Tag: Grade 9
Foundation of Our Buildings: Human Rights
Singapore is amongst the most developed countries in the world, in fact, it is the 6th richest country in GDP today. However, when you look at the history of Singapore, it has had merely 52 years to transform from a little more than a fishing village to one of the leading economies in the world. Looking…
How to Avoid Digital Peer Pressure?
Explain in 30-50 words how you came to that question (how did the conversations and resources help give shape to that question?) In an article I came across, the fact that technology has created peer pressure amongst of people was mentioned and I found it very relevant to our age group. The exact phrase it…
User Manual – Working Instructions
When working with others, I value the ability to include everyone into the conversation and having respect for others’ ideas the most. Being able get things done but isn’t serious the whole time is also important as well. When I work with someone, the #1 thing my partner can do to support me would be…
Writer’s Fortnight
Seema Singapore is amongst one of the most developed countries in the world. It has achieved all this in the short period of 52 years. We were honoured to have Mrs. Seema, a volunteer from TWC2 (transient workers count too) to come talk to us about the real conditions about the transients workers who made…
Writer’s Fortnight
Steve Dawson In today’s session we were honoured to have Mr. Steve Dawson come talk to us. He is a commentator on Fox News / ESPN and was talking to us about interview techniques. I was expecting him to talk about his career and books but he was actually teaching us about how to interview…
Writer’s Fortnight
Chetan Bhaget: Today Mr. Chetan Bhaget came to our school for writers fortnight. He is listed in the 100 most influentiial people in the world and I was very honoured to had to chance to listen to him. He was very humorous and we all enjoyed this session a lot. He told us about his…
Was the Three Gorges Dam Worth It?
The three gorges dam, the biggest dam in the world that sits on the Yangtze river, is able to power 10% of China’s households. It Although it decreased the carbon emission massively and powered a huge amount of population, I still believe that it was not worth it as its disadvantages definitely outweighs the profit…
Role of Genetics on Determining One’s Character
In yesterday’s class, we completed the presentations about nature vs nurture on the topics of violence, intelligence, bipolar disorder, depression and sexuality. After the presentation, it has consolidated my thoughts toward the impact of the environment on ones build up of personality and traits. However, it also explored my thinking on the aspects and the…
My Language World
My Language World If there was one thing that everyone in the world had, it would be language. Whether if it was English, Chinese, French, sign language, body language or even just an expression through someone’s eyes. Everyone that is living has a language that they could communicate in. So, what is my language? Where…