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Did We Provide?

To provide knowledge, to provide skills.

Last week, prior to the day when we’re supposed to display the bulletin, I was with my group mates. We were working on our designs and stuff and the idea amazed me. I found out that sometimes, it’s a good idea to hang out with the people you’re not close with. I really had fun that Sunday afternoon. I found out how good the feeling was being with the people who doesn’t know me that much, I got the feeling that I have power and control over my personal issues in life by simply keeping in mind that those people I was with for eight hours, knew nothing about the dramas and hang-ups in me. And of course, I get to mingle with them, found out stories and things I never heard of. For a person like me who isn’t that friendly, it was bliss. It was like having a life outside my relationship with my family and close friends.

I did get the idea why we discussed first behavioral safety, to prepare ourselves for the possible relationships that we might be able to create while working on so many things with our group mates.

Personally, I think the project-making gave me knowledge and skills that I wasn’t aware of before. It’s just so sad that we weren’t able to provide the same thing to others through our project, I guess. The same sad feeling when the motor we used for our fan wouldn’t work because of the foam’s weight that the motor couldn’t bear.

About that, our teacher may not like this, but with all due respect, when he said: “If you have taken me seriously…” I got shocked because I think I did, I think we did or should I say, we all took it seriously. But then again, I couldn’t blame him if he was disappointed (if I am even right about the exact word), because he has seen something better and something amazing than what we’ve done.

The truth is, even if it turned out that way, I’m still proud that I did try my best, our best; to give something we thought isn’t mediocre.


- M

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