My thoughts on this course

In this course, I was supposed to learn how to create a blog. As you can see from the posts in this blog – including this one – I can say with certainty that this is something I learned.

The course was very useful, and I enjoyed creating the blog posts. While preparing content for the blog, I had a chance to learn how to record audios, videos and take interviews. I also learned how to take clear photos and the right way to edit them.

One of the things that made this course so enjoyable is that it is very practical, and I can use what I learned to create a blog. I was very happy to be a part of the group that I was in, as every one of my team members was very helpful and cooperative. Working as part of a group to complete a project, taught me how to work as part of a team, and how to overcome challenges such as convincing others to consider my suggestions, sharing of ideas and tasks, and coordinating with each other to complete the delivery of the project before the due date.

Although the course was supposed to last about 3½ months, due to the pandemic and the stoppage of classes, it has taken almost 9 months. This also affected the way we were able to gather content for the blog, particularly where we had to interview people at their workplaces, as several people we approached were not able to help us due to restrictions imposed by the government to prevent the spread of the Corona virus. Of those people whom we were able to interview, we learned a lot not only about their work, but their background as well, which gave us a personal insight into their lives.

Finally, what I also learned from the course was that blogging can be a very powerful medium to share stories that can be fun, inspiring, educational, emotional, and influential. I hope you enjoyed reading my posts, and that you too have been inspired, educated, and had fun. If so, please let me know how you felt about my blog in the comments below. Perhaps I have convinced you to also make your own blog and share your stories with others!

The inspiring prodigy

The following video is an inspiring story of a brilliant teen, who in spite of his apparent disability, is not short of doing anything that a normal person can do.

David Aguilar from Andorra is an 18-year-old student who was born with an arm that was not fully developed. He has been obsessed with LEGO his whole life, and he managed to build for himself a prosthetic arm from LEGO.

The videography is excellent such that it captures the entire story in under three minutes, which ensures that the viewer doesn’t get bored, rather stays interested and captivated by the story. There are natural sounds included in the video (sound of LEGO bricks). The voice-over is also clear. Furthermore, to facilitate understanding what is being said, there are sub-titles in the video. The interview itself was very clear as there were no distractions.

In addition to that, they used the 5 shot/ 10 seconds method throughout the video, such as extreme close up (0:43), close up (0:41), medium shot (1:12), over the shoulder (0:00), and anything you want (2:06).
The video is very well put together from beginning to end.

There is a lot that can be learned from this story. There are people who waste their whole lifetime not doing anything worthwhile, while there are others such as David who are an inspiration as they overcome their challenges without complaining. There are many ‘normal’ people that like to complain about trivial things in the world, whereas people like David tend to make the most out of the situation that they are in. These people are an inspiration not only to those who are ‘normal’, but also others like them.

These prodigies are a boon to the society whereas the whiners are a burden on the society.