Log #7

l   Ten abilities I should acquire in the future:

A.          Being tough and having good flexibility of dealing with pressure.

B.          Embracing changes and keeping flexible.

C.          Passing what I have learned to the juniors.

D.         Showing the attitude that I am more eager to make process than the supervisors do.

E.          Expressing my thoughts before asking questions.

F.           Planning before doing.

G.         Doing more without asking.

H.         Working together and establishing the ability of making structure.

I.            Discovering passion, self-communicating and self-recovering ability on the job.

Log #6

Recently, I am too busy to read a book; I decide to share my life of part-time job. Because I find that acquiring brand-new working skills inspires me more than reading book, there are some reflections to be shared in my next two logs. I always want to work as a chef of an American restaurant and pretend to sauté all kinds of food with my hands holding a pan upside down. As the beginning od pursuing my dream job, I started to work in Second Floor(貳樓) last month as a PT in the kitchen. After I have worked for one month. I come up with some thoughts.

l   Learning to get along with others helps me the most.

One of my coworker told me that there is no need to feel frustrated or panic about being a rookie in any new workplace. I ca get familiar with new job by time of accumulating experiences and hard working. However, I can’t stand the pressure from having a poor relationship with my coworkers, supervisors and even new colleagues after me.

First of all, the whole team needs close cooperation between each team member. If one of us doesn’t get along with others, there will be a communicational gap appear which can cause lots of time wasted and low spirit in the kitchen. Next, adopting proper words and attitude toward the supervisors is definitely a new skill for me to learn. Before I graduate from the college, there are few chances for me to experience the influence of using an un proper word. I always need to remind myself that the supervisors still my supervisors even we will have some jokes between each other. Because there will be now second chance upon you choosing the improper facial expression or speaking tones. Third, my supervisor often tries to encourage my colleagues to greet me with smile and passionate greeting words like “Good morning!” when I enter the kitchen every time. as a result, it’s important for me to pass the culture to the new colleagues because I understand the awkward and embarrassed feelings at the first time of being in a new environment.

One final speech related to our discovery project...

Dear all,

I came across with this speech by a 26 year speaker at NTNU. The whole content is 100% corresponding to our self-discovery journal.

http://www.rappler.com/technology/features/170997-mark-zuckerberg-commencement-speech-harvard-2017

Take a look. I believe you'd know that you could have done better. But bear this in your own mind.

Good luck!

Finally...

Dear all,

Since I am not going to have a formal class tomorrow, I'll be in the classroom since 9 o'clock,  meaning, you don't have to come that early (but the other half have to be on time for Gloria's class). Or you can come and work on whatever you need to, taking the advantage of the place and time.

For  your written project, please refer to my previous post for the structure (elements to be included). I will not have you fill in any survey, but then please give (in either Chinese or English) your feedback for the last project in the following aspects:

1.  Your general reaction to the self-discovery project. Do you think this activity can be kept for your juniors to do next year? Why?
2. Comparing this project to the previous (on a critical/social issue), which one do you prefer, and why?

Thank you, and see you tomorrow in the classroom.

Before you go, here is Zuckerberg's inspiring speech:
http://www.rappler.com/technology/features/170997-mark-zuckerberg-commencement-speech-harvard-2017

Last day of presentations

Dear all,

One group has seven presenters tomorrow, therefore we'd better start on time. Jenny, please help check out the equipment for me, and others come on time to help set the seats as we did last week. And, do remember to bring the note papers I gave last week. I'll also prepare blank ones tomorrow.

Come on! You are almost done!

The deadline to submit your final papers is 6/21; I'll be in the classroom, receive your papers, and to give you one last survey to fill in. The paper should include:

1. A cover page: the project title, your name, and class
2. Your concept maps, from draft 1 to the final version.
3. An introduction that tells the structure of your written project.
4. The main text.
5. References: a list of all the materials you have read or watched.

The last week, 6/21, is still a formal class period for the semester, and should be done as my responsibility. I plan to be in the class and see if any one of you would like to talk to me, about anything. No formal lecture, and you can come and leave freely.

ps. Sorry I can't give you the survey earlier, for the items need to be revised according to this particular project.

See you all tomorrow.

ConceptMap

Final Presentations I

Dear all,

Tomorrow, Presentations will  occur in two groups, two at the same time. So, I need one person in each group to hold the camcorder. The camera man has to catch the whole presentations and the Q&A time.  You can take turn to do that if one gets tired holding it. (I'd personally love to do it myself! It's really fun!)

Each person has 10 minutes (no more than 10 minutes) for giving the presentation and 5 minutes for Q&A. So, I also need a timer to keep the time.

During the Q&A session, I'll put a recording device (錄音筆）in each group and need one to hold it to make sure that the recording is clear.

I'll give you a peer evaluation sheet for you to note down the questions you want to ask or comments you'd like to give.  Before I collect the evaluation sheet, please tell which are the best two presentations you hear.

Finally, please upload your ppt on Moodle.

Thank you and see you all tomorrow!

With very minor change but clearer

Log #5

Recently, I ‘ve watched the video of Ed Helms Giving Knox 2013 Commencement Address. This speech is short yet powerful and inspiring. In addition to his great sense of humor, I like the idea he tried to convey. Mainly, he talked about fear. In the beginning, he said “Fear is good.” Hearing this, my mind was filled with confusion and curiosity. Why is fear good to us? Because of fear of failure, I step away from trying, refuse to make decisions. Then why is fear good to us? After his explanation, I knew I view fear in the wrong way: viewing fear as a feeling and emotion; as a result, I was affected emotionally. However, we actually have better choice to get along with our fear.

“All of that is to say, that fear of known physical danger is obviously warranted and needn't be questioned or overthought. But that other kind of fear. Fear of the unknown. Fear that shuts down action without any real explanation. When you feel that fear, let it be a trigger for curiosity.”

“We should look at our fear not as a reason to avoid the things that frighten us, but as a reason to engage them.”

Ed Helm shared his story with graduates. When he was little, he dreamed to be a comedian and make great comedies. To pave the way for this dream, he started as a film editor assistant to make money. Although he encountered with many challenges, he made through it and even became an expert in that fields. However, when he finally got the chance to pursue the position he really dreamed of (comedian), he hanged back and started questioning himself out of fear. I think I can totally understand him. In front of the opportunity of what we truly like or long for, the more fear come to us because we are so afraid of screwing up our dream. As Ed mentioned “It hit me like a rock. Looking deeper into my fear revealed something I truly wanted.”, I think that is also what I exactly fear for. “When you fail at the thing you love, it isn't on the outside of you like dirt or spilled mayonnaise.” Since I planned for so long and worked so hard to get to NTUST, since here is where I had been dreamed about, I am so afraid of screwing this up that I chose to step back, not to make decisions; but in fact, I know, I am only escaping and not solving problems and only making me more ignorant. Rather than escaping from the problems, Ed talked to himself, talked to his fear. And he realized that if you let it, fear can become a kind of spirit guide on your path to a successful life because fear is a sign for us to identify our weaknesses, room for improvements; and if we could take it as our guide, it would make us stronger, lead us to success.

 “When you run away from fear, you also run away from the opportunity to be your best possible self.”

When facing fear, maybe I am still not brave enough; nevertheless, I realized I have different choices get along with it and expect to stopped running away from the opportunity to be my best possible self and even take it as my guide in the future.

“That tension will always be there, but so long as your desire to explore is greater than your desire to not screw up, you're on the right track. A life oriented toward discovery is infinitely more rewarding than a life oriented toward not blowing it.”

Log #7

I have watched a movie called “How to be Single” recently. Amazingly, I have got a lot of opinions and thoughts about this movie. The reason is that I have encountered a similar problem. I broke up with my ex-boyfriend on March in a bad way. And after watching this movie I became happier and more optimistic overall.

As I mentioned, I broke up with my ex on March, the main reason that he tried to cheat on me. At that time, I felt so tough and I suddenly blacked out. What’s worse, I started to act like a zombie, I don’t eat, I do nothing but sleep every single day. But, I realized I didn’t need to put focus on the man who was not worth it. I bestirred myself to read books, watch movie and hang out with friend. That’s why I have a chance to watch this movie. This movie is talking about a couple separated for a while to take a breath, but after they separated from each other, everything changed. When the women saw the man in a coffee shop, the man told her that he is seeing someone already and the woman of course felt sad and desperate. Then, she started to go to the clubs or somewhere can forget he pain. During this tough time, she has got a boyfriend as well, but she found that this is not she want at all. Finally, she realized that being single is not a bad thing, being single can do everything you want to try without others permission. You can go shopping any time anywhere as you wish.

        What’s more, there are one more connection between me and the main character: we have read the same book called “Wild.” I truly love this book, and it is also talking about a woman experienced many tough things so she decided to start hiking from the Pacific Crest Trail. I considered that was a hard and brave decision in her life. To sum up, I want to say that girls and women can be single and complete a mission or task by our own. Nothing is impossible until we have our own faith.

Log#7

President Ma's speech

    Last week I didn't go to the class because I went to an impressive and amazing speech. I am neither the blue party nor the green party. I went to this speech just because of the speaker's characters and the urgent problem we were facing nowadays. The topic of this speech is the cross-straight relationship and the international diplomacy strategy of Taiwan. Now, first I have to share the speech style of President Ma.  To our old assumption, politicians are always boring and serious. However, President Ma is totally a different person from that impression. During his speech, I could barely get any boring and dizzy feeling; instead, the humor and joke he used did gain our laughter. I can say that I was quite focusing on what he told in that 2-hour period. What's more, he is the most amiable president I have never seen before. I am not saying that other presidents are not friendly but he is really really approachable. From the news talked about him, we can know that he is really a kind person. I once saw that he sometimes took the MRT and he was just like a normal citizen; all he did was to line up and give priority to the elderly. Furthermore, I could feel that he tried many efforts to answer our questions, hoping that we could indeed benefit from his speech.

    As of the topic, I really get more information that I have never known before. President Ma said that we should fix our frozen relationship with China because this created better conditions for us. He didn't say that we should be united but said that we should be one friend of Mainland China. I agree his suggestion because China is a big market. Lots of industries, from entertainment to manufacturing, develop in China. Just look how the tourism industry goes after our cross-straight relationship gets worse.  He also said that his ideal goal was to build up an Asian educational center in Taiwan, which meant that more and more China as well as other countries' exchange students could study here. I think that education can really bring peace to the world. When students gather together and study together they will form the collaborative relationship. Then these highly knowledged people will have influences on their countries policy. They know that peace brings win while wars cause destruction. I think I really got a priceless lecture last week and I look forward to President Ma's coming next time.