4/4/11
Year 12 Self Review
As and IB student, to accomplish and meet the goals of each area of the ideal IB learner. I still have many aspects of a learner that can be gained, improved, or changed.
As a inquirer, I lack the potential in this ara. Whenever I am skeptical or curious about something , I tend to keep questions to myself rather than stepping up and putting it out so my suspicion can be solved. It is probably because I tend to believe that I can discover and learn everything by myself, and that everything that I discover with my own method is more appreciatable. Even though this does not assist me as an inquirer but it helps me to be a good thinker. Because I most likely to think and attempt to solve the puzzle by myself, it makes me to be a very open-minded thinker. Me not asking for any assistance can does not mean I do not listen to other's opinions. I lack confidence to stand up and stand for what I desire.
I am quite a very expressive communicator. Because I am fluent in Thai, and almost fluent in English. This makes me a very good medium between two language-speaking society. I , most of the time, tend to understand the meaning behind everyone's message behind their words.
Being a thinker can as well make you biased when judging something. Although I have been thought not to judge the book by its cover. It is the action that really matters. For most of the time, I am very fair towards any general topic. But however, as a human being, I may tend to have slight distaste toward something that did not give me a favorable first impression. Therefore , this is another trait that can be improved. By stop judging what I do not primarily like, I can become more of a proper IB learner with integrity , honesty, and justice.
Once again, being a thinker can widen your horizon of knowledge. I sometimes think about global issue in my free time. Why people do this and that and the consequences. however , I'm not a very proactive thinker. What I think I do not tend to take part or make any action toward the issue. This is a point that can be improved by devoting myself more in a global issue by starting from a local scale.
Caring has always been my best trait out of all of the aspects of IB learner profile. I care about the environment and everything that surrounds me, both living and non-living. But when it comes to taking action, I do not tend to contribute to global or large scale issue but rather caring me to my friends and anything that can affects me directly. This aspect of me can be fixed and improved by volunteering more in a service project or any community service so that I can realize the feeling of appreciation by the others.
Risk-takers, this term can also be fully applied to me. I do have a lot of ideas to propose but probably because the confidence issue that I have , I tend to keep the idea the thoughts to myself until I have been asked. Along with the 'Inquirers' aspect, I can improve myself by stepping out more and push forward my ideas and thoughts.
I think I am a very balanced person, I know when to weight the validity of either intellectuality , physics, and emotion by looking at the situation. Perhaps i'm very principled and I cannot stand it when something goes wrong and no one does anything about and I am not in the position to.
This last aspect is the aspect I have to work the hardest on. Because I'm not the type of person to express everything I feel therefore people tend to not know what I can reflect from my point of me but I can be very caring and know exactly when the others need in order to support their learning and personal development. This can be improved by , again, stepping up moe often and be reflective and expressive.
As a inquirer, I lack the potential in this ara. Whenever I am skeptical or curious about something , I tend to keep questions to myself rather than stepping up and putting it out so my suspicion can be solved. It is probably because I tend to believe that I can discover and learn everything by myself, and that everything that I discover with my own method is more appreciatable. Even though this does not assist me as an inquirer but it helps me to be a good thinker. Because I most likely to think and attempt to solve the puzzle by myself, it makes me to be a very open-minded thinker. Me not asking for any assistance can does not mean I do not listen to other's opinions. I lack confidence to stand up and stand for what I desire.
I am quite a very expressive communicator. Because I am fluent in Thai, and almost fluent in English. This makes me a very good medium between two language-speaking society. I , most of the time, tend to understand the meaning behind everyone's message behind their words.
Being a thinker can as well make you biased when judging something. Although I have been thought not to judge the book by its cover. It is the action that really matters. For most of the time, I am very fair towards any general topic. But however, as a human being, I may tend to have slight distaste toward something that did not give me a favorable first impression. Therefore , this is another trait that can be improved. By stop judging what I do not primarily like, I can become more of a proper IB learner with integrity , honesty, and justice.
Once again, being a thinker can widen your horizon of knowledge. I sometimes think about global issue in my free time. Why people do this and that and the consequences. however , I'm not a very proactive thinker. What I think I do not tend to take part or make any action toward the issue. This is a point that can be improved by devoting myself more in a global issue by starting from a local scale.
Caring has always been my best trait out of all of the aspects of IB learner profile. I care about the environment and everything that surrounds me, both living and non-living. But when it comes to taking action, I do not tend to contribute to global or large scale issue but rather caring me to my friends and anything that can affects me directly. This aspect of me can be fixed and improved by volunteering more in a service project or any community service so that I can realize the feeling of appreciation by the others.
Risk-takers, this term can also be fully applied to me. I do have a lot of ideas to propose but probably because the confidence issue that I have , I tend to keep the idea the thoughts to myself until I have been asked. Along with the 'Inquirers' aspect, I can improve myself by stepping out more and push forward my ideas and thoughts.
I think I am a very balanced person, I know when to weight the validity of either intellectuality , physics, and emotion by looking at the situation. Perhaps i'm very principled and I cannot stand it when something goes wrong and no one does anything about and I am not in the position to.
This last aspect is the aspect I have to work the hardest on. Because I'm not the type of person to express everything I feel therefore people tend to not know what I can reflect from my point of me but I can be very caring and know exactly when the others need in order to support their learning and personal development. This can be improved by , again, stepping up moe often and be reflective and expressive.
3/31/11
Drama production : The Wizard of Oz
Three consecutive days of wonderful art production by drama students!
What was the activity?
This piece of product was originally made by Victor Flemming and it has been popularized ever since it was created. The story of the production is about a girl who is lost in the munchkindland, trying to find a way back home and her journey was full of wonders. This drama production has made the song 'Over the Rainbow' popular ever since.
What did I do?
My position in the event was a member of pitband who performed each piece of song during each scene. The plays were available for 3 nights but the time every casting member and musician spent to rehearse and practice was much more than that. We spent weekends coming to school to get every single piece of scene and song as good as we possibly could and it resulted in a marvellous performance on the last night which received huge compliments four our outstanding show and sings.
Numbers of songs of the show were played such as 'Follow the Yellow Bricks Road', 'Munchkindland', 'Jitterbug', and 'Somewhere over the rainbow'.
Pitband and the casting members
What I have gained ?
I thought the event went very successful and the feedbacks from the audience was superb. Even though my role as a member of pitband was small but my contribution to make such a great performance was overwhelming me. I feel appreciated for those who have come watch and especially those who devoted themselves to the play.
Notice the odd one out of the backstage crew here ?
What was the activity?
This piece of product was originally made by Victor Flemming and it has been popularized ever since it was created. The story of the production is about a girl who is lost in the munchkindland, trying to find a way back home and her journey was full of wonders. This drama production has made the song 'Over the Rainbow' popular ever since.
What did I do?
My position in the event was a member of pitband who performed each piece of song during each scene. The plays were available for 3 nights but the time every casting member and musician spent to rehearse and practice was much more than that. We spent weekends coming to school to get every single piece of scene and song as good as we possibly could and it resulted in a marvellous performance on the last night which received huge compliments four our outstanding show and sings.
Numbers of songs of the show were played such as 'Follow the Yellow Bricks Road', 'Munchkindland', 'Jitterbug', and 'Somewhere over the rainbow'.
Pitband and the casting members
What I have gained ?
I thought the event went very successful and the feedbacks from the audience was superb. Even though my role as a member of pitband was small but my contribution to make such a great performance was overwhelming me. I feel appreciated for those who have come watch and especially those who devoted themselves to the play.
Notice the odd one out of the backstage crew here ?
Fountain of Life Children's Centre
Little kids playing around the playground before leaving to the bowling alley.
What was the activity?
Fountain of life Children's centre was an orphanage for kids who their parents have been neglecting and ignoring so they put them here at he Fountain of Life Children's centre. Amazingly , and a little bit disturbed, some of them chose to stay at this orphanage rather than being taken care of by their parents and each of them seemed to be ina great health and happy to be here.
What were my aims?
The whole aim of the activity was for other participants to learn some Thai culture that was taught by kids at the orphanage and to share their care to to kids. However my personal aim was to experience how their lives had been and to entertain them as much as I possibly could.
What did I do ?
I was designated to accompany this trip as the only Thai speaker in the group so my job was somewhat like the others, was to experience the way of living of the children, and also help translate when needed but the translating job seemed to be less important during the day because no matter how difficult it was for foreigners and the kids to try to communicate, they still understood each others through smile and mutual comprehension.
During the day, all delegates got a chance to learn traditional Thai culture such 'Wai' (ไหว้) and how differently Thai people used to dine back in the days, and they also learnt how to make a 'Kratong' which was used to celebrate and worship the goddess of the river. And as part of the main theme 'We Walk Together' , we tried to do everything together with them, we had lunch together, after lunch we brushed our teeth together, then we , as a pair, went bowling together, which was something they had never done before in their life.
On the way to the bus to the bowling alley.
Although there were some difficulties in a language barrier, I was the only Thai speaker, this gave me a hard work to go back and forth to translate this and that for whoever called my name but as they day went by, the more I realized we did not really need a translator that much because everything the kids wanted to say had already been conveyed through smile.
What have I gained?
At the end of the day, every kid was still pumped after their first trip to the bowling alley and I could see their smile at the end of the day. This was the sign telling me that our goal was accomplished, our goal to make all the children smile like they never did before was completed and I felt so fulfilled from experiencing their sincere appreciation and later that night I looked at what the kids had and realized that, they only had what they needed and they never asked for more and they appreciate everything they received because it's not about how much it cost, but it's about the thought that counts.
10/25/10
Old People's House
The second service during the conference I went to Old People's House in Banglamung along with a small number of delegates. This was an orphanage for those who had been left or disregarded by their family so they would come here and live their life.
This service project was separated into 3 main parts, cleaning the beach, planting crops, and getting rid of the climbing plants on both sides of footpath on the way down to the beach. My first duty was to go down to the beach to clean up as much as possible, but it was almost impossible to completely wipe out everything that was there because the waves keep hitting the coast, and either drawing some trash back or giving me trash but at least we did put some effort to make the beach look a little bit cleaner after my duty even though we knew it would have been the same the next day anyway. My second ship was to plant some crops that would be sent to this Old People's House and would later be used for food, the process was only to put a soil in a pot, plow the soil, water the soil and plant some seed. And the last past was to clean the footpaths along the side to the beach, which was the hardest physical job in the day because shovels were needed to scrape off everything on the surface.
Later that day in the afternoon, we went and did what they regularly did in the Old People's House, playing Bingo. I was to team up with one of the senior resident and even though it was not clear but I could see them enjoying being companied by foreigner friends and at the end of the day, they did ask us to come again in if possible.
Our goal, just like at the Fountain of Life Children's Centre, was to entertain them and to be there for them if they needed anything and we accomplished that goal and looking back at how we achieved it, it was rather impressive because we did face probably only one difficulty, the language barrier. There were some residents who knew how to speak a decent english but most of the residents could not and this was the main problem.
But after all, that day was a big success both for us, and for all the residents at the Old People's House as well. We did give out our effort to help them and appreciation was received and I felt grateful for what I had done during that day and had been appreciated back and there was one thing I learnt that, no matter how uncanny it might have sounded for foreigners to go help them without knowing the existence of this place before, the kindness was still sincerely appreciated and for that I would like start devote myself to help those who are not as fortunate as I am to be living their life happily.
Barazza practices & sessions
Barazza = Equality within the same level
For our major Roundsquare conference that was coming up in October, every Barazza leaders needed to practice their facilitating skills and leaderships skills that would be required for the three actual Barazza sessions throughout the conference therefore several Barazza sessions were organized for Barazza leaders to prepare themselves.
During each session, there would be one topic according to a previous speech either from a keynote speaker or some source of information and my job as a Barazza leader was to facilitate the discussion and pick out some key points that were made. The biggest difficulty I had faced was that the awkward atmosphere made each member of the group feel uncomfortable to share their ideas and the fact that none of the members knew one another before made it more difficult for them to share their opinions to the others but I managed to get the conversation going by picking on a person who had not spoken during a discussion.
The more I had practiced in each session, the more I had found out about how to improve the next session and do's and don't's and I managed to break a barrier in the discussion by the end of the last Barazza session by using some powerful ice-breaking activities .
It had always been a stressful time before every Barazza session but once I learnt how to lead it properly, I found myself enjoy every minute of it and after the last Barazza session during the conference, I realized one thing that even though we were from different parts of the world but surprisingly we had much much more in common than we thought and once each of us started to be open to one another , one can incredibly be sincere to everyone.
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