Information about our group members

This is the breakdown and information of our group members: 

As seen from the table above, we organize our work done according to each person's different strengths. We have a good balance of talents - Some are good in languages, some in content and some in IT…etc.

Our group leader assigned us tasks according to our strengths, where we complement each other's weaknesses with each other's strengths. For example, those who are not good in web designing work more with the content of the website, preparing the interview and survey questions. This does not mean we could not help – we helped what we could, for we were a team and not individuals. For instance, we helped the leader in the codes after we were told what to do, we gave our comments on the website, whether it was good or bad...etc.

As you can see from the table, we have a diverse background of nationalities. Our diverse background does not limit to only nationalities, we came from different social backgrounds. Joseph came from a scientifically inclined background where science is focused, Kai Jun and Kelson come from a background where they believe in brute force, while TangSheng while growing up believed in a mixture of hardwork and creativity, learning from great Chinese people such as Yang Chen Ning. These different points of views are a result of our different nationalities and backgrounds.

However, what's the use of diversity if it does not aid in our project? In fact, our diversity plays a very important role in the whole development of our website. During group meetings, we would share our thoughts, influenced from our background, and we consider all points of views. This resulted in a different approach, instead of being one-sided, we strove to use all the different points of views!

For instance, Joseph who came from a background where science is heavily emphasized suggested interviewing top scientists who are experts in the brain. We used that diversity for us and we had an interview with an expert on the brain, making a more all-rounded content. And this was where we worked towards to as well, striving to see things from each of our points of view.

Our diversity in backgrounds helped us to have a more all-rounded content for our website and the diversity in our skills allowed effectiveness for the development of the website. We are proud to say that we would not have been able to develop our website to such extent of success without the diversity of our group members in social backgrounds and skills.

Also, we were lucky that this was a group project. Each of us were strong in one area or another and this helped us to, as a team, be strong together in all areas. An example would be conducting the survey. None of us, except Kai Jun, had a really wide circle of influence, and were very charismatic. If the rest of us were to conduct the survey, we would have not reached our target of 100 surveys.

Each of our team members was very important and crucial to the success of this project. In the interview, we shared responsibilities, as can be seen through the assigning of our tasks. One of us asked the questions, another was the scribe; another was the video recorder, while the last person was the audio recorder. With this plan, we managed to get the most out of the interview, which proved to be very useful. We completed the hurdles as a group, bonded together and not as individuals.

Besides each of our individual strengths supporting as pillars to the success of our project, we also worked hard together as a group for this project. There is a Chinese saying that goes "Three fools is victorious over a really smart person". This means that even if three people work together, we can still be very victorious. This was how important teamwork was to us and it was a constant reminder throughout the project on the importance of teamwork.

Our journey was not a bed of roses but our teamwork pulled us through. We encountered difficulties and we were inexperienced in web design. This is our first year doing ThinkQuest but instead of complaining - We held many group discussions to solve problems together. We came to a solution that despite this difficulty, we will support each other by sharing responsibilities to the best of our abilities. It is with every member's effort that we managed to overcome the challenges.

Our teamwork saw us through this project and without this strong teamwork, we'd not have jumped over this hurdle that blocks us from a successful completion of the project. Our efforts paid off and we are proud to say that this project could not have been done with one member less. Truly, we jumped through the hurdles together that we did it!

Click on our names in the table to view our biographies.