Dance Showcase 2021
LO 1 Identify their own strengths and develop areas for growth LO7 Recognise and consider the ethics implications of choices and actions We are now in the final weeks of dance showcase 2021, my last performing opportunity here at UWCSEA east. Over these past years, I have developed so much as a person and as…
Musical Showcase 2021
LO2 Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process LO4 Show commitment to and perseverance in CAS experiences The musical was such a key moment in 2021 as well as it was the first time we had a live audience for a performance. There were many challenges, the main one being…
Philosophical thinking: Human Acts
From reading the Human Acts and learning more about the Gwangju uprising, I found the idea of the separation between the physical body and self very interesting. This got me thinking about what really marks death? If our physical body is the only factor to consider when classifying someone as dead or alive, then those…
“Submission: The husband is the head of the wife, and that’s the way it s, period.”
Relevance of The Handmaid’s Tale
How is the novel relevant to you? (Try to think as broadly and deeply as you can about this) What have you learnt/explored about ‘authorial craft’ that is important moving forward and that you can conceptually relate to other (non-literary) texts?
Sexy ‘Handmaids’ Article
This article regarding the Handmaid halloween costume illustrated the controversy behind the ‘sexy’ portrayal of a almost symbolic figure of women’s oppression. I think the article was quite biased as it suggests that ‘Yandy took things a step too far’ in the first paragraph, which sets the prejudice tone for the reader reading further. In…
TOK Grand paradigm
1 In your view, how might the video to any of the ‘Grand Paradigms’ that we looked at today? I think the video portrays a shift in paradigm which is similar to that from classical paradigm to modern and then post modern. As Buzz realises that he is not a real space ranger, his previous…
The Handmaid’s Tale: Opening
The reader is a bit disorientated – where are we, who’s speaking, where’s it all leading? It sets up some intriguing questions. As the opening takes on a first person’s narrative in the form of a retrospective reflection, the reader is not given a comprehensive understanding of the setting. The first paragraph reveals the difference…
Paradigms: defamiliarisation
This ritual is performed almost daily for many people in this culture. They have a collection of wooden sticks of different lengths and sizes, with different animal hair attached to them. They also possess numerous boxes of different sizes and shapes containing different contents. For many woman in this culture, they almost always open this…