Wow! I just realized that this is the first blog that I'm writing since the end of the STN trip! Crazy how time flies! But anyways, speaking of the trip, now that it's done and I've had time to think back and reflect about it, I have some advice I'd like to share with returning and future CKTV students while on their STN trip next year. My advice is to work as a team, not stress out, and use time wisely.
Okay, so my first piece of advice is to work as a team. It's pretty obvious that just one person can do it all, especially in such a time crunch! Before STN, all the people that you are working with in your competition should have a role and practice doing that role, and at STN stick to that role!! This is something that I actually did this year and it helped tremendously! I was the reporter and Marlena was the filmer and editor, and we worked together on the writing part. Since we knew what specifically our roles were, we stuck with them and were able to work as a team, balancing out the work!
The second piece of advice is to not stress out. Yeah, STN will be very very stressful and grueling and at some points it might be very hard to keep your cool but it's just something you gotta do. Otherwise, if you stress out, you'll stress the other people out in your group, and then you guys are more prone to make mistakes, and fight. Oh, and I also know that it can be easy to get irritated at group members during the competition. To be honest, I was kind of irritated at Marlena during our competition. However, I sucked it up, and got along with her anyways. No mean comments, no giving her a hard time, not even a mean glare when she was looking away. You have to realize that STN is a one time thing, so you can't use that time to argue with a team member, you have to save it for after, or just cool down.
Lastly, using time wisely is my last piece of advice. Here's the thing: at STN, there is a really tight deadline. So it's important to find a way to make a quality product, but also make the deadline!! I mean if you don't meet the deadline, you don't even have a chance at placing! So during the competition, be on your A game. Be focused, determined, and know how much time from the deadline there is so that you can work accordingly!
In conclusion, my three pieces of advice for students going to STN next year are to work as a team, don't stress, and use time wisely! I'm sad that I can't go next year, but I have confidence that next years students will do great if they follow this advice! Thanks for reading!
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