Justin's Portfolio

Collaboration:

For a collaboration project, we did a Venom: The Last Dance recreation video. As part of the Venom: The Last Dance recreation project, I took on the role of a choreography coordinator and the flimer, helping to organize our dance moves and ensure everyone stayed in sync/organize. This was crucial because a dance video requires precise timing and coordination. During rehearsals, there was a disagreement about the timing of a particular dance sequence. Instead of getting frustrated, I suggested we watch the original video again and break down the moves step by step. This approach helped everyone understand the sequence better, and we were able to find a middle ground that worked for the whole team.

Creativity:

For creativity, we worked on a wake-up music that our group made. When our group first shared our wake-up music composition, some classmates mentioned that the beat was too mellow for a morning wake-up song. Initially, this feedback stung a bit, but I realized they made a valid point. Instead of getting discouraged, we experimented with adding more upbeat percussion and energetic elements to create that “rise and shine” feeling. There’s another task where I had to capture a picture of myself that represents my personality, and add a caption that explains my personality. I took a picture that represents me as energetic. During this task, I felt puzzled on what picture I should take, since my personality changes from time to time. I am quite proud of my capture picture, quite genius of me to think of that.

Communication:

Our group created a skit of stopping bullying. During filming, I learned the value of active listening when my teammates shared ideas about portraying the bully, victim, and upstander realistically. When someone suggested showing bullying’s emotional impact rather than just physical confrontation, this careful attention to their input led to a more powerful scene that captured both visible and hidden effects of bullying. Watching our audience’s reactions during the screening helped me measure our success. Some students got emotional, while others nodded in recognition – showing our message was effective. I tend to be critical of my own performance, always wondering if I could have delivered lines better or made scenes more impactful. This self-criticism motivates me to improve, but I’m learning to balance it by acknowledging our achievements, especially when our video sparked important discussions about bullying in class. The project helped me realize that effective communication isn’t just about speaking clearly – it’s about creating meaningful connections with your audience.

Resillience:

Since entering 9th grade, my understanding of resilience was tested when I received an A- in Asian History. While some might not see this as a major setback, it challenged my perfectionist mindset and taught me valuable lessons about coping with academic pressure. Initially, this grade hit me hard because I had always aimed for perfect As. The stress of maintaining perfect grades was affecting my sleep and overall well-being. However, this experience helped me realize that an A- doesn’t define my worth or intelligence. I learned to cope with stress by developing better study habits, like creating detailed study schedules and taking regular breaks to maintain mental clarity. To bounce back, I focused on understanding where I could improve rather than dwelling on the grade. I started participating more in class discussions, met with my teacher to review my work, and began connecting historical events rather than just memorizing dates. This approach actually made learning more enjoyable and less stressful. I now evaluate my resilience not just by grades, but by how I handle challenges. Can I maintain a positive attitude while working through difficult material? Do I ask for help when needed? Most importantly, I’ve learned that true academic success isn’t about perfect grades – it’s about growing from each experience and maintaining a healthy balance in life.

ASAs:

For Season 1 sports, I tried out for Volleyball and got in JV2 Volleyball. It was a fine experience, and refined my skills as a player. I mainly played a position of libero, and improved mainly my recieving. In our Volleyball team, there were freshmen, sophomores, and juniors, where I also met some peers along the way. Some struggles I met along the way is postition competition. Since many people on our team is not very tall, they’re not the fittest one to hit/block, so many are on the defending side. To be the MVP defender, I’ll have to outpreform all my teammates in training.

Big Project:

For the science stop motion project, we had to get into pairs and work together to get acceleration data. In Learning Lab, we had to fill out a sheet of Kyptonites and benefits. There were four categories, Villians, Allies, Kyptonite and Hero. I got paired with a fellow friend, Asa Cheng, I was pleased with the result, as Asa is a serious and productive teammate. I think Asa and I are a good fit as working partners. On data collecting day, Asa and I quickly got the setup done for the car, and the task was to use a motion sensor to find the acceleration, record for 3 trials, and have to do with 4, 3, 2 , 1, no weights. We have to use this application called Logger Pro, and Asa and I finished it faster than most of the other groups.

Today, I interview Wills Wu in Grade 9 about his music tastes, documented his answers, and called it a day.

In this video, we preform a scenario of a bullying situation, but a young man stands up to the bullies, and punishes them with justice.

There was a stray cat the other day in my compound. When I came up the elevator from the parking lot, I saw one and it seems hungry. So I went up to my apartment, grab some pears, and fed some to it. It ate it, and walked away.

I tried to implement some creative designs, but still fitting the criteria of having the SAS G9 text on it. I added an eagle to symbolize SAS students flying high.

In this presentation, I compared the two sports together to see which sport is better in more aspects. I compared their best player, involvement, and ball style. This is included in effective communicator, 60 points.

I had to think of ways to make sure I didn’t get off-topic and fall asleep, I also thought of ways to solve the problem of glazing Tyler’s new album too much. Many people say, “he’s the type of guy that is hard stuck iron”, even though I didn’t know what that meant, I assume it meant I’m exceedingly proficient in collaborating with my teammates. When I start my yap session, my peers have to cope and cry, being a witness to my skillful communication skills. As to creativity, I have exceeded the chart. People call me “lil JT”, because I’m just that creative, and people play along, boosting their creativity along the way. Finally, my resilient is like an “iron block” as they say, they think part of me is like a diamond, unbreakable and unbendable. This is what my peers say at least, I only put my creativity in this.

Today, we did a little communication game outside in the heat called zoom. It is a straightforward game, where you describe your picture and arrange the photos in order. I was quite unlucky with what photo I got, which I got the earth, quite obviously the largest photo among all of my peers. I didn’t get to collaborate with many of my peers, but it’s about the experience that matters (?)

Through this experience, I learned that I forgot a lot of the skills that I learned in 8th grade, however, I still managed to push through the challenges with my peers’ help. What I did was a bread because I simply liked it, and called it ratatouilles dough because it’s the first thing that came to my mind.

I used TTG creativity.

“As you can see, this is a toy, not just any toy, a justin toy, he seems to be in a defensive stance from his enemies as he fends off a .pdf. His open stance shows his confidence in his capabilities knowing that he is matched up against a penguin. He shows his intimidation tactic by expanding his wingspan, and increasing his height.” -peter. This is Justin’s natural habitat. At the moment, justin is feeling energetic, randomness is really effective.