Example of good reflection:
Reflections submitted by Group 2 stands out among the submitted works as their discussion truly focuses
on the "feelings". Many of the submitted reflections focus on evaluating the mistakes made and suggest
the solutions which does not "hit the bull's eye". This reflection scored 10/10 marks.
Reflection on Bhopal Toxic Release
Group 2
The tragedy of Bhopal Toxic Release can be avoided if the safety problems were paying attention
earlier such as the leaking of toxic gases or even the chemical process was replaced by a safer method or
operated on a smaller scale with proper safety equipment and regulation to deal with emergency. The
casualties from this tragedy reached an astonishing number which posed a shock to the world. Not only
many people sacrificed from this tragedy, but also including animals, plants and cause severe environment
pollutions as the long-term consequences.
If I was a close family member of the victim of the Bhopal toxic release, I might feel shock,
confusion, unbelieve, sad, suffer, anger, hate, horror, stress, depress and struggle. First, definitely I would
get shocked by this bad news and confuse about what and how the accident happened since this accident
happened during midnight and out of sudden. After confirmation this was a truly happened tragedy, I must
be overwhelmed with sadness as I wished to help the family member that get injured from the accident, but
didn’t know how to comfort him. Worse still, if I lose my family member from that tragedy, my emotion
would be full of sorrow and suffer as nothing I could do to get back his lives. Besides, my anger was beyond
words as the management unit of the plant did not inform public about a possible emergency in the
neighborhood which totally ignore our safety. On the other hand, I was disappointed on the careless, lack
of proper handling problem thinking, and ignorance of the problem occurred by the operation and
management units of the plant which finally contributed to this tragedy. I also felt horrified as I wondered
this kind of tragedy will happen again in the future and cause another broken family. No matter my family
member was died or severely injured from this tragedy, I might experience the losing of economic backbone.
This would pose a difficulty for my academy or even my daily life which make me stress. Besides, I felt
depressed as I must sacrifice most of my time to take care of the disable family member and struggling with
the rest of my life. However, life still going on no matter what had happen, so I would stay strong and not
give up on taking care of my family member with patient and affection.
If I was the CEO of the plant, the way I felt must be guilty, ashamed, regret, scared, stress and
depress. I feel guilty and ashamed as many lives gone through this disaster as I did not concern about the
safety issue of the plant. I regretted that not ensuring proper layer of protection and emergency management
plan were designed for my plant. Besides, I also regretted that the recruitment of workers did not access
strictly, and proper trainings were not given. Furthermore, I felt scared and stress as the whole world were
accusing me for the disaster happened. Finally, I might feel depress when no one stand by my side. However,
I was willing to accept all the accusation, bear my responsibility and promise not to repeat the mistakes.
If I was a professor, my feeling after this accident occurred including sad and disappoint. I felt sad
for the lives gone and the victims suffered from long term effects caused by the toxic release. Obviously,
Examples
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there were many parties should bear the responsibility for this accident including operation unit,
management unit and government. As a professor, I was disappointed about the decision made by the
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