Ah, geez. I just spent so much time reading manga. Feel so guilty.The bio O test is this Saturday, and I have about two days left... >.< I need to get down to business and seriously start studying!
The manga was about changing genders.. Somehow, I find that really interesting. It also has more than a few social implications... hopefully someday it will happen and then I can watch what goes on :D
*cough* anyway....
On OP:
Personally, I think I did quite okay for it. Mine was on the first day, first timeslot, so I just got it over and done with and it was relatively painless. Anyways, it's over so there's no point dwelling on it any more, right?
For the presentation, I don't think I made eye contact as much as I wished to, and got a little nervous and relied a little more on my script than I wished to, and didn't really cure my problem of sounding too fast, and stumbled over a few words... but overall it was really okay. For Q&A, I was lucky enough to get a question that I prepared for (why my group chose the case study). Maybe I should have elaborated further, but... hmm, it's all good (:
So anyway my experiences may benefit people, so here goes:
(for those J1s who read my blog and aren't done with OP)
Yes, it's A levels and all that, but there's really nothing to be afraid of or anxious about. Most people would have mugged their script to the point of almost memorising it/ memorising it... so what's the big deal about OP? It's just doing it another time, albeit in a classroom setting finally and in front of a few adults and schoolmates who might or might not be aquaintances. In fact, it should be so boring that all you can think about is relief and not how many marks you managed to squeeze out from OP for your A for PW. Because that A is supposed to come naturally. On the contrary, thinking too much is counterproductive and what is proably going to happen is that you wouldn't execute your steps, eye contact, script, etc. perfectly, get flustered, make more mistakes, get even more flustered, and then it all goes downhill from there on. So essentially just keep cool.
If you're nervous, try to stay calm; go to the toilet or outside the room to change the setting a little instead of stoning inside getting cold and trying to endlessly recite your script. Massaging yourself also helps because it relaxes your muscles.
... Yeah, that's about it...
On something I found out (quite long ago):
Maybe it's just an experience unique to me, but I used to be quite awkward with a certain girl whom I chat with quite frequently through the phone (an app). Perhaps it's also due to the segregated nature of our class but I used to have not much to talk about when we finally had the rare opportunities to talk face-to-face in school. I think she also came to see this problem, so we tried to resolve it (sigh PW-.-). And I think it's getting better! So that's good.
So what I thought this expressed is that people, especially those who are as shy as me, tend to talk lesser to each other in real life, since what needs to be said has mostly already been done through SMSes and other cyber platforms for interaction.
... yeah that's about it... -______-
I wanted to write it as a GPish sort of essay but I realised that I couldnt exrrapolate to fit most people.... since it currently applies to shy, segregated people... -.-
Oh well. I guess it's time to face the music. Bio O, here I come.... reluctantly....
The manga was about changing genders.. Somehow, I find that really interesting. It also has more than a few social implications... hopefully someday it will happen and then I can watch what goes on :D
*cough* anyway....
On OP:
Personally, I think I did quite okay for it. Mine was on the first day, first timeslot, so I just got it over and done with and it was relatively painless. Anyways, it's over so there's no point dwelling on it any more, right?
For the presentation, I don't think I made eye contact as much as I wished to, and got a little nervous and relied a little more on my script than I wished to, and didn't really cure my problem of sounding too fast, and stumbled over a few words... but overall it was really okay. For Q&A, I was lucky enough to get a question that I prepared for (why my group chose the case study). Maybe I should have elaborated further, but... hmm, it's all good (:
So anyway my experiences may benefit people, so here goes:
(for those J1s who read my blog and aren't done with OP)
Yes, it's A levels and all that, but there's really nothing to be afraid of or anxious about. Most people would have mugged their script to the point of almost memorising it/ memorising it... so what's the big deal about OP? It's just doing it another time, albeit in a classroom setting finally and in front of a few adults and schoolmates who might or might not be aquaintances. In fact, it should be so boring that all you can think about is relief and not how many marks you managed to squeeze out from OP for your A for PW. Because that A is supposed to come naturally. On the contrary, thinking too much is counterproductive and what is proably going to happen is that you wouldn't execute your steps, eye contact, script, etc. perfectly, get flustered, make more mistakes, get even more flustered, and then it all goes downhill from there on. So essentially just keep cool.
If you're nervous, try to stay calm; go to the toilet or outside the room to change the setting a little instead of stoning inside getting cold and trying to endlessly recite your script. Massaging yourself also helps because it relaxes your muscles.
... Yeah, that's about it...
On something I found out (quite long ago):
Maybe it's just an experience unique to me, but I used to be quite awkward with a certain girl whom I chat with quite frequently through the phone (an app). Perhaps it's also due to the segregated nature of our class but I used to have not much to talk about when we finally had the rare opportunities to talk face-to-face in school. I think she also came to see this problem, so we tried to resolve it (sigh PW-.-). And I think it's getting better! So that's good.
So what I thought this expressed is that people, especially those who are as shy as me, tend to talk lesser to each other in real life, since what needs to be said has mostly already been done through SMSes and other cyber platforms for interaction.
... yeah that's about it... -______-
I wanted to write it as a GPish sort of essay but I realised that I couldnt exrrapolate to fit most people.... since it currently applies to shy, segregated people... -.-
Oh well. I guess it's time to face the music. Bio O, here I come.... reluctantly....
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