Author: rocha64075@gapps.uwcsea.edu.sg
Kahaani Dance Showcase 2019 reflection
As I moved to Grade 12 and the year started to come to an end, I decided that wanted to get involved in an activity where I would get out of my comfort zone, challenge myself with something I have never done before (perform in front of people), dance. I wanted to be part of Culturama, but it was during a period of time where I had to focus on my studies, then I was invited to do Kahaani and as I watched last year’s performance and enjoyed a lot i knew I wanted to be part of it.
Kahaani would be a big challenge for me as I am usually really uncomfortable when presenting in front of people, in addition to the fact that I have never danced or performed anything in front of a large audience makes me even more anxious, that’s why I knew that doing Kahaani would be a great opportunity for me to face my fears.
As it approaches the performance day, I can strongly say that I was able to learn how to dance, learn more about my body as I did things I have never previously done. In the beginning i struggled with learning the steps, but the more I practiced and attended the sessions I started to improve and be able to learn the steps much faster, while gaining a better understanding of the limits of my body. For me to be able to reach the stage I am right now, my commitment was essential, I practiced during the break constantly in order to remember the steps, and attended every single session that the dance leaders organized. If I didn’t do that by this time I would be a lot more worried with my final performance, what would add to the fact I’m anxious when presenting in front of people.
In conclusion, one challenge I still haven’t been able to overcome in kahaani is my fear of presenting in front of people, however, I strongly believe that by the end of the final performance I will have gained a lot more confidence. As a reult, of the great amount of effort I’ve put into, the great and supporting people I’m working with and the amazing leadership.
Final Project Week reflection
Project Week was a successful experience for my group and I. In the beginning with the minor setbacks we had regarding the planning stages were easily overcome when we all got together and started working hard to fix it.
Everything went according to our plan, we had no trouble with flights, our third party provider for the activity was really organised and helpful when we needed. For example, in the last day of our activity one of my friends with me had a minor accident when cycling and the tour guides were extremely fast and helpful to help him clear the wounds and recover. The following three days that we working with our Service partner it was a amazing experience not just for us but for the kids we worked with. It was a challenge for us due to the language boundaries and the fact that we didn’t get much information from them place of what were the students specific needs. However, as we concluded by the end of the trip we believe that were were successful when planning the activities with the kids, also managing to give them so fun experience while gaining awareness of the opportunities they have by staying in the residence/school.
Overall, after our final meeting after we returned from the trip, we all agreed that it was a challenge for all of us, in a physical and physiological way, as it was the first time we did a trip by ourselves and we had the challenge to plan insightful activities for the kids.
Follow some photos of the trip:
EE Viva Voce
On 26th of November I had my EE Viva Voce meeting with my supervisor. The EE writing process had a lot of ups and downs for me, as I was constantly having problems with data collection, however, after changing my research questions many times my final one was really good. When I was able to develop a RQ that I would be able to develop was a big success for me. Throughout the process, I changed my strategies many times, until I discovered a writing method that really efficient for me, and that after I discovered I used for other written assignments. I believe if I was able to formulate my final RQ in the earlier stages would have made the entire process much easier and smooth, and I would have better chances of more accurate feedback from my supervisor. Lastly, my EE made me interested in researching the same topic more in depth in the future.
EE Second Interim Reflection
On August 27th, I had my second reflective meeting on my EE, to get feedback on my first draft. During the break before the first submission, I had to change my research question, however, I didn’t know how to do it so I had to write the essay the best way I could following an idea I had in mind. Therefore, the rc2 was essential to help me understand how I should fix my essay and RQ. I had written a descriptive essay with little analysis, but after the meeting, I understood what were my next steps to fix it, as well as, had a better understanding of the kind of research and analysis I should be doing in order to answer my RQ. I was able to formulate my research question, in such a way I wouldn’t need to do a lot of extra research, just rewrite the essay in a more analytical format.
Project week group reflection
Link to the reflection:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BmE7PUpdZLKywwr_H0QgxTe8LulVSdd8/view?usp=sharing
Project Week Reflection 1
So far I’m almost done with my project week planning. Until now it was a pretty interesting experience with a lot of ups and downs. Started going up when we had to send the proposals, but it down when we got denied and had to started thinking about about other options. Then we found Cambodia, a great place for all the categories involving CAS. My group and I wanted to focus on Service and Activity. We found a really good Activity provider that also care about sustainability and will give us the opportunity to work in the kitchen and in the farms. The Service partner was a down part of the planning because we had a lot of trouble trying to find a good partner that was interested in letting us work with them for such a short period of time. However, in the end we got everything sorted.
This project week planning was a great opportunity for me to practice my leadership skills as I had to put my group in order so we could met the deadlines and planning an enjoyable trip. It was challenging as we had to contact many people and there was a lot of information essential for our trip that had be solved, but I still overcame them. In addition, collaboration was essential for this, from me and from all of the people in my group, as each of us had to do our tasks and more in order to meet the deadlines. I would say it was a tough process but still fun, and it was a great opportunity to get to know better some of the people in my group that I wasn’t really close to.
EE day Reflection
Today I learnt the next steps I should take in order to start my EE and do it properly. Now I got a better understanding of what a Business EE looks like and what kind of information we should include in it. After one of the presentations, it opened my mind to the different options of resources I had. In addition, with the MLA presentations it help me think how I can organise my work so later I don’t have problems. I’m proud that now I’ve achieved a point where I can start putting my research together in other to start writing my EE.
EE Initial Reflection
In order to develop the outline of my EE, I first spoke to one of the persons I will be interviewing as a primary source to get a better understanding of the topic, after doing that and the meeting that all students doing business EE had together, I was able to develop the outline. Afterwards, had a second meeting with Mr Steele in order to improve it and make it more adequate. After this meeting I started to face some problems as I started to think what ways I could get my primary sources and how useful and reliable they would be. In addition, the person I’m going to interview informed me that she will be leaving at the beginning of summer break. At first I wasn’t understanding how the EE would look like and what kind of information I should have but now I’m more aware of it and I’m thinking of best sources I could get.
Boxing/Muay Thai activity reflection
I’ve trained Muay Thai for 4 years before joining this activity, so I didn’t have to go through the process of learning it, what put me in an advantage compared to the other people in the activity. However, it was a great experience because I met new people and I also got to help my friends, as I have experience. It was a bit challenging for me as I was a bit out of shape, but in the end I got to train a lot and enjoy it.
This activity, showed me that I have the initiative to help others and that I enjoyed doing it. Being able to share all the experienced I gained throughout the many years of practice with my peers was a great opportunity. In a class with many people and few coaches, it was hard for them to keep constant attention to everyone, and me by helping them not only helped the coaches but also helped me practice my technique but also made me more motivated to take initiative in other things as in my Film class.