Welcome to the first proper MPOL that I have done. In this presentation I am going to talk about my learning this year, the ups the downs and the plans to improve. Without further ado lets take a look at the work that I have done this year.
The not so good
This year (or as of this MPOL) I have done 3 projects, one about Canadian political party’s, one about apology’s and memorials, and one about Romeo and Juliet. First I want to talk about the work that I am not happy with and what I could have done better to do this work well or to my standards. The project that I am least happy with my work from is the Romeo and Juliet project. I feel like the work that I did was underwhelming, I did not show much knowledge in the theme book and while the final group video was good I feel like my contributions and my part in it was not good/large enough. And this kinda brings me to one of the most important parts of this school year. After this project I have started to realize that I wont get anything out of anything at school if I don’t put anything into it. And the Romeo and Juliet project is a perfect example of that. I put no effort into it, as a result I don’t feel like that the work that I have done was that good, the really important part about me realize it this is that I used to think (passed year and a bit) it was only a lack of motivation and willingness, I didn’t think more or less than that about it. So while It sounds quite insignificant to me it helps a lot. Its just the way that I work, I either have bad work or good work, a lot of the time I feel like my work is not good enough. It is kinda the thing that I get stuck with when doing most of my work. That is why tutorial time has been so useful for me. It forces me to complete the work. I also feel like I need to be asking more questions to the teach or come to the teachers for clarification that I am doing the right thing, just so I can know if I actually need to do better work or if I am in a loop of thinking that my work is not good enough. When I am actually invested in stuff I am able to make higher quality work that shows my knowledge at a good level. Doing well in school seems more like a byproduct of interest and investment. Something that hasn’t been good it’s year is that I have not been paying attention to the competencies, while I feel like this can be a good thing because I will have a more genuine result it also means that I could just not be achieving any of them.
The not so bad
As for what I have done that I am actually proud is the final product for the winter exhibition or the Ology of Apology project. I feel like I took the time to learn about it and I invested in this. This project was kinda a wake up call for me. It was the thing that made me realize that when I invest myself. As for why I actually feel good about this project. I want to say that I did good in this project because I played a decent sized role in my group, I feel like I showed a good level of knowledge and I feel like I showed what I am capable of when I just put a little bit of my time and effort into things. And being able to make work that I am proud of is just something that feels good, It makes me want to keep on creating good work.
Improvements
When to comes to my next steps, looking into the rest of this school year and maybe until I graduate I really want to focus on putting more of my time and effort into almost everything. Because like I mentioned above a lot of the time If I am putting the work and effort into learning it the work that Is exceeding my own goals or expectations. So to keep myself putting the time in and competing the work I am going to keep on going to tutorial time because it seems to be helping me a good bit. Other than that I have no other motivation to actually try except for not failing or getting good post secondary education. But I am going to promise to myself to keep on becoming better in general and I am also going to continue to look for ways to hold myself accountable.
That is all that I have for now, and I will make sure to lead on from this in the TPOL!