Thoughts on GT Training

The GT training that I had was really fun. I also had a team of supportive team members, like Li Qi, Liquan and Clarissa, who never fail to give me valuable feedbacks to so that I can do well on the actual presentation.

Although my actual presentation was average, I was still a bit disappointed with the marks that I got. One major component that had pulled my score down was the content. In fact, I thought this was supposed to be a group marks. Nevertheless, I would work on all the areas that was highlighted to me in the upcoming FOP presentation.

Here are some of the key areas highlighted by the class on my presentation:

Strength
- Enthusiasm

Weakness
- Pacing can be a bit slower
- Should have taken more care in understanding the context and the environment (In this case,informality is a no-go and the volume could have been a bit softer given that the presentation was in a small room)

Once again, I would like to thank my team for making this GT project a wonderful and enjoyable experience! Thank you :)

Framework of the report

Hi

I did a general framework for my report and this is how it goes...

Framework of the report

·         PPQ

Problem:

-          Employers complaining that NUS graduates do not write well.

Purpose:

-          To convince NUS to take up suggested programmes that aim to improve their written communication before they enter into the workforce

Questions:

-          What types of reports are students often required to produce in the workplace?

-          Which aspects of written communication are students particularly weak at?

-          What are the weaknesses in the current writing classes offered in NUS?

o   How are the courses / modules (in general), which are currently in place, able to facilitate the development of writing skills?

o   What is the level of feedback that NUS students are receiving at the moment?

-          How are the suggested programmes able to improve students’ written communication?

 

·         Layout of the report

-          Introduction

o   Brief overview of the situation

o   PPQ, Scope, Limitations, Sources and Methods

-          Findings

o   Interpretation of the data found

-          Conclusions

o   Explanations for the findings

-          Recommendations

o   Introducing the various suggested programmes that we have created

-          Overall Conclusion

 

Interpersonal Conflict

It was the first day of 2013 and just like any other New Year; I would go to the barber and get a haircut because receiving a haircut symbolises a brand new start. As expected, the small barber shop that I frequent was packed to the hilt.

While waiting for my turn, I heard a commotion behind me. I didn’t want to be a nosy parker but the noise was so loud that I could overhear exactly what they were saying. It was a disagreement between a mother and a daughter and apparently, the daughter had gotten a few shapes tattooed on her right shoulders and was also caught smoking. Clearly, you could see that her mother was mad. Her mother was chastising her openly in the public. She also demanded her daughter to remove those tattoos at once. The nasty lecture, which obviously fell on deaf ears, got her daughter so riled up and in no time at all, it had escalated into an exchange of vulgarities and finger-pointing.

I could see that the initial intention of her mother was meant to be good but her approach (hmmm…) really need to be overhauled.

Food for thought

If you were her mother, what would you do so that you could impose your idea (like you should stop smoking) and at the same time, respect your child’s rights and freedoms?