I am going to share a story in my coop work term.  I am a computer science student, so I need to acquire many skills that I can not learn from the university. So I applied for Co-op, then found a technology company in China, and worked as an intern there. When I first started working, I did encounter a lot of problems that I have never dealt with, both in terms of skills and relationships. I need to learn and apply the skills in a short period of time. For example, I have not studied Android development in school. But because the company was in a tense situation, my team leader let me also learn how to develop Android, so I can help developers a little bit.

My team leader’s suggestion is that I can ask the developer of our group to do some simple programming first. But the developer of our group is not easy to get along with. He is unwilling to share his experience and skills with me. He has always said that I may not be able to learn or go to some simpler things. This makes my situation very embarrassing. But because this is an assigned task, I have to complete it. At the same time, I feel uncomfortable to be looked down upon. So it motivated me to learn more about Android. I bought books about Android and searched resources on the Internet, plus some exercises. Finally, I can write some simple code. At the same time, it has been recognized by the developers of our group.

I agreed that motivation can help people know why they need to learn and how to learn. There are lots of ways to motivate different people, such as doing activities to motivate teenagers when they are learning English as Caroline said. So they will not feel boring when they are learning.