Volleyball B # 1, 22nd October 2019

This year, I have once again decided to try out for volleyball and play the sport for season 1. I enjoy the activity and think that this year, my main goal is to be able to serve and spike consistently. My main goal of this season is to play the role of right-wing to have the opportunity to spike. As I play this year, I hope that I learn to become more involved with the rest of the team by being more committed and involved compared to the rest of the team.

Volleyball undertakes challenges and also requires a lot of collaboration. Because no member can play to their full potential in a volleyball game alone, I believe that collaboration is crucial, and although some may not know the other members well, it is important to understand to be respectful as they are the ones on your team. As for the challenge, in my opinion, I believe that volleyball is a constant challenge that I will always face in order to propel myself forward in terms of skill in sports. And the achievements of this year was staggering as we won many matches compared to last year when we lost no match at all.

ITP #1, 17th October 2019

On ITP, I am able to learn more skills in playing my chosen instrument, the bass. I am currently taking a break from learning how to play walking bass lines, and I have been practicing on how to improve my mechanical playing as I think that is what I should be focusing on.

I think that ITP requires a lot of commitment as the course suggests with a lot of consistent practice in order to keep up with the learning progress. This has been proven to be a challenge on many occasions as it requires me to balance out both my IB work and ITP practice. It is also a constant challenge as I need to keep trying new pieces and techniques which I still don’t feel comfortable at, which can prove to be a problem at times as it can be very frustrating, but by keeping at it, the payoff is immensely satisfying.

Culturama South Korea #1, October 4th 2019

This year will be my second time performing culturama and it has been an intimidating but rewarding experience. This year, most people which I previously knew are now no longer in school and won’t be doing culturama, meaning that as I came into practices I was trying to get to know others better than before. Now as time has progressed, I feel more comfortable to talk to the others, which is really helpful as it allows me to improve my dancing because I can ask others freely for advice.

I think this tackles LO 1 as I then am able to access what I am able to do and what I can’t do. After going through the practices, I am able to access what are the areas which I struggle with and what I am able to do. I think that compared to last year, I have greatly improved in my skills in dancing as I am more familiar with it.

Extended Essay First Draft Reflection

After having feedback on my EE first draft. My supervisor has pointed out what I should improve by the next submission. I should increase the amount of second reading I have in my text, in order to have more supporting evidence towards my claims. This will not only reinforce the validity of my claims, but as well have more perspectives included which I can question in order to address a balanced perspective and weighing both sides of the arguments.

In the case of my format, I believe I have to add more subheadings in order to guide the reader on the subjects which are being focused on in the text, as well as to show how some texts may refer or be based on another. An example is to have a subheader on the comparison between How To Win Friends and Influence People and The Richest Man in Babylon to facilitate the purpose of the paragraph and avoid confusions about the whole text being a comparison.

Therefore what I should focus on based on the feedback given from my supervisor is to have more secondary reading to support and challenge my claims and interpretations of The Richest Man in Babylon. And to add more subheadings in order to improve the format of the text and the purpose of each paragraph.

Challenges in G11 & G12

In grade 11 I had two main struggles, one being my ability to balance everything at once. This included my subjects, CAS and other aspects, more related to my personal life. One way which I was able to tackle this was by keeping a schedule of all the different commitments in my life, this helped me have a better idea of the amount of time I had and how I could change certain commitments to help myself with others. What PSE also helped me with is the ability to keep a growth mindset through the year as it helped me stay positive through the process.

Something which I don’t think I have been as successful at is the CAS reflections, this is because I didn’t account for the reflections and ended up leaving them for the last minute which made it hard to finish later on because of the lack of time.

In grade 12, what I know that I will have a challenge it is to finish my EE, this is because our first submission is on the first day back and that means it has to be done on the break. Other struggles include completing the other IA’s especially Computer Science as it is very time consuming and can be very hard to finish. Something which I can do to help me finish includes talking to my supervisor.

Volleyball Preseason #1, May 28th 2019

I have currently recognized that I am lacking in a lot of skills in volleyball, as I am far more experienced in receiving then on other aspects such as serving or spiking. Because of this, I have decided to commit to those aspects fully throughout the preseason. In the case which I don’t reach the amount of skill which I hope to have, then I think it would be best for me to play the role of libero as it is a role in which I can utilize my strengths the best.

I believe I have been focusing the most on LO 2 as I have been constantly been taking on new challenges in order to improve myself for the next season, and although the timing is quite hard because of how everything in grade 11, by keeping committed over the whole preseason has given me the opportunity to improve and polish my own skills.

Floorball #1, May 28th 2019

Having done other sports, I am currently not uncomfortable with learning a new sport, but on the other hand, because it is a brand new sport, it can be at times hard to play well to the point where I can fully enjoy the game. Because floorball is held on Friday after school, it is hard to keep going as it requires a lot of commitment, as although it is a short session, there are times which I would prefer to do something else regardless.

At the same time, it has been a challenge as learning how to play a new sport can be hard, especially when playing with groups of people on different levels. It also approaches LO4 as the commitment was really hard, being the season before the end of the year and also being on Friday.