I sketched this political cartoon alluding to The Handmaid’s Tale. The main allusion was to the “wings” that the handmaids wear in the story, and I used this to illustrate that politicians (as the one illustrated) are so blinded by their sense of supposed moral purity (symbolized by the “wings”) in Alabama that they are […]
English IO Reflection
Reflecting on my IO experience, something that was challenging initially was ensuring that I was not over-analyzing my text and packing in too much analysis/content into the 10-minute timeframe. This involved a lot of careful planning and cutting to only keep the content that I saw as necessary while dropping off everything that may have […]
TOK End of Year Reflection
TOK this year has made me question the core idea of what being knowledgeable means. Before TOK, this question seemed obvious, even trivial to me. Of course, being knowledgeable on a topic means that I know a lot about it. However, what TOK has taught me this year is that what we understand as knowledge […]
Project Week: LO4, LO5, LO6, LO7
NOTE: At the start of the recording, I mistakingly say it’s only for LO4, LO5, and LO6. This recording actually reflects on LO4, LO5, LO6, but also LO7 as well.
Headline Formation and Biases
Headline 1: Trump defunds the WHO – experts warn of incoming dark ages for global healthcare cooperation Headline 2: Trump administration ceases funding of the WHO Headline 3: Trump ceases funding of the WHO after experts demonstrated records of pro-China bias The first example headline is one that is modeled after a headline pertaining […]
Political Cartoon Analysis Practice
Attachment
Federal Reserve Political Cartoon Plan
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a9yjlHQxtLgAH23mPWtARSmrg4OXpfiqVHuQPtSS-so/edit?usp=sharing
Origami Club: LO2
Having decided to pursue Origami further, I was delighted to have participated in the first few sessions of the activity so far. It’s super intriguing to me that just a piece of paper can be made into amazing 3D shapes and objects that are limited only by the size of the paper and the imagination […]