Month: March 2020

Texts we have looked at so far

srira11440@gapps.uwcsea.edu.sg Language and Literature 0 Comment

See my ideas here: https://mm.tt/1442401704?t=Dyo6errGOj

 

Links to Articles (Never Let me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro):

  1. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jul/12/animal-testing-safer-methods
  2. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016/06/theres-no-such-thing-as-free-will/480750/
  3. https://www.vox.com/2018/7/23/17594864/crispr-cas9-gene-editing
  4. https://www.commondreams.org/headlines01/1020-01.htm
  5. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/18/new-zealand-passes-landmark-law-decriminalise-abortion

Links to Articles (World’s Wife by Carol Ann Duffy):

  1. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/01/thailand-malaysia-muslim-child-forced-marriage
  2. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/19/nyregion/child-victims-act-lawmakers.html
  3. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/who-is-halimah-yacob-singapore-s-first-female-president-9206546
  4. https://www.businessinsider.sg/why-ashley-graham-is-this-generations-body-positive-icon-2019-9

Links to Articles (Bob Dylan):

  1. https://www.arabnews.com/node/1642991/world
  2. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/17/americas/coronavirus-brazil-bolsonaro-intl/index.html
  3. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/the-trump-administration-has-been-drawn-into-a-renewed-crisis-in-iraq/2020/03/16/7328a1a0-67ab-11ea-9923-57073adce27c_story.html
  4. https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/03/18/libyan-civil-war-about-get-worse/

 

Service Update

srira11440@gapps.uwcsea.edu.sg Lighthouse Motor Skills 0 Comment

Learning Outcomes: LO3-Demonstrate how to initiate and plan a CAS experience // LO7-Recognise and consider the ethics implications of choices and actions

Service as of lately has been quite difficult to engage in seeing as we have not met our service partners in so long. We have been trying to come up with alternative ideas on what we can do to compensate for that. We have thought about campaigns or interactive activities that we could do in school to help us raise awareness about our issue, potentially work with teachers to develop better strategies when interacting with the kids or even setting up resources for the people who join the service next year.

I believe through this we are still fulfilling LO3 of trying to plan an experience because we are logistically trying to set up an activity for people to participate. We were looking to create a simulation where people are in a dark room and they experience what it may be like to be blind and understand the struggle they feel. Even LO7 is still being fulfilled in the sense that we need to think about what may change about people’s perceptions of disabled folk. For example, we don’t want to spread the message that blind people live horrible lives and always need help. As of right now we are still planning next steps.

Evidence (Jake and Annie helping brainstorm ideas):

How CAS impacts our wellbeing

srira11440@gapps.uwcsea.edu.sg CAS 0 Comment

I think that CAS can have both positive and negative effects on our wellbeing, depending on how we approach it and the assignments I have externally also.

On one hand, reflecting on my experiences allows me to see the growth that occurs through them. I have noticed that significantly in my activity of Bodypump, in myself becoming more confident and pushing myself to try harder in order to improve my fitness. It is also just a good chance to question why I participate in the things I do, which gives me a clearer picture as to where my interests lie. When I look at my struggle through my CAS experiences, I get a sense of where my weaknesses are and what I can do to improve. Especially with my service, I am able to delve into the emotional and psychological side of helping disabled kids, and what that means in my life and what I have to be grateful for.

On the other hand, there are certain times of the year where I have deadlines from several other subjects, and having to keep up with CAS can be quite an issue. There are already reflections that I am behind on that I have pushed behind for my academic assignments. Sometimes, consistently having to reflect on an activity can ruin it for you, in the same sense that analysing a book to an extreme, can completely ruin your love for it.

I think the key with CAS is to find the balance between the authencity of reflections and the effort you put in trying. You need to be honest with yourself in your reflections, even if it means admitting that it causes you stress, but you must also take the reflections as an opportunity to  visualise your learning.

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