

Nicolette (31)
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