14th march

SKILLS! the topic of the day! with yesterday's aeroplane activity, we came to talk about skills today. the reason for the plane that hit the target to do so was that it was made with the specific skill to achieve it, i.e. the creator of that plane has learnt how to make it properly and practised it. therefore skills can be defined as a activity that can be developed through practise and reflection. (according to rehan sir's slide). skills can vary from study skiils, soft skills (personal skills), tranferable skills etc.

we were asked to categorise ourselves as creative and non-creative. the students who think that they were creative were asked to go to one side of the class while the students who thought that they weren't creative were told to go to the other side. i joined the people who were creative as i think that i can be creative in some aspects such as making paper quilt cards, sometimes in cooking and dancing. then we had to ask from the opposite side as to why they think that they aren't crative. according to them the main reason is that sometimes as others don't agree with their ideas or laugh at those they get discouraged and get the impression that they aren't good enough or not clever like the others.

but  i think that evryone of us has one or more skill in something! and all we have to do is identify and develop it. according to rehan sir there are few personal qualities that should be developed to master a skill.

• awareness-u should be aware of the skill that you possess or else it would go unnoticed by you or anyone else.
• commitment- you should be able to commit yourself in the task of fine tuning your skill
• determination-there shuld be a strong determination to achieve the objectives or else it would not be very successful
• self motivation- as sir said today, no one can motivate us but ourselves. however much another person says to do something if we are not motivated by ourselves we cannot achieve that target
• time management- i think its a very important aspect as time that is gone cannot be taken back. if you do not do an activity with enthusiasm and dedication, it feels as if there's no time for anything. but if there's love for the work that you do you can see that you have more than enough time and you crave to do more and more things.
• positive thinking- being optimistic is a very important thing as it'll be a great strength for your work. personally i am optimistic most of the time or at least i try to be because i have clearly seen the difference when i do something with a bad attitude and do something with a good attitude.

at the beginning of the class we were given a questionnaire about skills we have and we were supposed to fill it appropriately. and we were asked to make a SWOT analysis to identify ourselves.

as a conclusion, i think that everyone of us has some skill and we should do our best to identify and develop it.