January | 2019 | My UWCSEA Learning Journey

Ella Rokic

Writers Fortnight: 2 Stories from prison to Argentina

This is talk give me a whole new perspective on prison and the prisoners who live in it. He told us the sympathy he had for a lot of these prisoners. He told us two stories about these to different people who were in similar situations. He said that both of these people were hard-working…

Writers Fortnight: Underwater Photographer

Learning about how this guy is trying to say the ocean was very inspiring. He talked about how the ocean wasn’t scary and how all the animals in are beautiful. He showed us through close-up photos of sharks, whales and even crocodiles. He says he’s never afraid when he’s with these animals. He told us…

Writers Fortnight: Growing up in Apartheid

this talk was very interesting because I haven’t really thought about what apartheid was like for a white person living there who was against it. While she was growing up she said she never really realise what apartheid was and how bad it was. As she grew up she realised how serious the situation was and…

Writers Fortnight: a boxer’s response to racism

I didn’t know what to expect, i though the talk was going to be about one of his boxing matches. instead it was about a bar fight he almost had with a racist person. he explained how in the situation he was very scared but seemed confident enough to use humour to try and lighten…