Our first day of the activity was just trying to get to know what the service is about and what they do in general. The first task was to choose the top 3 memorable events in 2019 so we all brainstorm the events. Then we chose what’s the most common answer for all of us and we assigned ourselves to write a paragraph about it along with pictures. Our group brainstormed what to write and I was assigned to do research on the topic. I was never confident in my own skills when it comes to researching and presenting what I found but I realize that was not the case. My friends were supportive enough to comfort and encourage me. I could feel myself gaining confidence and have the courage to openly speak what I learnt. Even though the first days were challenging, on the day of presenting our ideas, I was able to do well and we proceeded with our service.
Month: November 2020
Project Week – Change of Plans
Although we were originally planning to go to Nepal, the flight tickets were not dropping down. We tried to tackle it in many ways but in the end, we decided to change our whole Project week plan. It took us two weeks to decide whether or not we still want to continue with an uncertain hope of wishing the price of the tickets to drop. But in the end, we came to the conclusion that we should have a solid plan and went with the new change. It was a shame we couldn’t continue with our original plan.
Our next plan was to go to Cambodia. Although we have a rough draft of what we wanted to do, we could not finish our planning as we were announced that our project week trips were canceled.
Project Week Preparation
After forming a group of six that has a similar interest for project week, we agreed to do all creativity, activity, and service since it will be for a great cause. Our proposal, along with our supervisor’s agreement, was to go to Pokhara, Nepal with the Three Sisters Terrking Organization. They will pick us up from the airport and take us to the Fuji Hotel in Kathmandu. The purpose of our trip along with the collaboration of the Three Sisters Trekking Organization was to promoting a healthier menstrual cycle and hygiene.
Our action activity was to trek approximately three to four days from Pokhara, and through Astam, Dhampus, Australia Camp, and back to Pokhara. It is called Sunset Trek. The service activity or our main goal was to teach the locals English along with knowledge about the menstrual cycle while introducing menstrual cups which are sustainable and reusable, and empowering women of Nepal.
The link attached is the doc to our project week planning doc.
What measures we took:
- assigning each member a specific role to complete
- Meeting up with our supervisor every week to get the work done quickly
- Worked together as a group and occasionally have discussions
Reflection #2 of HL Essay
Paper 1:
At first, I chose two texts for my HL Essay. The first one was Always #LikeAGirl advertisement and the second one was The best a man can be. After writing four paragraphs, I realize that I had a weak thesis statement and felt like it wasn’t connecting well and very repetitive.
My first thesis strands were about gender perspectives and taking the initiative to change it. However, it seemed like it really only applied to one text type. So, I tried to change my thesis statement by rewriting the paragraphs again but it still felt like I was still lacking. After leaving it for a while and came back to read it again, I realized that I was writing too many contexts and giving descriptions instead of analyzing.
After the meeting with Ms. Wiseman and reviewing my HL Essay outline, I then added Baby Vinicius to have a middle ground for the two previous extreme gender perspective adverts and solidify my thesis strands. Although the first plan was to write all three texts for each thesis strand, I proceeded to change it into writing each advertisement for each thesis strands with bits of other advertisements.
HS Student Alumni & Foundation Council Reflection 1#
Hearing about the activity made me excited and look forward to it every week since it is such an amazing thing to do for the previous UWC students. Since I love the community here so much, it was a wonderful chance for me to express and participate in this activity.
Through my friend, I was able to find out about this activity, and before the October break, we mainly did two things. We first got introduced to the activity in more depth, what the activity does in general, and organizing events for Alumni. We then brainstormed all the significant or meaningful events that took place in 2019-2020. We chose three main events we all agree on and divided ourselves to take responsibility for writing the topic.