NAME : MUHAMMAD RAHIMAN BIN ABDULMANAB
MATRIX NUMBER : WIF180046
Hello everyone! Rahiman here again with another update for my Social Engagement course. This second entry will be a recap of the week after our Techno-Study Camp (Kem Tekno-Belajar).
After the camp was over, we had a mini post mortem at the main hall with all the facilitators. Nash, as our group leader, first briefed us on each of our respective job scopes in the future. He voluntarily offered to takeover my responsibilities as video editor as he thought I contributed a lot already in handling the game activities and facilitating the kids as a whole. Marijana meanwhile was responsible for our newspaper clipping in which CITRa will assist us in having it posted. After the short briefing, we went through some of the feedbacks the students wrote as we munched some of the leftover snacks and sweets that Marijana generously gave to the kids as gifts, and believe me, they all got us floored! We received good feedbacks and responses overall which made us extremely glad that the students thoroughly enjoyed our camp. Some, as you can see in the photo attached below, even wanted us to hold the camp for a longer period of time, and wished that we stayed a little longer. God, these kids are so adorable!
Dr. Nazean even dropped by at our group post mortem and we told her some of the detail we got from the feedback. She was happy that everything went well for our group, and she emphasised that we do our best on writing our personal reflection blogs. Dr. Nazean, if you are reading this, I hope I’m doing well in writing mine so far!
The night after our last day at SK Bangsar, I immediately texted Hakimi to remind him to ask his parents (particularly his dad) on whether he needs my help to create his parent’s account. I highly expected that his father will require my help hence I offered to help early on. I asked Hakimi for his father’s email so that I can set up his dad’s account as a parent in iLearnAce once I get his confirmation.
I asked him to confirm back with his dad about needing my help to create his account.
I also promised Hakimi that I’ll be sending all the photos taken by our photographer Fahad once he has compiled and uploaded everything on Google Drive. He was very eager on getting the photos as he wanted to post them on his Instagram. Speaking of Instagram, throughout the entire camp, Hakimi couldn’t stop pressing me on following his Instagram. I eventually had to concur at the very end despite my reservations.
Once I did send the photos to him, it was not long before I received a notification from Instagram that someone tagged me in a post. As expected, it was Hakimi, who made a montage video of all the photos that I sent him. Clearly, he hasn’t moved on from our camp, understandably so.
After receiving the email of Hakimi’s father, Mr. Rostam Arshad, I then went to create his account as a parent in iLearnAce. That was when I realised that I forgot to ask for his birthday date as well. I took the liberty to directly text Mr. Rostam on Whatsapp to not only reconfirm that he needed my assistance to create the account, but also on inquiring for his email. As expected, he requested for my help and after a few minutes, I managed to create his account for him. I messaged him the details of his account, and briefed him a bit on what he can do with it and how he use it to monitor Hakimi’s progress on iLearnAce. He then thanked me for helping him out, which was really the least I could do.
Before the programme, I had texted his father before to remind him of the 2-day programme. So, it wasn't really that awkward for me to converse with his father this time around.
Furthermore, knowing that I can’t put 100% reliance and trust on Hakimi on consistently doing the exercises and practices on iLearnAce all by himself, I took the initiative to outline some of the weekly exercises that I wanted him to do.
My initial plan was that I wanted to give 3 exercises for each of the subjects offered in iLearnAce, which are Bahasa Melayu, English, Science and Mathematics. This gives a total of 12 weekly exercises that he as to complete by Sunday. To show to him that I meant business, I asked him to screenshot the results of each exercises that he did and send them to me via Whatsapp. This is technically redundant, as I registered as his parent on iLearnAce and I can directly receive emails on his progress, but this is just to show to him that I’m serious in ensuring that he actively uses iLearnAce.
When I presented my plans to him, he was shocked to say the least. He begged to not have that many exercises to be given to him every week, and that I should cut him some slack for that particular week since he’s having his school holiday. At first, I thought I should be strict and insist on having him do all the exercises. But, I resorted on asking my friend Afifah for her thoughts, and even she was shocked that I burdened Hakimi with so much workload. I then came to a realisation that I’m putting my own standards onto Hakimi, and that I should be considerate in giving him work to do. Otherwise, he’ll lose interest and feel stressed every time he accesses iLearnAce. Jeez, being a parent is tough!
Hence, I modified my plans and decided to only give him one exercise to do for the school holiday. I told him that he could do it at any time he wants as long as it is before Sunday. I told him that when school reopens, I will give him one exercise per subject, with a total of 4 exercises weekly, in which he said he’s fine with. He was excited, so excited that he wanted to do said exercise given straight away. Initially, I was happy that he had the enthusiasm again to do the exercise on iLearnAce, but the moment he sent me the screenshot of his result, I knew that I had mistaken his enthusiasm for “just want to get this done and over with”. I reminded him that not only if his reward points will be deducted and penalised if he gets 30% or below (meaning, you failed), but also that he should revise through the notes given inside iLearnAce before he attempts the practices. I also told him that if he ever have difficulties in his studies or is in need of help when revising, he can just Whatsapp me and I’ll try my best to help him.
On Wednesday, 27th of March, Hakimi messaged me on Whatsapp to ask about the subjective practice section on iLearnAce. I explained to him the steps on how he can try out the practices. Unlike the objective practice section, the online system doesn’t have the capabilities to mark students’ written answers yet. In fact, this is a very difficult thing to do, which is understandable that they couldn’t provide this feature in iLearnAce. Instead, iLearnAce will provide sample answers that the students can refer to and compare to their own written answers. I even offered him to screenshot his written answers (especially English comprehension and writing ones) for me to check. Hakimi first had difficulties understanding my explanation. He then made a quip that kind of made me feel touched. He said that it would be easier if I could come and visit him at his house and help him out directly. Actually, Afifah and I did plan on visiting our kids either at school or at their respective homes. But, due to time constraints and the lack of transport, we’re not sure when will we be able to do so.
So, that’s all for my second blog entry! Personally, what I learnt this week is on how difficult parenting can be and what a huge responsibility it is to take care of someone. Even though Hakimi is just a ‘step-brother’ for me when it comes to this course only, I perceived and treated him as if he’s my actual younger brother. I will try my best to engage more with Hakimi and ensure that he’s actively using iLearnAce, ensure that it can help improve his academic performance especially at his weakest subjects such as Mathematics and English and communicate further with his father when it comes to Hakimi’s well-being in the near future.
Goodbye, and see you guys next week!
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