26/Jan/18 What assumptions did you bring into this session? What expectations did you have? I came to this sessions knowing that she works with the service to help Transient Workers in Singapore (TWC2 and TCRP), and based on previous knowledge I thought that these organisations provide a lot financially and give shelter, as well as…
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24/Jan/18 Today, Deborah Emmanuel visited our school to talk about her early life and share some of her poems. A lot of her poems were written after an important event in her life, for example right after her mom passed away, she was really heartbroken as she was close to her; especially growing up with…
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23/1/18 Today’s session summary: Robyne Hayes is a researcher and photographer for organisations that helps to prevent child marriage, especially in developing countries. She takes photos to bring awareness to the world about the lives of these girls who are married at a young age, starting from the age of 6. Although her job is…
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17/Jan/18 – Select any four icons from the noun project. Your icons should represent four big ideas which spring from your notes. Explain your four icons in four sentences 1: Chetan Bhagat talked about how even though he started banking, he continued to passionately write, eventually publishing a book in 2004 and rising to…
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Shawn Dawson started off as an accountant in Singapore, but he always knew his heart was set on journalism – not just any, but to write about sports news. Starting off by working for the Strait Times, but then in university when he submitted a piece of writing for Boxing News (he is a…
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On Monday and Friday, our timetable was off schedule for mentor activities and we got to know each other better. Even though our other classes are pretty mixed up, we spend every morning with our mentor class so it’s quite important to get to know each other. For the rest of the days, we went to…
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