(CT) I was the one? 萬屏中選？

Date: March 15th (Thu)

This time is an activity for self-promoting in 3 mins to tell the class that you are the best candidate for the Ark.
這一次的作業，簡單來說就是每個人有３分鐘說明自己為什麼是可以上方舟的最佳人選。


When I knew the content of the activity, I asked the teacher to know what NOT to say to avoid any compliments from classmates or hatred between countries, because I may be the only one who looks like a slightly different from the classmates and some of them know I am not an American.

當我知道活動內容時，我問了老師，因為我看起來可能是唯一一個不是美國人的學生，所以我不知道我應該要注意什麼才不會引起民怨，或是有什麼是我要注意的不要造成國際仇恨…呵。

Of course everyone has different and unique personal traits. However the interesting part for me is someone said she should be the candidate because she is good at throwing parties; someone said he is the youngest in the class and he doesn't want to die at this young; some people said they have great leadership; a few said they have kids at home so they know how to take care of people. To my surprise, the classmates didn't take this activity seriously and it was quite obvious that some of them just come up their words at the last moment. Unlike me, I was so nervous to death that I would say something wrong.  Almost everyone finished in a very very short time. The teacher didn't have the chance to use the stopwatch.

很有趣的是，每個人都有特長，但有人說應該要選她因為她很會辦派對，有人說因為他是年紀最小的，而他不想死，也有一些人說他很有領導能力，也有人說家裡有小孩，很懂得照顧人…等。意外的是，大家似忽並不是把這項功課看得很重，每個人上去不到三分鐘就下來了，而且很多人都是臨時才想的…等，不像我緊張的要命，怕我會說錯話。

To my another surprise, I was the chosen one. The teacher didn't say my name right and he looked at my direction. I thought it was the boy sitting behind me, or I would definitely have a BIG smile. After the class, the teacher said congratulations to me and I realized that was me. Wow. this is definitely one of the best birthday presents I have had.
很意外的，最後的結果竟然是我，因為老師並沒有把我的名字唸清楚，但他看我這裡，所以我以為是坐在我後面的男生，要不然我當下一定是一個大大的笑容…下課後，老師跟我說恭禧時，我才知道那個人是我！哇！這肯定是我最棒的生日禮物之一囉！！

The idea of this activity is let us practice how to promote yourself for the future job interviews. How to leave a good impression and have people think you are the one they want is a great goal to think of it all the time.
這個活動的目的是當然不是因為真的有方舟，而是為了要讓學生練習面對以後的面試，怎樣讓人留下好印象，又能讓人家覺得你就是他們想要的那個人，這是值得長時間思考的。

AYRQ (Ark) of Humanity Competition

• THIS CLASS HAS BEEN SELECTED.  ONE MEMBER OF THE CLASS WILL BE GRANTED ADMITTANCE ON BOARD THE AYRQ (Ark) OF HUMANITY.  MAY THE BEST QUALIFIED PERSON BE SELECTED.
  Do YOU have what it takes to be selected?
  AYRQ Competition Rules
  
  1. Each person will have up to three minutes to present his/her argument as to why he/she is the best selection of all the people in the class for admittance aboard the AYRQ.
  2. Once all applicants have spoken, there will be a vote.  One vote per person, and no individual may vote for his/herself. 
  3. The individual with the most votes wins.
  4. The top vote earner will recieve a seat on the AYRQ, as well as a 100 for the assignment.  The top two runners-up will receive an A (94).
  Happy presenting