Ishita's Student Portfolio

After reading the following article https://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/feb/26/mindfulness-meditation-depression-nhs there are three questions I ask myself: How likely am I to use these mindfulness techniques? What would stop me? Although I have been educated on the positive effects of mindfulness, I feel my lack of time will stop me from doing this. Because I have so many days to day activities by having afterschool sports every day and lots of homework pressure. I will find it difficult to take 5mins out of my day doing mindfulness…

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The lead up to the exams was quite nerve racking, as I didn’t have a clue what to expect, but I feel that is the feeling you will get no matter what new thing you try and it’s inavoidable. Before the exams I was very stressed, I studied everyday did some past papers and overall worked very hard to ensure that I would go into my first experience of these exams prepared so maybe I would feel a bit less…

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During these couple of weeks, my learning of commitment to care has grown a lot. Sometimes we don’t actually realise some of the thoughts we have towards commitment to care but when you say it out loud and answer questions during class it makes you actually have a chance to listen to your own ideas as well as everyone else’s and realise things that you wouldn’t have if you hadn’t taken the moment to discuss it. In this post I…

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To me, being a peacemaker is one that protests and stands up to violence. It is a very difficult task to do but things like joining a protest can be effective. It’s also recognizing and respecting other people’s way of life that makes a big difference. I wouldn’t need to necessarily agree with their beliefs but as long as it doesn’t harm anyone I should respect it to ensure everyone has the right to live the way they like. Acting upon…

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My top strength is forgiveness, I feel like I show forgiveness all the time in many different situations. I feel everyone deserves a second chance because if they don’t get a second chance how will they ever prove that what they did was a mistake. The idea of realizing your mistake is very important and I take that into account. I believe everyone will make mistakes in life, but it’s the idea of realizing it that makes a proper difference…

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I can identify and participate in student initiatives to support our community I can explain how my choices may affect others personally, locally, globally I can work with others to advocate for changes or improvements   To me, commitment to care means to incorporate the values we learn at UWCSEA into things in our daily lives. In UWCSEA, we particular pay attention to doing service and it is a part of our school life even if we don’t particularly realize…

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  I can identify and participate in student initiatives to support our community I can explain how my choices may affect others personally, locally, globally I can work with others to advocate for changes or improvements   To me, commitment to care means to incorporate the values we learn at UWCSEA into things in our daily lives. In UWCSEA, we particular pay attention to doing service and it is a part of our school life even if we don’t particularly…

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This term has been quite busy for me with my basketball season mixed with the school pressure and service days. Overall, in terms of sports I have enjoyed this season a lot as I have been playing the the pre-season basketball team and in season team. However, next season I want to try different sports to what I normally do. In terms of studies, I have tried to keep up with all the homework and tests however there have been…

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