Hello! It's me Oh Jun again and today, I'm going to post about something inspired by Matt Cutts. He gave a TED talk (which I would highly recommend you watching) about trying something new in the next 30 days. So after watching the speech, I decided to set myself 3 goals that I hope to achieve in the next 30 days.
My first goal is to get better at presenting in front of people and thinking on the spot. This is actually one of the reasons why I joined GLPS. I think that debate class will play a big part in this. Just yesterday, I had me first debate. I got a lot of positive and negative feedback, which is always good. In my opinion, one of the ways to achieve this goal is by concentrating a lot in debate class and following the advice that I get. Additionally, it will be very good for me if I can practice speaking alone. Therefore, I'm going to practice speaking in my free time after lunch and dinner.
Following me first goal is my second goal, which is to make self-studying a habit. Don't get me wrong here, I don't want to be one of those robot-people that study 24/7. In fact, I think that having fun is the most important thing in life. What I mean is that I want to develop the ability to just sit down, do homework and review what I've learnt for a few hours. In order to achieve this, I'm going to have to do 2 things. The first is to always go to the optional study period if possible. I've actually gone to it 3 consecutive times already so I just need to continue it. However, just going to the study period isn't going to help, I actually need to study then. One of the major distractions with studying is talking with your friends. So I believe that not talking with others while I'm studying will help me as well.
Finally, the last goal. This is something our Headmaster mentioned in his speech in the opening ceremony; it is to stay healthy. Even though I want to learn about many things like debate in this camp, I also want to stay healthy. To do so, I will need to do these things: don't eat too much in the cafeteria and exercise everyday. The cafeteria at KMLA provides a lot of delicious foods which makes it difficult to resist taking too much. However, if I want to stay healthy, I'm going to have to get rid of that greed. As I mentioned, the second thing is to get daily exercise. It is very important for our bodies to get exercise, so I think doing some form of exercise everyday will be very helpful (whether it's playing basketball or jogging). Unfortunately, walking around the huge campus is not enough.
In conclusion, during me time at GLPS, I want to improve my presentation skills, make studying a habit and stay healthy. During this summer, why don't you try something new? I would encourage you to do so. When you think of 3 goals for you, don't forget to leave them in the comments.
My first goal is to get better at presenting in front of people and thinking on the spot. This is actually one of the reasons why I joined GLPS. I think that debate class will play a big part in this. Just yesterday, I had me first debate. I got a lot of positive and negative feedback, which is always good. In my opinion, one of the ways to achieve this goal is by concentrating a lot in debate class and following the advice that I get. Additionally, it will be very good for me if I can practice speaking alone. Therefore, I'm going to practice speaking in my free time after lunch and dinner.
Following me first goal is my second goal, which is to make self-studying a habit. Don't get me wrong here, I don't want to be one of those robot-people that study 24/7. In fact, I think that having fun is the most important thing in life. What I mean is that I want to develop the ability to just sit down, do homework and review what I've learnt for a few hours. In order to achieve this, I'm going to have to do 2 things. The first is to always go to the optional study period if possible. I've actually gone to it 3 consecutive times already so I just need to continue it. However, just going to the study period isn't going to help, I actually need to study then. One of the major distractions with studying is talking with your friends. So I believe that not talking with others while I'm studying will help me as well.Finally, the last goal. This is something our Headmaster mentioned in his speech in the opening ceremony; it is to stay healthy. Even though I want to learn about many things like debate in this camp, I also want to stay healthy. To do so, I will need to do these things: don't eat too much in the cafeteria and exercise everyday. The cafeteria at KMLA provides a lot of delicious foods which makes it difficult to resist taking too much. However, if I want to stay healthy, I'm going to have to get rid of that greed. As I mentioned, the second thing is to get daily exercise. It is very important for our bodies to get exercise, so I think doing some form of exercise everyday will be very helpful (whether it's playing basketball or jogging). Unfortunately, walking around the huge campus is not enough.
In conclusion, during me time at GLPS, I want to improve my presentation skills, make studying a habit and stay healthy. During this summer, why don't you try something new? I would encourage you to do so. When you think of 3 goals for you, don't forget to leave them in the comments.
Bye (for now)!
Oh Jun,
ReplyDeleteThis is a very well-written organized post. You mention Matt Cutts video, you should include the video in your post.
I think you chose very wise goals. I wish you luck and hope you will post your progress each week with the goals.
I'll try my best to update every week on the blog.
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