In all the Performance Tasks I have done, I have to say this is one of my favourites,
At first, we did have some problems deciding which topic did we want to create a research question on. There were divided opinions amongst us, as some of us wanted to do War Crimes and some of us wanted to other topics such as Technology. Alternative medicine came later into our focus, when we learnt the definition of Alternative medicine (I was one of those who did not understand the topic at first). Then, we discussed about the topic and we immediately delved into TCM. This train of thought led us to our research question. When we started research on this topic, safe to say, not all of us were convinced that this was the right choice. We did have some debates on which other topic we should choose, but we did not feel comfortable doing any other topic. Soon enough, we started on our survey questions and went on ground to get people to do our surveys. I was the only one unable to go to the TCM practitioner interview. So, I was not there when the rest of my group members did get kicked out of the MRT station. The last problem we faced was the time limit for our presentations. It was hard to edit our presentations to make sure we did not go past the time limit. All the information we had put in our respective presentations were relevant and important to our stand. We had to speak fast and loud to make sure our audience understood us. Even though we did try our best to summarise most of the points on the slides, Mine and Shannon's presentation still did go past 3 minutes.
From this Performance Task, I think one of the most important things I learnt was to be confident. By nature, I am a shy girl. I am not very confident in going to strangers and asking them to do surveys. I would prefer being asked to do research. So when I was put in a situation where I had to go around and ask people to do surveys, I was, at first, scared. It did take some time for me to get my courage and ask people to the surveys. Then, it felt easier to do it the second time, third time. So, the next time when I am in these kind of situations, I would definitely feel much more confident in going on ground and asking people to surveys.
I rate this is as one of my most favourite Performance Tasks as I actually learnt something beneficial for my future. I found it great that this Performance Task was specifically designed to make sure we, students, learn skills which would be helpful when we go for our higher studies, and eventually, when we join the workforce. It makes us much more capable of handling rejection, which we are going to face many times as we grow older. I also had fun researching information about TCM and Western medicine as these are things which are important in our lives. Without medicine, a lot of us would not be living on Earth right now. From small flus such as cold to life-threatening diseases such as Cancer, medicine is the only thing that can cure it. To learn the benefits and the shortcomings of different types of medicine was enriching.
I do hope that the Juniors can have as much fun as I have had doing this Performance Task!
At first, we did have some problems deciding which topic did we want to create a research question on. There were divided opinions amongst us, as some of us wanted to do War Crimes and some of us wanted to other topics such as Technology. Alternative medicine came later into our focus, when we learnt the definition of Alternative medicine (I was one of those who did not understand the topic at first). Then, we discussed about the topic and we immediately delved into TCM. This train of thought led us to our research question. When we started research on this topic, safe to say, not all of us were convinced that this was the right choice. We did have some debates on which other topic we should choose, but we did not feel comfortable doing any other topic. Soon enough, we started on our survey questions and went on ground to get people to do our surveys. I was the only one unable to go to the TCM practitioner interview. So, I was not there when the rest of my group members did get kicked out of the MRT station. The last problem we faced was the time limit for our presentations. It was hard to edit our presentations to make sure we did not go past the time limit. All the information we had put in our respective presentations were relevant and important to our stand. We had to speak fast and loud to make sure our audience understood us. Even though we did try our best to summarise most of the points on the slides, Mine and Shannon's presentation still did go past 3 minutes.
From this Performance Task, I think one of the most important things I learnt was to be confident. By nature, I am a shy girl. I am not very confident in going to strangers and asking them to do surveys. I would prefer being asked to do research. So when I was put in a situation where I had to go around and ask people to do surveys, I was, at first, scared. It did take some time for me to get my courage and ask people to the surveys. Then, it felt easier to do it the second time, third time. So, the next time when I am in these kind of situations, I would definitely feel much more confident in going on ground and asking people to surveys.
I rate this is as one of my most favourite Performance Tasks as I actually learnt something beneficial for my future. I found it great that this Performance Task was specifically designed to make sure we, students, learn skills which would be helpful when we go for our higher studies, and eventually, when we join the workforce. It makes us much more capable of handling rejection, which we are going to face many times as we grow older. I also had fun researching information about TCM and Western medicine as these are things which are important in our lives. Without medicine, a lot of us would not be living on Earth right now. From small flus such as cold to life-threatening diseases such as Cancer, medicine is the only thing that can cure it. To learn the benefits and the shortcomings of different types of medicine was enriching.
I do hope that the Juniors can have as much fun as I have had doing this Performance Task!
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