For my second engagement, I conducted an interview with Mr. Syed Asad Ali, a factory owner and director in two apparel manufacturing companies. Whereas my first engagement was with a representative of a buyer within the industry, Mr. Ali acts as a manufacturer, the other key component within the supply chain. Unlike my previous interview, […]
For my first engagement, I conducted an interview with Ms. Suman Tripathi, the Global Sourcing Manager of Lindex, a Swedish fashion chain. Although based in Sweden, Lindex sources much of its textiles from Bangladesh, making Ms. Tripathi a representative of a key stakeholder in the industry. She also represents the buyer within the supply chain, […]
As part of the Global Politics course, we are meant to conduct an active political engagement over the summer as part of the ‘Engagement Activity’ (EA). In normal circumstances, we would be expected to travel abroad and conduct hands-on, physical engagements. However, due to COVID-19 having made travel over the summer virtually impossible and having […]
LO 1: Identify their own strengths and develop areas for growth During season one of the athletic season, I tried out for tennis pre-season. I had been on the (division winning) team last year, won all my matches, and was awarded athlete’s award and MVP at the sports awards, meaning I was fairly confident going […]
Never Let Me Go A tale of dystopia & cloning, love & loss, Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Gois set in a world in which clones are raised with the sole intent of harvesting and donating their organs, and follows the journey of clone Kathy H. from her days at premier clone boarding school Hailsham […]
Nosedive Finding purpose in a purposeless world Those who conform to the superficialities and inauthenticity of society prosper (Naomi), while those who don’t partake in the masquerade and see the world for what it actually is languish at the bottom of the societal hierarchy (Susan, Lacie towards the end) However, the fake people live in […]
LO 2: Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process Perhaps the highlight of my year so far and all the activities I’ve done is Unplugged, a school concert that took place on December 3rd. I was part of two acts for the concert, playing guitar and (backup) singing “Patience” by […]
Define CAS with a single lyric from a song that is popular this year. Explain your choice The lyric I would use to describe my CAS experience so far is from Liam Gallagher’s song ‘Once’, which goes, “When the dawn came up, you felt so inspired to do it again / But it turns out […]
LO 7: Recognise and consider the ethics implications of choices and actions For Chinese New Year in service, we conducted in activity with our clients which involved them making paper lantern cutouts. The paper lantern cutouts were colour-less, and though the plan was to have them colour the lanterns, we would have had them leave […]
LO 3: Demonstrate how to initiate and plan a CAS experience For our special Chinese New Year service session with Bedok Peacehaven, I was effectively in charge of planning and leading the activity. I am the logistics officer of the service, and since it’s my job to prepare and manage the resources (CNY activities would […]