Watching classmates’ presentation

Finally, all of us have presented our position paper. I was lucky to be chosen to present my work on the first week. Lots of things I can see from my friends’ presentations. Some of them have ideas but their argument is not strong enough to support their ideas. They were able to find the textual evidence but they do not elaborate it well or relate it to their thesis statement. However, there are also a few of my friends whom I think successfully presented their thoughts because they were able to relate them to their thesis statement. As I reflect my paper, I think there are also one or two points that I did not elaborate well because I only stop after providing the evidence. I do not show how this evidence is connected to the point. So my argument is not strong and I plan to redo it since Dr. Edwin still give us a chance until the end of this week to resubmit our position paper. After all presentations, Dr. Edwin made his comments. He said we are still immature in our discussion. Besides, he advised us not to judge characters based on conventional notion. We cannot say this person or that person is good or bad simply because there are no such things as good or bad people. Everyone has their own flaws but it does not mean they are bad people. In addition, he reminded us to be extra careful with our language because we are going to be English Teachers, not English learners. This is why it’s important to listen to our speech and be aware of what we are saying. He believes that we can do it, that we can be great teachers but we need to improve ourselves. There is still room for improvement if we have the intrinsic motivation to change for the better.