Puerto Rico
Comparison to my home country: Canada
| Topic: | Canada | Puerto Rico |
| Temperature Average | During Winter Daily Average: -15 (C) Summer: 25-30(C) | Yearly Average Temperature: 80(F) 26(C) |
| Top Landmarks/ Tourist Attractions | Okanagan, Toronto, Niagara Falls, Banff… Many nice views, lakes, mountains. | Vieques, San Juan Viejo, Flamenco Beach Colorful Streets, Beautiful Beaches, Wild Animals |
| Food | Multicultural Country so here are many restaurants for all kinds of different countries’ foods. Traditional Canadian Dish: Poutine | Cuisine heavily influenced by African, Taino, Spanish, European cooking practices and cuisine. Traditional Puerto Rican Dish: Arroz Con Glandules |
| Language | Many different cultures & immigrants so there are ,any different languages spoken. Canadas official languages: English & French | Spanish and English are the most spoken languages in Puerto Rico. Official Language: Puerto Rican Spanish |
Core Competency Reflection
- I take on roles and responsibilities in a group; I do my share. I demonstrated this by splitting the work evenly between my partner and I and completing them. (Collaborating)
2. I demonstrate inclusive behaviour. I showed this when I constantly asked my partner her thoughts on what we could do to improve our project. I asked if she had any ideas or suggestions on what we could or add on ir change. (social awareness and responsibility)
3. I can reflect on my thinking. I ended up taking a lot of time on my share when we were putting the project together because I kept going back to rewrite things after re-reading multiple times and try to change the way I write or what I should or shouldn’t add. (critical and reflective thinking)
I can tell the difference between facts and opinions. When doing research I stumbled upon many different answers to some of the same questions. There are many sites that share multiples peoples’ opinions and answers to a specific question. I needed an answer but I couldn’t tell what the real one was becaude of people’s different opinions. That made me want to dig more and find out what the truth is.(Critical & Reflective thinking)
To Improve:
I find it easy to be part if a group (Social awareness and responsibility)
I actually find it difficult to be in a group because there are times when there are disagreements and bad teamwork between partners. I find it very hard when there is poor teamwork in a group because it can affect how long it will take to finish and affect everyone’s marks even if it’s just because one person has their own opinion an refuses to work together and disagrees with something, or only one person does work and the others are slacking off.
I don’t like when this happens but i am also bad at standing up and trying to fix it. I want to be able to demonstrate great teamwork when I am in a group. My goal is to hear everyones ideas and speak up when I have something to add on or suggest how someone else’s idea can be improved if I know that it can be. I want to talk freely and comfortably with the people in my group so that we can get work done on time and without any issues.