Topic: Science, Technology, and Environment Thesis: To what extent does the role of the environment affect the sustainability of future generations? The literary text is a short story called “The Intoxicated” by Shirley Jackson, written in 1949. The non-literary text is a tweet written by Donald Trump, posted after Greta Thunberg, the teenage climate activist, […]
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My Possible Career Paths
Now that I have completed the Maia learning and the O-Net Online tests, it has given me a huge list of what careers would fit best with my personality type. Some were surprising, things I hadn’t thought of before, both in a good and bad way, and others were some that I thought actually fit […]
How Stress Can Be A Good Thing
We recently watched a video regarding stress, how stress affects our lives in all sorts of ways. When we are put in a situation of a big change, good or bad, we experience stress. That rush of adrenaline, when your heart starts pumping faster. The woman in the video explained how there are multiple studies […]
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Grade 9 Personal Statement
My name is Jina Wickmann, I am half Korean and half Danish. I have lived in Singapore for the past 10 years, 5 of them spent at UWC East. I have been studying at international schools my whole life, so I have been able to develop with multicultural people like me. Through early years of […]
Refugee Video, 4.1 Miles – GPers
We were asked to write about our impressions and opinions to this video (4.1 Miles) and I am honestly shocked. The refugee crisis has been a long ride that is still going on today. I have always known about this crisis but this video really brings a new light to the issue. The struggle and […]
B1: Characteristics of Life
5 Things You Should Know About B1: Characteristics of Life. The first thing I would recommend is to know MRS.GREN. Although some of the definitions don’t apply to all situations, I would say that to know MRS.GREN gives you an idea of basic keywords in biology. Words like respiration and nutrition are commonly used and […]