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Team Name:

Good Working Adorable Persevering Optimistic - these are the traits of a true GWAPO Student. We were able to come up with this name since in order to be good researchers, one must have these qualities and we think that we have what it takes to be good researchers.

Y U Choose RAPD:

When we were looking for an elective, we were looking for a subject that will teach us in generating plausible and profitable idea. We were looking for a course that will help us in developing that idea into a marketable product and sustaining the growth of that merchandise. We hoped to find an elective that will help us with our pre-med courses.

Impressions:

Once we got on with the classes, we saw that the subject was going to be exciting though we expect the subject to be very demanding - full of paper works and laboratory activities. Yet with the small class and awesome teacher, all that was needed was our participation in all the fun.

Project? What Project?:

With the addition of Moringa oliefera, malunggay leaves, with the normal butter cookies, this helps solve the malnutrition being experienced here in the Philippines. But the real project was making the butter cookies marketable. For this to happen, we had to be innovative. We had to adjust the recipe in order to sell the product while striving to reach our goal of a nutritious snack. We had to be hardworking. From production to marketing to after sales evaluation we had to retrieve and analyze the data. And we also had to be strong in order to never give up on our product.

The Learning Process

The learning was really fun. In fact it's hard to pick out a single most fun moment because of all the fun times. But one of the things we enjoyed the most was the marketing of our product because we learned how manly enough you have to be in order to sell your product to unknown people. This was also the most challenging part of the learning process, actually. But the accomplishment of the challenge was the source of the fun.

Oh Memories

We made a lot of memories during RAPD but the most memorable event was when all of the competing teams worked together - when we had our first overnight stay. We tweaked our recipes to perfection and, while waiting for the cookies, the brownies, etc, we were having fun. Only in RAPD did we see competitors working side by side.

What More to Ask?

One of the things we would've liked to do in RAPD was to actually package our product with an official, marketable package. It completes the journey of your product. It shows that your product is finally ready to fight the other goods. I hope that the next RAPD batches will be able to experience this.

Be Warned

RAPD is a fun subject. You get a chance to actually enjoy STR. And it is very rewarding too with its experience. It may even equip you with skills that will help you in your future college degree. But like STR, it requires work, and lots of it. So our advice is to consider the opportunity cost of taking the elective. Whether or not you buy bread is up to how much you value it. Whether or not you take RAPD is up to how much you regard it. And remember that there is a no return policy. Once you're in, you're in.