Final Reflection

   

Mummy, it's over!! '*sobs* 

This is the first elective module that I've taken without consulting the modulereview website or my friends. Initially, I planned to take this module with some of my friends, but eventually most of them decided not to since they found out that the module workload was going to be extremely heavy. That and the fact that it's a communication course, which they believe that they wouldn't be able to perform well in it since they wouldn't want to speak up in class. :/  

Getting this module was much of a hassle as CORS had precluded Science Year 1 students from taking it. After several phone calls and emails, I finally could bid for the module. I later found out that the reason might be because they offer SP1001 to science students, which made me wonder if all that effort was worth it. But I'm glad I was assertive enough for the administrative staff to allow me to take this module.

To me, taking a module by myself is rather daunting, especially a module involving project work, which requires a lot of luck in finding good project mates. Thank goodness Lady Luck was on my side this time round. I've had some bad experience with project work, where some of the team members simply do not care, or that it might be beyond their ability for them to accomplish certain tasks well, resulting in the rest picking up the slack. Hence, I'm extremely grateful for being able to work with Huiping & Isabel for peer teaching and the research proposal, as well as Qu Kui (for the research proposal). 

Thank you for the good times! 

                  

I really enjoyed Dr. Rhadika's style of teaching, which put me at ease, and I felt less afraid to speak up. To everyone, if I ended up bombarding your ears with opinions that competes with a puddle for shallowness, I apologize. >.< It has been really interesting to be in a class full of seniors, since seniors are supposed to be much more wiser in their thinking...right? That's an assumption that more years of learning will make one a wiser person. But it's true that I did learn a lot from my fellow classmates, from their insightful opinions.

For example, when commenting on someone's presentation, we should try to add in more positive comments. I'm sorry if I have been overly critical! I guess it's the same as writing a letter—sandwich style, where we buffer the bad news with the good news. To me, I feel that if it's something that's already rather good, and I have no suggestion on how to improve it, I wouldn't mention it. It's like a bad body gesture. The moment someone points it out, you become more conscious of it, which may bode well or not, depending on the individual.  

Moreover, I have finally managed to improve my presenting skills by maintaining eye contact with the audience and NOT holding my speech or notes! Neither have I memorized my speech word-for-word. I feel that I have improved drastically in that regard.

I'm not sure about the others, but I think we managed to bond rather fast in simply 1 semester. For my other classes, hardly any of us got to mix around with each other. I'm also glad that most of us seem to get along well with each other, without any classroom politics being involved. Or did I manage to run through this course oblivious to any arrows shot? :P The classroom atmosphere was lovely, since no one was jostling to comment and rapidly shooting their opinions, like the 'horror' stories usually told of arts modules that require class participation.

Thank you everyone for the laughter, the guidance and the fun! It has been a great learning experience.