TPoL, whether a euphemism for an SLC or not, seems to be just the same as an SLC but for all the work in the last term of school. I am to present some assignments of mine which can show revision, teamwork, repsonsiblilty, and production of high quality work. I am also to reflect on my work ethic and how I have grown throughout the year. The question that encompasses all of this is how ready do I feel for my grade 12 year.
The assignment where I did the most of my learning would probably be the inquiry question on fear assignment. My question was how the fear of nuclear weapons can affect current events. I believe I said this in the last SLC but I feel that the learning really came from the content that I learned during my research into the question and also getting a feel on how the public reacts to nuclear technology. I feel that without this assignment, I would have never looked into this issue and achieved a different understanding of the public perception. This also gave me a gauge in how people would judge dangerous technology similar to nuclear tech because they would probably react the same way. This is the highest quality of my work because I feel that I got to a deep interpretation of how fear can cause so many things to happen.
How Does Fear Affect Public Perception to Nuclear Technology
A demonstration on where I need to improve and growth mindset can be found in the My Canada assignment and the South West Video. In the My Canada assignment, the class had to make a video that shows what they think represents Canada the most. I thought it was the diverse industry that Canada has so I made a video on that. The video was most likely the worst thing the teachers have ever seen made for this but it let me touch on many different tools and programs that could help me in the future produce work now that I have learned them. The same can be said for the Southwest video as I tried out a program new to me and I have only gotten to the barebones of the program which made the video bland. Basically I am trying to say that I need to familiarize myself with the programs I do my work with in order to improve the quality of them.
My work ethics and habits have room for improvement but I consider them to be ok. Over 50 percent of my assignments are in time and of high quality as I believe I put my best effort into each interpretation or answer I make. One thing that really needs improvement is my confidence and public speaking. I often can’t get my ideas across well to others and did really bad trying to come up with something to speak during debate night.
In the end, I must answer how prepared I feel for grade 12. I think that I will make it because I have grasped how the class works now and how to utilize the technology that this class is all about in order to turn in good work. I think with my most recent paragraphs I have shown how I am ok with the writing part of PLP now but in that aspect I will continue improving.
I hope to see more group projects soon