[Week 10] The Longest Way Round is the Shortest Way Home

As many of you know, our team has changed the topic of the Major Project from "play-based learning for 1st grade elementary school class" to "academic public speaking for graduate students in Education." It was a hard decision. We had already spent 2 months and a lot of efforts for the old topic. However, I strongly believe that we made a smart decision to change the topic.

There were several troubles with the previous topic:

• It is hard to access the content experts.
• It is hard to access the target audience.
• There is no agreed definition of play-based learning!

On the contrary, the new topic has various advantages:

• It is easier to access the content experts.
• It is easier to access the target audience.
• We have good ideas of what kind of academic public speaking skills are needed by Education graduate students.

Of course, it is bit stressful to realize the fact that we have only 2 months left to deal with the new topic. However, I do not think the 2 months we spent for the old topic was not a waste of time. Many things we have learned could be applied to the new topics. The 2 months were precious time for us to learn that the old topic was hard for us!

It is not my preference to stick to a plan just because we spent a lot of time on it. If we have already "wasted time," we should not waste our time even more! In order to repent nothing, let us do our best to be successful with the new topic! :)