Why people don't volunteer

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reflection of presentation 2

Date: Wednesday 23thMay 2012

Room: W007

Time: 10:10

Topic: Prodigality

He introduced himself very well and fast. He said he was going to talk about prodigality in the UAE. He began the presentation with a picture that shows an Emirati man who paid 50 million Dhs for a car number plate. This picture is a symbol about the prodigality in our society.

He used the pictures to explain the problem more clearly. I saw manifestations of the prodigality that I had never seen; the unreasonable banquets, extravagance in the hospitality and spending money in ceremonies (like the Christmas tree in Emirates Palace). Also he discussed the point about giving the child smart phones such as blackberry and i phone, which is  prodigal as he said. Finally he talked about the prodigality in water and electricity consumption to cover the entire problem from all sides.

The slides were good and the color was symmetric. Also he put a lot of pictures to use more than words.

His body language was perfect. He moved when he was talking and changing his place in each point of the presentation.

The eye contact was good; he saw the whole class and also when he changed his place he looked to the opposite students.

The questions were not a lot because they came at the end of presentation, but he answered all of them.

My impression is very good. I think he did well and talked about a real problem we face in our society.

preasentation reflection

Date: 23 - 4 - 2012

Time: 10.30 am

Location: W103

Subject: Formula 1

Presenter: Old Ahmed


He introduced himself and told us what he was going to talk about. Before he began, he asked some questions, like kind of challenging for us.

He gave me information about Formula 1 that was the first time I heard it, because I didn’t have any background about it. Now I know how many teams in Formula1 racing, engine suppliers and tires. Also they change the engine after the race. Also he talked about the shape of Yas Island; it looks like a gun (that means fast). Ahmed gave us some important information about famous people at F1 world e.g the CEO and the first champion of Formula 1.

The slides were clear and he put pictures easy to understand.


The language was great, and the eye contact was very good because he was seeing all the students in the class and reacting with them.


He answered the questions fluently. Also if he didn’t know the answer, he tried to answer.

He made the presentation interesting by asking questions for us to see what information we had.

history of hello

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interviews

Interview 1

Monday 20th February 2012
Location: W103
Time: 1050

Interviewee: Abdullah Eissa

Interviewers: Mr Hedley, old Ahmed and new Ahmed

Position: Electrical engineering

Mr Hedley begins the interview with welcoming Abdullah and introduces the other interviewers. Abdullah is the first one who does the interview; let us see how he did. First question from Mr Hedley was "talk about yourself?". Abdullah answered fluently because he has wonderful English. Mr Hedley asked another question “why do you choose our company to work at?” Abdullah answered: high salary, facilities and working in both HQ and factory.

Old Ahmed took the turn from Mr Hedley. Old Ahmed asked Abdullah “can you work under pressure?” The answer was “yes” and Abdullah completed “when I was in college I experienced pressure times and came out of there successfully".

The questions of new Ahmed were tricky and he asked Abdulla about his greatest strength. Abdullah answered very well that, he was always optimistic. I think this is a great answer and shows his high spirit.

At the end, the time for Abdullah’s questions came. Abdullah asked firstly “what jobs will an electrical engineer do?” Old Ahmed answered this one. The second question was “what is the difference between onshore and offshore?” Old Ahmed answered and explained the difference was exactly the difference in the salary.

Interview 2

Monday:2012-02-27

Location: w103

Time: 1030

Interviewee: Rashed

Interviewers: New Ahmed and old Ahmed

Position: ADEWA, electrical engineering

Mr Hedley, new Ahmed and old Ahmed made an interview for Rashed. After welcoming, Mr Hedley asked Rashed to introduce himself. Rashed introduced well and shortly. Old Ahmed begins the questions with the question about the reasons for choosing the job in ADEWA.

Rashed said he is an electrical engineer graduated from ADMC and finished successfully a program of training and wants to be one of the employees in the authority. Then old Ahmed asked another question about if he can work under pressure, and Rashed said he is ready for everything such as the work outside in plant or in the office. The turn is going to new Ahmed to ask. He asked Rashed three questions about the salary, goals and hobbies. Rashed answered well. He wants a salary between Dhs 35-40,000; he hopes to be a manager in future. About his hobbies he said he likes playing football usually at weekends in Alyahar club in Al Ain.

Finally Mr Hedley gave Rashed the chance to ask questions if he wanted and Rashed asked only one question about his job title; the interviewers told him he will be in the plant first before he takes his place in the authority offices.




Interview 3

Wednesday 15^th Feb. 2012

Location: w007

Time: 1030

Interviewee: Yousef

Interviewers: Mr. Hedley, Abdullah Eissa and Mohd Abbas

Position: electrical engineering

The first question from Abdullah to Yousef is about himself. Yousef answered well and gave enough information about his life. He said his age is 22 and he lives in Baniyas. He wants to work as an electrical engineer in the city of the future, Masdar.

Abbas asked Yousef about his fitness; he said he makes diet and exercises to reduce his weight and get a healthy body. After that Abbas asked him what job he wants. Yousef replied he wants to be a manager. Abdullah asked other questions about the job and salary and all these Yousef answered well. Also he said he wants more salary to work at weekends, and he can work under pressure. Although he hasn’t experience he wants a salary between Dhs 30-40,000.

Finally Hedley asked to know if he is serious or not about Masdar: Yousef, can you imagine locals living in Masdar? But Yousef is smart and answered this is difficult but their life will be happy in Masdar.



Interview 4

Monday 20^thFebruary 2012

Location: W103

Time: 10.30

Interviewee: Ameer

Interviewers: Hedley, Salem& Yousef

Position: Electrical Engineer, EMAL

Hedley welcomed Ameer and asked him to introduce himself. He is 18 years old and he finished his major at ADMC. Also he heard about the company in the EMAL presentation at the school. He got some information about how the work will be. In electrical power the duty will be shifts by two days working and 4 days off.

Yousef: what is your greatest strength? He is good in physics and math.

Salem: what are your goals? Be a good engineer and have a good position in the company.Second question are you able to work under pressure? He didn’t have any problem, but he didn’t have any experience.

Ameer asked if he can complete his master’s. Yousef: we will allow you but after two years.What will be my responsibility? Be punctual. Any safety I must follow? There is a 4 week course to give you ideas and tell you what you need in your job.

Interview 5

Monday: 20th Feb 2012
Location: W103
Time: 1044
interviwee: Khaled
interviewres: Mr Hedley, Yousef and Abdullah
Position: Electric engineer, ADNOC

First of all, after welcoming the interviewee, Mr.Hedley introduced himself then asked Ali to talk about himself. Khaled said: my name is Khaled, I am 20 years old. Last year I joined HCT and got a GPA of 2.75

Abdullah asked some questions , he said : Why are you interested to work in our company? Khaled answered: because it’s a good and new company . Abdullah asked also : In terms of salary, how much do you expect? He said ; It’s not important because it doesn’t matter because it will be more every time I get advancement .

When Yousef’s turn started, he asked Khaled : Can you work under pressure? And Khaled answered yes. Yousef asked also about Khaled’s goals and he answered learning and creating new things. In general Khaled was confident ,but a little bit confused.

Finally, Mr.Hedley gave Khaled the chance to asked the interviewers, so he asked : what will be my job title? Abdullah said that it will be depending on the free positions in the company. Also Khaled asked : What will be my position? Yousef answered engineering as you expect .

meeting reflection

The meeting was great and full of interest. We all did our best. I played participant. I like what I did; that was I added the suggestions for each point fluently. Also I explained the points more clearly after Abdulrahman. We prepared well for presenting a good conversation. Abdulrahman and Salem  looked nice. I think we got Mr. Hedley’s’ attention, and deserve a high mark.

Mr. Hedley was also nice; he pushed us to do better by his interventions, whether questions or giving his opinion. He was making the meeting interesting and we sure benefited from his comments.

Meeting activity

Meeting Activity

Problem: student success

Date of meeting: 14th March 2012   

Time of meeting: 11:25

Venue: W007 
Group member:

Chair: Abdulrahman

Minute taker: Salem

Participant: Rashed

Venue preparatio:

Grouping of chairs round tables

Agenda:

Time management

Focus on study

Motivation

Friendship

Suitable major

The chairman Abdulrahman opened the meeting at 11:25

 Time management

Salem thought that organizing a timetable would be useful for students. Rashid supported Salem in his opinion, and he suggested that students should arrange their activities to be at weekends. Abdulrahman said that students do have enough time to study, but the problem is that they use it doing other stuff.

From here we moved to item 2.

 Focus on study.

Rashid said that some students are working in addition to their study. Those students have the right to get enough time to study by getting study leave. Abdulrahman agreed. Salem pointed that homework is very important for students to be successful; it prepares them for exam.

 Motivation.

Rashid said that dreams are good motivators. Students always try to achieve their childhood dreams. Salem admitted that students who get a high GPA must be given a scholarship (money, and job). That will push them to study more. Abdulrahman wondered if having a scholarship would affect students negatively. From his own experience, Rashid said that he sometimes feels nervous but he always does the best he can so he doesn’t lose his scholarship.

 Friendship.

Salem said that friends affect students’ results largely. Good friends will help the students in his homework, share their information with him, and teach him if he didn't understand. On the other hand, Rashid spoke about bad friends. He said that students will not get any benefit from being with them. Abdulrahman proposed the idea of mixing good students with bad ones to exchange their knowledge. Both Salem and Rashid supported the idea.

Suitable major.

Abdulrahman thought that choosing the best major is very important to be successful. Students must choose a major that they like, not the one that they are good in. Rashid added that their choice must not be affected by their parents or anyone else. Salem agreed.

In conclusion we thought that:

Being a successful student isn’t so easy. It needs a lot of sacrifice.

The motivation and time management are the most important   things to be successfuly.

We liked the idea of giving the best students scholarship.