This week, the kids came over to Taylor’s University and had a whole day tour. I was assigned to
do a slot from 2-4pm where some sort of ‘explorace’ was carried out. It was a fun experience to
see the kids running here and there competing with each other. I had to be at block C level 6
which was one of the pit-stops for them to get a clue. It was a Science block where posters
related to science were stick on the wall. As they get my pit-stop they had to read all of the
posters and questions will be given and they had to answer them correctly in order to get the clue.
The content of the posters were quite hard to understand but surprisingly all of the groups
managed to answer all of the questions correctly. I can see that the team spirit was there and
they even helped each other out eventhough they were not from the same group. They made it
as a very healthy competition and I must say I would do it differently to win if I were them.
As they collected all the clues, they had to go to the library and find the meanings of each word
from the computer. Some students already knew the meaning of some of words which saved
them a lot of time as compared to others. As they have completed everything they had to go
back to the classroom where the race was started. Later on they were asked to fill a
self-reflection questions regarding the activities they had. Some students did mentioned that
they were motivated to study hard to be in a school like Taylors. Some found the activities
was tiring while some felt that they had a rough idea to pursue what course in the future. I really
feel that somehow we achieved the goal of this week’s activity which is to guide and motivate
them to study hard and know what they want to be when they grow up.
Alas, I did not manage to go to the closing ceremony as I had a rehearsal for Tamadun Islam
subject. However, I did manage to write some notes to my mentees which are Praga and
Syawal. I hope they would remember and take my advice seriously through out the mentoring
session at their school and I hope the teachers will help them overcoming their weaknesses in
studies. I really wish I could see their progress and know how their final examinations results
are. All I could do now onwards is hoping for the best of them. On the other hand, I think
this course has helped me see the importance of helping other people when they are in need
for studies. Knowledge is meant to be shared with others and there is no point keeping them
to yourself. Besides, this course has also helped me to become a better person and make
me want to be a better person.
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