Mr. Stirrat shared his experience of participating in a 240km marathon which took place in the Sahara desert. The race took him 6 days to complete, and along the way he had many obstacles to overcome. He was not used to running in the climate, he trained for the race in Singapore, where there is […]

In this session, four IB students from UWCSEA East spoke about an individual story they wanted to share. James talked about his Youtube channel which is based on his ant collection. Zubin talked about his hobby of writing blogs about politics. Arman talked about his experience with East Talks and how it changed him as […]

Mr. Hunter shared his experience of surviving a tsunami when he was on holiday in Bang Tao, Phuket. He was with his two children Kyle and Callum, and his wife. They were in Phuket celebrating Christmas. They were staying in a hotel near the beach on a hill. The tsunami hit them on boxing day, […]

Five questions I would have liked to ask the speaker, Mr. Huntington, are: After spending time in a prison and working with the sort of people you did, has the way you interact with people on a daily basis changed at all? What made you want to work there in the first place? You explained […]

Personally, I think that the disadvantages of the Three Gorges Dam outweigh the advantages. Although the dam is able to control flooding, the rising water level is weakening the banks and causing landslides. This destroys all the infrastructure and land near the dam. Around 1.4 million people have lost their homes due to living near […]