Final Reflection on Learning

And that is how it ends. After four gruelling months of studies, assignments, and deadlines, yet another semester of my university education has come to an end. For me, this also marks the end of my NUS adventure. Having come here for a semester-long exchange from NTU, the entire exchange experience has certainly been very memorable for me.

I am immensely glad that I decided to complete my Professional Communications module here in NUS. It has given me the opportunity to get to know so many different students from various courses, backgrounds, and nationalities. The course has also granted me the opportunity to work with these amazing people who have taught me so much about teamwork and on a more personal level, friendship. After the end of this course, I am happy to have made more friends and was able to learn so much from these amazing people.

Working on various assignments with so many different people, the experience I gained has certainly improved my ability to work in teams. I learnt that a good team is so much more than just the sum of the individuals. Working in a team means allowing each member to utilise their strengths and fulfil their highest potential. It also means having each other’s back and picking up the slack so that others can have a well-deserved break. It is a well-used cliché, but it goes without saying that working in a team changes the focus from “me” to “us” and I have certainly learned a lot about that in this course.

Coming from a mechanical engineering course, the opportunity to hone my presentation and writing skills are sorely missing since most of my course works are heavily focused on, well engineering. Therefore, the various assignments like the peer teaching lessons, the mock interview sessions, the proposal project, and even this blogging assignment is certainly a breath of fresh air from the usual. I would also like to thank my teacher and fellow classmates for the positive and constructive feedbacks that I have received on my previous works as it has allowed me to identify my weaknesses and improved further.

Before I sign off, I would like to say a massive thank you to everyone in this class who have made my NUS exchange experience such a memorable one. I wish everyone all the best in their future endeavours and hopefully may this be the very beginning of a long and meaningful friendship. =)