I chose this TED talk because I found it the most relatable. Before I watched the TED talk I’ve always believed that only a marathon of effort and hard work will pay off, rather than a sprint. This is exactly what the speaker was saying; basically the moral is that being successful in something usually requires a person to be continuously working for it, rather than an immediate will and attempt. The speaker’s idea was surprisingly similar to my original belief, and it instantly caught my attention.
I agree with almost everything the speaker was trying to express, and I feel that we both stand in the same perspective when it comes to working towards success. For example, I sometimes look down upon the ones who claim that they are thriving for something but do not put in continuous effort. I personally don't think that it is realistic for someone to reach a tough goal without trying hard, and I feel that people who deserve something are the ones who paid enough for it. The speaker mentioned that the key to success is grit, which is prolonged passion and perseverance for something. This is exactly the moral that I’ve always had, and although she used different terms to convey the idea, I totally agree with what she is suggesting. The one bit of the talk that I can't exactly agree with is the fact that the speaker made grit sound like the only thing a successful person needs. She mentioned that grit is totally unrelated and sometimes even inverse to one’s talent, which made me interpret that reaching a goal does not require talent at all and grit is simply enough. Although my interpretation could be inaccurate, I feel that she should take in account of people’s capabilities of things when she makes that conclusion. This is because I believe a bit of talent or skill is always necessary when trying to accomplish something and that only having grit is not enough. I think it would be better if the speaker addressed talent as a slightly more decisive component, and not ignore its importance. As mentioned above, I had a very similar insight as the speaker before I watched the TED talk. The talk made me more confident in my belief, but made me reflect on myself a little. This is because recently I feel that I wasn’t putting in enough effort into the things I want to accomplish, such as improving grades, maintaining exercise and more personal goals. The talk acted as an alarm that reminded me of what my goals would take, and made me rethink what I needed to do. After the talk I had a brief discussion with myself regarding what I always believed in. In the end I realized that I needed to work harder and more consistently in some areas because I wasn’t seeing enough results. I would recommend this talk to anyone, and especially some of my friends who claim that they are often “lazy”. Although I’ve already agreed with the main idea of this talk, I still found this talk very meaningful and inspiring. To my friends who sometimes refuse to work hard because they feel lazy, I think this talk would give them some very meaningful insights. I want my friends to be able to reach their goals, and I think that the idea this talk conveys would be very beneficial to them. I sometimes try to tell my friends that prolonged passion in important like what the speaker said, but I’d recommended them to watch this talk because the speaker expresses my belief in a more profound way.
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Rather than dividing the project into separate components and assigning each group member a specific category to work on, our group completed the project as a whole and worked on almost every step altogether. There were a few parts of the project, such as the survey for the teacher and students, where we broke off into two smaller groups and worked on them individually. However no major component was completed totally by one single person. Because of this, I had the chance to participate in almost all the steps in our project, including planning the project, creating google forms, analyzing the data, finding the PED tool, presenting our PED tool, and finally writing the report. My contributions include providing suggestions (for the choice of PEDs tools), brainstorming questions and ideas (for the teacher’s survey), and writing conclusions (for the executive summary). But in the end, these tasks were generally done under group work where more than one person contributed.
I believe that our PEDs project was a success. We were able to execute every step as planned, from finding an appropriate PED tool to implementing it and seeing results. Throughout this project we did not face any major obstacles that gave us a hard time. I feel that our group members worked very well and cooperatively, which made the flow of our project even smoother. In the end, we were able to obtain and analyze the results from implementing our PED tool, which is exactly what we were aiming for in the beginning. Therefore, considering that we were able to follow our plans throughout the entire project, I would definitely call our project a success. If there was one thing that I could change about our group’s PEDs project, it would probably be our time management. Although we were able to execute the steps that we planned for our project, I feel that we could’ve finished the project in a shorter timeframe. For example, we spent many days on writing a survey for the students and teacher, and we waited even longer before handing them out. We also spent many class periods on choosing and planning to implement the PED tool, and the time our group spent on that could also be reduced (e.g. research a little at home). Some parts of our project also took longer than as planned in the timeline from the beginning, such as implementing the PED tool. In conclusion, I feel that our project could possibly be done in a much shorter timeframe; therefore if I were to change something about my project from the start, I would plan out a more efficient timeline and strictly follow it till the end. The goal of our project was to compare student engagement and achievement after we implement a PED tool. However we only had the chance to implement our tool for one class period only, and in my opinion that is not quite enough to make a significant impact. I feel that if we could implement our PED tool for more in-class sessions, the results would be much more noticeable. Therefore, I think it would be a great idea for next year’s IDC class to try to get more opportunities to implement their PED tools. This could probably lead to more appealing and accurate results and make the project more meaningful than it already is. |
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