Describe your performance in class today using the ideas of atomism or holism.
If you are looking at my performance at the atomism point of view, I shall describe my performance this way; using both ideas. Since atomism consists of elements that make up something, then I think these are the “elements” that made up my performance today; hard work, perseverance and initiative. Hard work; it is something that cannot be broken down- to me. I have put in a lot of hard work in today’s presentation. I tried to answer questions posted by the facilitator, and tried to clear my doubts when my classmates are presenting. Hard work is part of the elements that made up me. With this element in me, it makes my good performance today. I said I did well today because I really thought about this question; “what exactly is atomism and how does it apply to our everyday lives?” I think my team have fully addressed the problem statement and had gone further by using case studies to support every point that we bought up. Perseverance; we encountered a very vague and difficult problem today, but the whole team including me have not given up and persevered to the end. Having this element in me, I guess it is very useful in situations like today-encountering difficult problems. We have encountered confusing questions on the way when we are in the process of finding out the facts, but we did not give up easily and I motivated them by telling them they can find the answer if they have the will. Nothing is impossible unless you try. Initiative; this is something that cannot be broken down too. I took the initiative to answer questions and teach my group members because they do not know what the problem is all about. Having this element in me, I tend to learn more than the others. I’ve came up with an equation to explain what elements make up me, using the atomism theory. Hard work+ perseverance+ initiative= Regina When the word “holism” came to my mind, I would think of “complexity.”- Complex because there are always unknowns. The simple units that made up my performance today are; knowledge, communication and what you believe in. Knowledge; looking at this, it can mean a lot of things. It can mean tacit and explicit knowledge, what you heard from others and education. We receive knowledge everywhere; we hear things from everywhere(media and news) too. These knowledge can only be known by yourself and you understand it very well. This word itself represents things that are complex and cannot be explained. My friends like to call me the dictionary, because I know a lot of things- politics, science and maths. I can use my knowledge to apply to today’s problem! Communication; different kinds of people have different methods of communicating with one another; it is very hard to define. I can say I tried to communicate with my team members and it went on smoothly. What I believe in; I personally believe in a lot of things like if you are willing to put in the effort, you will do well. This affects my performance; it has motivated me to do well. There are many other things that I believe in but they are complex. Well, there is always a question mark in holism. These two theories can explain my performance today. *I misread the question and wrote about both atomism and holism, I hope you can still accept it. Thanks.
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