IO Plan for Presentation

  1. Plan and Organize beforehand
  2. Go in-depth but not too in-depth
  3. Don’t go off-topic
  4. Know what you are gonna say
  5. Know what your slides are
  6. Don’t repeat
  7. Compare and Contrast more
  8. Write the global issue question beforehand 
  9. in-depth evidence
  10. don’t just describe
  11. use terminology
  12. Try to use more of your own words instead of using other sentences to make it more of your own work.
  13. you cannot pull out note 
  14. Consolidate

Have a point of what you want to say. Bring in your evidence such as screenshot or photos to the presentation to support your presentation.

CAS Reflection #3

Post a pic that best describes how your skills are developing. How do you feel about this?

pixabay.com/photos/macro-cogwheel-gear-engine-vintage-1452987/.

My skills are developing slowly and steadily like gears slowly connecting and functioning. Each gear needs another gear to function and it cannot run without the cooperation of the others. I feel like I need my mental and physical body to work together in order to develop my skills. If I am in a bad mood, I won’t be able to progress. Even if my mind says to work, if my body is tired, nothing will work out. So I feel like I need all the elements of myself to work and progress.
I don’t know what to feel about my skills. I feel great and amaze to know that I was capable of developing new skills such as critical thinking. Because I used to study in a school that doesn’t encourage critical thinkers and uses passive learning a lot, it is amazing to know that I can think out of the box. I am aware that I am lacking in a lot of ways but I can definitely feel the improvement within me.

Initiative for Peace Post

Q: How can Jah and Kay help you as a peace-builder?

A: In my perspective, it really has to do with how the way one approaches another, the communication, collaboration and understanding. As a peace-builder, you have to consider other people’s feelings and backgrounds. Thus, the way one approaches can be important as well. We have to be careful in a way both sides do not take it the wrong way. Although I find that talking with others challenging, I have definitely improved in areas such as communication and participation.

This event can be also applied to the outside world where conflict is a constant issue in many countries either in their own countries or with other countries. If there is a miscommunication between the two parties, conflict can occur. Thus, you also need to consider the other perspective in any situation and try to understand each other. I believe that with the skills I have learnt from today, I wish to apply that knowledge in the future in areas that needed.

Initiative For Peace (10.9.2019)

Today is the first day of IFP program.

We had to write down what we think of IFP and what IFP isn’t on post-it stickers. After that, we had to watch a video which explains what IFP is about and re-write our thoughts on post-it notes.

We were later separated into groups and given a box full of legos. We had to draw a piece of paper which gave us a task to do and we had to complete it without showing or saying what the task actually was. The difficult part was, we weren’t allowed to speak. So, you can guess that things didn’t go quite well. Some of the people were building, some were trying to figure out what they were doing and some were wondering how to properly do the given task. By the end of the section, we were asked “why might effective collaboration be important to peace building?”. We discussed about how without the communication, we cannot understand each other and had problems understanding others. At first, we were focused on completing our own task but later on we realised that we each had different tasks and we had to work together in order to accomplish what we were asked to do.

I think the activity we did can be applied to a real life situation. Communication, understanding, sharing and listening play a big role in peace building. If someone forced their ideas to the others and not listen to them, the negotiation among them will not work. However, if they were to stop and listen to one another, they would have shared ideas and create new ones.

That was what I learnt from the IFP today. Communication is the key to understand people with different cultures, backgrounds and ethnics.

Behaviours that need to be improved (PSE)

  1. You get enough sleep
  2. You stop negative self-talk in its’ tracks
  3. You neutralise toxic people

Those are the three behaviours I want to improve emotionally. For the first one, I wanted to improve that when I was young. I am so use to sleeping late so I feel like I never had enough sleep. Even when I moved to the boarding house, I feel like if I sleep early before curfew time, I might miss out on things so I ended up socialising more and going out even though I want to sleep. However, I plan on getting a quick nap after school.

The second one is more of a personal thing for me. I tend to think deeper on a matter whether how small or big it may be and ended up stressing out more. I plan on enjoying myself more. I’ll give myself some time to breath and let myself be a little loose.

The third one is kinda difficult one for me – neutralising toxic people. I plan on avoiding them and pay them no attention or maybe guide them to a right path.

Posted in PSE

CAS Reflection #2

What has been the biggest challenge within CAS so far? What might you do to improve this?

So far, I have only attended one period for each CAS, one being IFP and the other being Arts & Craft for Childcare centre PPIS. For IFP, it was really interesting and fun especially when almost half of the members were boarders. In Arts & Craft, we had to do an introduction where we go around and get to know each other.

We haven’t done much since it’s only been the first day of CAS but I am willing to challenge myself and push my limits for every activity I do!

Planning for CAS

What aspects of CAS are you looking forward to? 

  • I’m looking forward to the service part of the CAS where I can gain experiences, help out the community and make new friends. In creativity part, I am willing to explore myself and also give out to others as well. As for the activity, I will be joining Badminton. Badminton is something I really love playing and I am very excited to participate!

How might you plan your year of CAS in order to maintain balance? 

  • Time management is very important in order to maintain balance. I might draw a schedule for myself where I can keep track on my own time. A schedule where I can have fun and finish my studies at the same time. I know it will be tiring to do since everything is new to me. However, I am willing to challenge myself!