Dear Professor Brad,
My name is Rachel Ng, a year one student from your technical communication class. I am currently pursuing a degree in Telematics at Singapore Institute of Technology. I graduated from Ngee Ann Polytechnic in 2020 with a Diploma in Electrical Engineering, specializing in engineering management. As Singapore is headed towards the smart nation initiative, I want to play a part in making us an outstanding city for people to live, work and play in.
In the aspect of communication, I find myself being comfortable speaking in front of people I have at least spoken to once. My life revolved around holding leadership positions and competitive floorball for almost 10 and 7 years, respectively. Holding various leadership positions and being part of a team sport has shaped me to become the person I am today and allowed me to truly understand the importance of communication. Adapting to every unique situation was hard to grasp at the start but something I had grown into after all these years. Personally, understanding how the crowd is feeling is very important as it allows me to resonate with them.
On the contrary, I find myself panicking when put in front of a huge crowd and having to be the only speaker. Afraid to make any mistakes, I tend to focus on delivering a perfect speech or presentation which adds on to the immense pressure. This has caused me to blank out completely or utter words that cannot seem to be processed by my brain at that very moment. To make up for the awkward silence, I would speak my mind without processing the information which makes it very risky.
With a bigger picture in mind, I hope to be able to take the speak more confidently and comfortably in front of huge crowds as well as expressing my thoughts more adequately in written form by the end of this module.
Thank you.
Best Regards,
Rachel Ng
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Edited (14/10/2020):
Dear Professor Brad,
My name is Rachel Ng, a year one student from your technical communication class. I am currently pursuing a degree in Telematics at Singapore Institute of Technology. I graduated from Ngee Ann Polytechnic in 2020 with a Diploma in Electrical Engineering, specializing in engineering management. As Singapore is headed towards the smart nation initiative, I want to play a part in making us an outstanding city for people to live, work and play in. With the limited resources we have in this country, it is essential to know how to maximise everything.
In the aspect of communication, I find myself being comfortable speaking in front of people I have at least spoken to once. My life revolved around holding leadership positions and competitive floorball for almost 10 and 7 years, respectively. Holding various leadership positions and being part of a team sport has shaped me to become the person I am today and allowed me to truly understand the importance of communication. Adapting to every unique situation was hard to grasp at the start but something I have grown into after all these years. Personally, understanding how the crowd is feeling is very important as it allows me to resonate with them.
However, I find myself panicking when put in front of a huge crowd and having to be the only speaker. Afraid to make any mistakes, I tend to focus on delivering a perfect speech or presentation which adds on to the immense pressure. This has caused me to blank out completely or utter words that cannot seem to be processed by my brain at that very moment. To make up for the awkward silence, I would speak my mind without processing the information which makes it very risky.
With a bigger picture in mind, I hope to be able to take the speak more confidently and comfortably in front of huge crowds as well as expressing my thoughts more adequately in written form by the end of this module.
Thank you.
Best Regards,
Rachel Ng