Prompt #8 : Practicing Your Knowledge

       

My group members and I.

       Before I came to United States to further my study, I obliged to join five days four nights camp at the rural area. This program was organized by Malaysia’s government towards students who will going to overseas to further their studies. The purpose of this camp is to foster the spirit of patriotism and love for the country. We, as the campers, have to participate in all activities that they organized. Basically, talks given by several people who work as government officials and this routine continued for two days. The benefits that I got from the talks are I get to know what exactly happens in my country and how to fix it. Besides, from the talks, I realized that my knowledge about my own country is very shallow. It feel like I don’t belong here but the talks really motivate me to help my own country to become a developed country in the future. 

       Then, we also attempted many discussion session in group which gave us the opportunities to share our knowledge and doubts. This session helps me to have courage in presenting my ideas and thoughts. Other than that, we have a group competition in order to build unity among group members. Besides getting new friends, we also get to share our life experiences with each other. In one of the group activities, my group lost and we had to do our punishment which we had to dance and sing in front of other groups. It was very embarrassing but I tried to ignore it for the sake of my group. We just happily performed in front of others like it was not even a punishment. 

       For the last night, every groups had to perform patriotic song on stage. We practiced for about one day to remember the choreography. We succeed in making the performance until the end and we got third place out of nine groups. Actually, we were very surprised because we thought that other groups did an awesome performance than us. It was an unforgettable memory in my life. Until now, we contact each other and we cherish our friendship forever. 

       To be a successful economist, we need to have a great connection and communication skills. Thus, this program helps me a lot in finding my courage to speak out and expanding my connection. One of the jobs as economists is that they need to persuade people to trust them. Therefore, this program helps me to be more confident with myself in order to be a great economist and it helps me to succeed in my interview because employees nowadays take into account to hire people who are full of confident. In conclusion, I hope that you guys get to participate in program that related to your preferences and get benefits from it. 

Thank you. 

By: Syarah Alya