Exam Reflection

Grade 11 Mock Exam week has finished and the results are rolling in… Actually not as disappointed in the outcome as I’d prepared to be! To be fair, I had revised more for these mocks than any other exams I’d ever taken, due to their massive importance on our OAGs and university applications, and dedicated a lot of time and[…]

Photos from Service

Below are two photos at different moments during my Local Service, Migrant Workers Centre. The first one depicts our group presenting a pitch to Mr. Rick Hannah regarding the idea of a photo exhibition set up at school displaying photos taken by migrant workers  working in the UWCSEA community themselves. The objective of this project is to create awareness and[…]

Project Week Progress

It’s easiest to condense this down into bullet points, for this process has been a long one. Long story short: Our group went from 5 girls back down to 4. I am more comfortable with my current group and am very happy with the dynamics within it. It has tested our communication and teamwork skills, right from the very beginning[…]

Reflecting on Reflecting (???)

Whenever teachers encourage me to “reflect on what you took away from this experience”, my first response tends to be an eye roll. Maybe a snicker. The idea that writing about things I learned in this format made me think of a diary… of my school life. I didn’t see the point. But I am starting, slowly, to understand its[…]

Beyond Snapshots: Exhibit A

Some examples of photos taken in my Creativity for CAS, “HS Beyond Snapshots: ‘Capturing’ not ‘Taking’ Images”. Displayed are three of the areas/skills in photography that we have explored the past couple of weeks – Birds Eye View/Worms Eye View, Detail and Composition. I find myself really enjoying this activity because I am a very creative person and photography has[…]

Empowerment – Daraja Academy GC

I’ve always been a feminist. Many people in today’s society view feminism as either a one-sided issue or as a movement that has become completely irrelevant. But feminism, a movement for equality between men and women, is a movement still very much alive. It is important to advocate for feminism because the stigma that surrounds it is enough to prove[…]

Initiative – Healthserve Migrant Workers

Healthserve Migrant Workers is the service I chose for my CAS. Having had a rough journey last year, the service had been completely re-designed this year, and all the planning has been left entirely up to us. The students. An exciting opportunity, but much easier said than done. Coordinating with and organising, even getting to simply listen in one place[…]

Muay Thai – more than merely self defense

Living in Thailand offered me such a range of opportunities and means in which I could interact with the country’s rich culture and traditions. I had been looking for a sport I could really master, as I had wanted to improve my fitness and generally become less of an unproductive waste of space, so I began exploring my options. Basketball[…]