El Salvador

I take on roles and responsibilities in a group; I do my share, this is shown in my El Salvador country presentation project. The project I will be writing about was a partnered project, meaning we both had to do our share of the work. I split the writing, taking on less but larger paragraphs, working on the poster board and photos instead.

Comparison to my home country

The Philippines has many similarities to El Salvador. As the Philippines was heavily influenced by Spanish culture they share religion, both countries being Catholic and Christian. One of El Salvador’s most famous athletes is a boxer named Carlos Famoso Hernandez, the Philippines most famous athlete is also a boxer named Manny Pacquiao. The amount of volcanoes is similar to the Philippines with common volcanic eruptions, the climate in El Salvador varies depending on height within the region, but both are hot almost all year round. The most famous sport in El Salvador is football, even having a war that was resolved by it, the Philippines most popular sport is Basketball, as they have their own PBA (Philippine basketball association). I would like to visit this country if given the chance, although these two countries are not similar, I would still like to learn about other cultures and traditions.

Core Competency Reflection

I take on roles and responsibilities in a group; I do my share. I took on many parts of this project, mainly the poster making, working to complete the board during my breaks. I also split the work with my partner allowing for both of us to work efficiently. I can persevere over time to develop my ideas, I expect setbacks and failure, but use them to develop my ideas. Before working on the poster I had many scrapped drafts, however, with each rough draft came new ideas for the design. Without these setbacks I would not have a neatly organized presentation. I can show a sense of accomplishment and joy. I take pride in my work and myself. I advocate for myself. After finishing this project I felt accomplished, enough that I could use it as my main reflection for this whole semester of learning. I also can understand how much work I’ve put in and to know when I’ve done enough. I get new ideas to create things, I can also build on the ideas of others. I had many different ideas for scripts and for the designs, but I would always write them down incase I felt the need to return to them. I also built off my partners ideas for the scripts and designs. Moving forward my main goal is to focus on time management, not starting too late on projects and assignments I know about in advance. To do this, I will set reminders and focus on work before spending time doing things that don’t have as much importance.