Yesterday was my last session for the service. Looking back, I feel that this service has become an essential part of my grade 11 experience. I have learnt how to interact with many different types of people, rediscover the happiness when we play games from my childhood together, and most importantly, get joy from the smiles on their faces. I have also brought in different materials for activities such stamps and colourful paper to provide our clients with different options. As the year progresses, the individual clients have also grown more familiar to us. Thus we have also developed our session plans based on their needs and preferences. The dancing activity is a real success as it engages our clients better than usual. The more I get to know the clients, the more I appreciated their friendliness and innocence. However, we should also treat them with respect as they are also individuals with dignity, just like us. Throughout this activity, I have developed respect, session planning skills and also communication. These are important skills that I could utilise in my daily lives. I am really glad that I took up this service and I will miss my clients greatly.
Group 3 reflections
For my project week, I feel that it is a great time to practise our organisation skills. We are entirely on our own, we have to manage our own safety, behave ourselves, and most importantly, complete the goals that we have set for ourselves. During the project week planning, our group members got to know each other better, and we also worked together for a common goal. Everyone collaborated to make it a meaningful experience. We have also grown more aware of the ethical implications during the process of planning, as the children that we are going to work with are unable to speak for themselves, while many of them have special medical conditions. When we are there, we have to make sure that we do not engage them in any activity that would be a hazard to their wellbeing while still bringing fun to them. Overall, I feel that the experience of project week will fuel my growth as an IB student and young adult, and I am really looking forward to it.
I decided to investigate tea for my EE because drinking tea is quite common in my life, and the materials are also readily available. I wanted to know the health values of these “healthy drinks” because I have little understanding of what they do to the human body. I found out that the primary health benefit of tea is the antioxidants in it. At first, I wanted to extract the antioxidant chemicals in the tea, however, the experiment involved is too advanced. Thus, I changed my research topic and started investigating the anti-oxidation potency of teas. I found out an experiment on youtube which shows that teas are able to turn black Iodine back into colourless, but the experiment is not precise nor accurate. Thus, I found the Briggs Rauscher reaction that has a similar function that could show the anti-oxidation potency of teas while giving more quantitative data at the same time.
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