LO 2 CHALLENGE, LO 4 COMMITMENT link to 3 minutes reflection
Author: menon92982@gapps.uwcsea.edu.sg
An analysis of the social themes behind TIBE
I do agree with the idea that Oscar Wilde’s work does not have any explicit social theme, to an extent. I think that rather than following one specific social theme, Wilde. The Importance of Being Earnest, summarized in one phrase, follows the story of distinguished, high status, dandy individuals caring a little too much about […]
Owls do cry: Tension and Meaning
22:45-23:45 I think the key theatrical concept used in this scene to build tension and communicate meaning is multimedia, as the cacophony of the words on the screen and the music in the background sparks an unnerving sense of familiarity that leaves the audience at unease, whilst also leaving them scrambling, searching for a […]
Baba Iaga and the pelican child
I chose to read this short story as the name Baba Iaga seemed familiar to me, like something I knew of, but could not remember. The name triggered images of some Slavic deity, a witch possibly, surrounded by the mysticism of the natural, the magic of the unknown so well embodied by the forest and […]
Thoughts on Humour
26th August 2020 My knowledge on humour, or at least its intricacies was limited till today, the extent of my knowledge was the basic classifications that ‘memes’ would be placed under. We discovered the different types of humour, and the learnings allowed me to analyse my own tendencies, and how I can often have […]
Grassroots
English. The language that is not my mother tongue yet feels like it is, its words rolling off my tongue after jumbling around in my brain, its letters finding a million combinations in my thoughts, like scrabble tiles on cocaine. In a time before the idea of not ‘having time’ was close to non-existent, books […]
LeNormand Card Reading
These are the three cards I received, and I believe they relate to my life in a number of ways. I believe the moon represents two things, a change in my social image and personality, and a change in my attitude towards school and work overall. Firstly, after the circuit breaker came to an end, […]
(1) The Science of success, University of Michigan
Goals of this course: strategies for achieving success what can you do to increase the possibility that you will achieve your goals throughout your life? Simplifying researchers work so that we can understand it What is success? Achieving results, engaging in meaningful work “In another study of over 70,000 employees in over 100 countries, […]
[4] My learnings from the course ‘Communication Strategies for a Virtual Age (University of Toronto)’
My learnings from Module 4: People normally only gauge 5% of what they hear or see So the five percent rule not only applies to most of our communication, it is a natural way to communicate. It is the natural way that your brain has evolved over time to retain information and it’s the reason […]
[3] My learnings from the course ‘Communication Strategies for a Virtual Age (University of Toronto)’
My learnings from Module 3: Lower attention spans mean we need to focus not only on the content we are spreading but also how the person we are trying to communicate with communicates Types of communication styles: Hostile indifferent Uninformed Supportive Hostile: Hostile person core is blunt. When they are […]