Final Reflection for my 18-month commitment

Overall as CAS comes to an end it is good to be able to sit and reflect on the commitment as a whole, overall this commitment has abled me to show perseverance and keep positive through the pandemic with restrictions, a positive outlook and thinking as a team and individually helped us keep motivated and train hard through the restrictions, although we are yet to play a competitive game the restrictions have been lifted and full matches can be played again. Overall I have enjoyed this experience and it has helped me grow as an athlete and individual.

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My 18-month commitment, to football

So far at the beginning of the season, it has been tough for football, especially here in Singapore as covid restrictions are still in place, however, it has been a good experience to meet new players from outside a school environment and mix with a new community, in addition, it has been good to get a different perspective on coaching at the highest level in Singapore. Although the restrictions are in place we are still able to remain positive and hope that they are going to be lifted for sports soon. I believe that it is still very important to keep a positive mood with the team and have a positive view on the situation.

CAS Project reflection

Through my CAS project, I planned a summer coaching camp for children here at school with Chelsea, through the project I planned diverse and varied sessions. It was an enlightening experience to see the progression of the players in various age groups. There were some challenges with the process such as the changing restrictions with covid 19 which made the planning of sessions very difficult at times as they had to be adapted to the changing rules.

Gordon Parks essay+annotation of image

Gordon parks is an African American poet who represents African American communities, their identity and culture. Parks was a prominent figure through the Harlem renaissance. ‘Outside looking in’ (1956), Much like parks’ other works were produced to provide the African American communities with a voice that brings their struggles through segregation, culture and identity to the attention of the ‘other America’. In ‘outside looking in’ parks explores the segregation faced by the African American community through the use of physical objects captured within the image.

One of the most salient elements of the image is the fence, parks uses this element in order to represent the segregation that the African American community faces. The fact that the fence occupies the majority of the frame accentuates its size, this could be used in order to portray the segregation within the society in a more literal manner. The accentuated size of the fence also provides an increased emphasis on the magnitude of the segregation faced by this community, making it seemingly impossible to overcome. additionally, the children in the foreground of the image whose heads are only halfway up the fence help further portray this image of literal segregation and help provide the viewer with a sense of perspective on the magnitude of the segregation. This may also provide a sense of powerlessness over the segregation towards their culture as children are often associated with a sense of inocents and powerlessness in the viewers mind. The fence also provides a literal element of segregation to the image as it is acting as a physical barrier, the use of the fence as a physical barrier may be the photographers way of subverting the physical elements of the seggrigation faced by the African American community, such as the seggrigation present in the photo which is them being physically blocked out from an area. However it may also be subverting the physical segrigation of people by the coulor of their skin, which prevented them from reaching their dreams in this case these dreams may be represented by the fair in the background of the image. finally the distance that is between the physical barrier of the fence and the fair ground in the background may further developed the element of segrrigation. It does this  by suggesting that even if the initial barrier that is present within the community is removed or over come there is still a long way to go to get to a sense of equality with the two communities and for a community with equal treatment. It may also be interesting to note the difference in the veggition on each side of the fence. On the side in the foreground its overgrown and dark however on the other side of the fence it is a cared for green lawn. This could be subverting the difference of the two different areas in the community.