Current Status of our Project

After viewing the presentations done by the other groups, I realised our group is quite far behind in terms of progress. Although we have already completed 4 lessons of service, there were quite a few groups that were finished entirely with the service part of the project. Thus I feel that we should step up the rate of our project

Another thing I noticed was that the groups that were also under Little Wings only took one class compared to the two classes that we took for their project. In hindsight, I think that taking two classes for our project was a rather big error on our part. Not only does taking 2 classes result in us having to acquire 2 times the materials, it also makes us rather divided and less united as a group as we deal with different situations in our classroom. However most importantly, having 5 members to one class gives us the much needed flexibility in scheduling our lessons as missing one member during a lesson would not be as crucial due to the greater manpower. Currently, there is no way I would be able to miss a lesson as it is only 2 people to the class I am assigned. Thus if any pressing issue came up, my partner would be unable to cope on his own.

Finally, I also think that we have to be more organized and prepared for our lessons. One important thing is that we should all make sure that we have every single one of our lesson materials before the lesson day. We should also communicate more with the kindergarten teachers to ensure that they know what to tell the students to bring. Furthermore, we should also make sure each and every one of our group members are clear on how to craft the product for the specific lesson. This will allow us to run our lessons more smoothly and reduce the chance of us stumbling during the lesson.

All in all, as we come to the end of our RESL journey, I think that there were many things that we could have done better, however I also feel that making mistakes is part of the learning process and that this project has definitely taught me many things.

-Brent