I felt like choosing this service was a pretty easy choice, as I’ve always been interested in helping in education. It’s the same reason why I chose PPIS the year before, a service where we help teach young children. Although I have no doubt that this service is going to be vastly different to PPIS, due to the students having certain learning disabilities. It’s in this adversity I chose to set my goal, as previously I have never had any experience in assistance with people of disability. Yet I hope that throughout this service I firstly: become confident, comfortable and well versed in these areas, and secondly: take more of a leadership role as a sign of this progress I’ve made.

Due to the lack of any experience with people of disability, I hope that in conducting my own research, and becoming an effective advocate, I will be able to handle the situation where I actually meet one better. Right now I know that I have some contextual strength in educational practices, yet I need to improve my versatility when it comes to assisting people with various types of disabilities.

These hard times in it of itself are going to pose some challenge with the actual physical aspect of teaching. Yet I know that this is an issue not solely relegated to Singapore, so through one of the only methods we have; advocation can help me seek to make some sort of change on this huge issue.