Friday, December 21, 2007

(5)Based on your answers to the questions above,how do you wish to grow/change as a student/person for second semester? What steps do you have to take to achieve that growth?

According to my above answers , I would wish to be more attentive and pay more attention in class in the future .
Not to skipped any of the supplementaries given to me anymore . Supplementaries can also be important as lessons during school time too . I would also like to submit all my homeworks on time too . From a playful student , I would like to change to a hardworking student . I would strive all out for my secondary two , as I know secondary two is very important , and it's very hard to go on to secondary three . So , I would try as hard as I can to go on to the subjects that I want to take in secondary three . But , my studies are still a long way to go for me . I would still want to continue my studies after I graduate from University . Way to go !

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(4) Think back to a time over the past semester when you faced a challenge or made a big mistake. ( A bad grade on something, letting your benchmarks pile up until the last minute ,etc) What sorts of lessons did you learn about yourself from that challenge and/ or mistake? How did this influence the way you did things after that moment? IN what ways does this experience help you to plan for the next semester?

In the past semester , I had really made a big big mistake . There's a maths supplementary for us . But , I skipped . Not only me , but half of the class skipped too . Now , when I think back , I think that was a really foolish act . I should set a good example for my classmates to follow as I'm the class president of the class . But , due to my foolishness , I skipped too . We decided to skipped the maths supplementary , but , we did not go back home . We still hanged out in school together and play a fool .

When our maths supplementary teacher caught us in a act , no one decided to go and own up for our foolishness . We went home without apologized to the teacher . I really regretted what I have done . If I skipped one lesson of maths supplementary , I have missed a lot of teaching stuffs that to be educate to us . If not , I would have done better in my maths .

In the next semester , I will not ever done this again . I would go for all my supplementary lesson and really pay attention to it . I want to score well for my exams next year .

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5)Based on your answers to the questions above,how do you wish to grow/change as a student/person for second semester?What steps do you have to take to achieve that growth?

I never thought of it before.Now that you asked me,I wanted to be a more careful student on my work and try to avoid anymore big mistakes.I want to improve my Maths so that I can enter Polytechnic and not stop half way in my studies.I will try to be more attentive in class and stop my drawing-addiction when lessons are in progress.From a childish and playful student,I wish to change into a mature and serious person.I will have to be prepared for whatever challenges that await me in the next year and work harder.I do not wish to upset my parents and shatter their expectations for me so I should do better in my exams.Even though everything would be a lot harder as the years go by,it would not weaken my determination to get my problems solved.Just like what Madeleine had mentioned,we might not achieve what we worked hard for but this is just a beginning,I hope.

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4)Think back to a time over the past semester when you faced a challenge or made a big mistake.(a bad grade on something,letting your benchmarks pile up until the last minute,etc.)What sorts of lessons did you learn about yourself from that challenge and/or mistake?How did this influence the way you did things after that moment?In what ways does this experience help you to plan for next semester?

F&N,the most challenging subject that I made the most mistakes on.The first mistake was a minor one when I had forgotten to tuck in a few strands of hair into the cap.The teacher warned me that cleanliness is important in the kitchen and I worked on that.Probably because I was too carried away with cooking that I did not realize.I forced myself to remember in F&N class time and time again to check on my hair.After a few weeks,I had gotten over this problem.The next big thing occured during my F&N practical exam.I really can't believe that I had made such a big mistake in an exam!I was slicing my carrot and the teacher did a few rounds in the kitchen,observing our cooking skills.When she came to me,she reminded me to peel off the skin of the carrot before the carrot can be eaten.Then I found out I didn't peel the skin off!Because of that mistake,I decided not to repeat it again by practicing cooking at home.It was such an embarrasing mistake that I would laugh at the thought of it.The last mistake was that,I did not have enough time to clean up the my space and I needed my partner's help.Maybe I spent too much time on the soup that I totally forgot about cleaning up!

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3) What are your thoughts about having to do projects in every subject? In what ways are project-type assessments more difficult, interesting, challenging, or meaningful than traditional ways of showing what you know? Cite an example or two to support your answer.

My first thought is always 'huh~' when it is project time.Not because I hate doing projects but it is tougher to get working on project-type assessments.If I am in an irresponsible group where the group members do not want to do work,all the work comes to me and the points will be shared amongst the group.Unfair,isn't it?If I get into a group with my friends to do a project,everything would be much more easier.That is the difficult point.Doing project work is more meaningful and interesting is that,you don't need to follow accordingly to a workbook.It is a homework which we can freely express and join different opinions.If we don't know what to write,mindmaps are welcomed on projects and it would not be so hard.The challenging part is presenting the project,whether you know what you are doing.The other challenging part is that,teamwork must be shown.Projects aren't so bad,so tough after all.

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2)Describe one goal that you set for yourself in September. What steps have you taken? Where and how have you met that goal? Where and how have you fallen short? And how will you proceed toward that goal in the second semester?

A goal?Well,if I let you make a wild guess,you will get the right answer for sure.I am really a loser when it comes to Maths and every year,I keep targeting just a 'C' grade for it.This year,it is the same but I get 'F' instead of my ideal grade.During September,I set the same old goal but this time,I targeted for a higher grade--'B'.I prepared daily study routines for myself and these are the five steps I have taken.

1)Lock myself up in the room and study for two hours,non-stopping.
2)No fooling around with the dog plushies in my room,concentrate.
3)Only allowed for toilet breaks and no taking a peek at the television show in the living room.
4)Revise some notes in the textbook and worksheets that are Maths-related.
5)No computer games.

I have failed all of the five steps I wanted myself to take.Therefore,I decided to take to easier way out.Sit in front of my Dad and revise.That did work out for an hour or so,before I gave up.Instead,I chose to clarify problems I encountered with my primary school teacher.She arranged some tuitions classes for me but it was a bit uncomfortable.Why?I was the only Secondary One student amongst all the primary five kids.Other than that,everything was fine.My teacher explained to me that I did not understand the concepts and the solutions to Maths,that is why I did so badly for my exams.Although I did not really good for this year's year end Maths paper,I told myself to work towards that goal again next year by studying harder.

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1)What talents (new or hidden) have you learned/discovered about yourself this semester?

I love writing compositions and I discovered a talent for writing.Using creative phrases whipped up by my own imaginations is one of the best thing I can do.Amazingly,I don't need to flip through books or anything to get creative sentences.I just...write out whatever is in my mind.In a few minutes,I can have a few creative sentences popping up in my brain.

For example:The sun gleamed brilliantly like a diamond,its rays of light piercing through my window.

This is my type of creative phrase,I jumble up different words to form a sentence.This talent helped me improved my way of writing.It can sometimes be bad too as I can think up really weird phrases which do not mean anything.They just seem and sound funny.Once I realized a strange phrase in my paragraph,I will erase everything(well,almost everything).Anyway,my talent benefits most of the time.

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(3) What are your thoughts about having to do projects in every subject? In what ways are project-type assessments more difficult, interesting, challenging, or meaningful than traditional ways of showing what you know? Cite an example or two to support your answer.

When project come in every single subject , my thoughts would have be " aww man , project again " . But , on the other hand , projects would have helped us in a lot of ways . Like , teamworks , thinking skiils , responsibility( Eg : Hand up the project when date dues ) .

To me , project-type assessments that are difficult, challenging and interesting are those with pictures that you will need to conclude and analyzing their plotting and their story .

Same as madeleine , when talking about projects , my first thinking will come about the June holiday project . This project consist of topics that i had not came before in my primary school .

1) A book project
2) Game design
3) Movie Trailers
4) Creative Digital Story-telling

I thought that Movie Trailers and Creative Digital story-telling would be very interesting . But , book project would be much more easier . So , me and my group choose that to do .

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(2) Describe one goal that you set for yourself in September. What steps have you taken? Where and how have you met that goal? Where and how have you fallen short? And how will you proceed toward that goal in the second semester?

I had set to pass my chinese for my End-Of-Year exam . It was because , for my mid year exam , I had failed my chinese . So , in order not to fail again , I set up a goal for myself to bucked up my chinese . Before that , I used to fool around a lot and not paying attention to the teacher in class during chinese lesson . For these , it caused my mid year to fail my chinese .

I do not wished to fail my chinese again , after mid year , I decided to pay attention to my chinese teacher and do homeworks that was set by my teacher . But , most importanly , I will also try ask questions regarding my homeworks if I had doubt on it . Finally , after all hard work that I had put in , I've passed my chinese during my End of year .

I've found out that I cannot slack on my chinese . If I continue to work hard on my chinese , I would have score a high mark for my chinese , and would had pull up my total score .

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(1) What talents ( new or hidden ) have you learned / discovered about yourself this semester ?

For being the president for this year , I have duty and responsibility for this class . As for the past six year in my primary school , i have never been in a class committee before . So , i think this year is a really great chance for me to show out my talents .

I've discovered that my duty and responsibility for the class has improved . I also have a duty to know well them as sometimes i will have a need to report to teachers .
Examples : What's he/her index number .
Where he/she sat in class .
Did he/she come to school today .
Not only duty and responsibility , i also had discovered that i am more daring to speak up in class . Being the president for this year really do helps me a lot . I will need to speak up oftenly to the class . This helps me to speaks more in class in the future .

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