Saturday, November 22, 2008
Finally... finally... I can find a place with quite supporting ambience for me to blog (of course with a quite fast internet connection; accepting the fact that my hometown's fastest internet connection is 144 kbps D:)
Oh yeah by theway, Gabriella here!!! Currently sitting on a plastic chair one hour before you guys! lol...
The weather in my hometown is quite similar with the one in Adelaide but it's more humid here! So yeah, this is what I suppose to blog (long time ago, in Adelaide)! :)
Similarity of lesson conducts at MHS and Anderson
Well, the similarity is... There are students and a teacher with a whiteboard and chairs and desks.
Basically, it's not the same, AT ALL. The students there tend to be more relax and the teacher doesn't really explain the subjects. He just sit comfortably on his chair.
I am not suppose to say this because I only attend ONE lesson during my visit there. But from what I see, the students there just came, take the worksheet and sit on their respective desks and it's their free time. Either they want to do the worksheet or just talk with their friends.
So, looking at how stressful and hectical a life of a Singaporean student is, their way of conducting lesson is way different from ours.
Strategies of learning that I can adopt
Basically, in my opinion, the way a lesson conducted is more effective in Singapore. But I can adopt the way some of the students concentrate on their work eventhough they are in a so not conducive place to study. This may work if my class is noisy :P
Ethnic groups that make up Australian Society
There are A LOT of ethnic groups!!! Not only those caucasian people living here. But also aboriginal, asian, and the black people. Not as many chinese as Singapore though. But there are a lot and a lot of Vietnamese and Korean people here.
My host partner told me that every caucasion family in Australia must have come from somewhere else *She was from Scotland by the way*. Yeah, that's true considering the fact that Australia was originally inhabited by the Aborigins.
Way that makes variety of ethnic groups add value to the society
I have to say that the Aboriginal culture is super exotic and awesome!! Yeah, it does add a lot of value to the society. Plus, all the different family background of the Caucasion people make an amazing fusion in Australian culture!!
Causing conflicts?
Well, we cannot please everybody. During some times back, the Aborigins felt as an outsider in their home land as the Caucasians keep migrating from Europe. That causes conflict to occur between the 'host' and the 'guest'. But as long as we can balance both, I don't find any reason for it to become a conflict :)
The last question I can't really do it because I don't know what policies the Singaporean government have made.
Currently tired with the dial up connection I'm using here *WE STILL USE MODEM!!!* Haha... But finally it's done...
Oh yeah by theway, Gabriella here!!! Currently sitting on a plastic chair one hour before you guys! lol...
The weather in my hometown is quite similar with the one in Adelaide but it's more humid here! So yeah, this is what I suppose to blog (long time ago, in Adelaide)! :)
Similarity of lesson conducts at MHS and Anderson
Well, the similarity is... There are students and a teacher with a whiteboard and chairs and desks.
Basically, it's not the same, AT ALL. The students there tend to be more relax and the teacher doesn't really explain the subjects. He just sit comfortably on his chair.
I am not suppose to say this because I only attend ONE lesson during my visit there. But from what I see, the students there just came, take the worksheet and sit on their respective desks and it's their free time. Either they want to do the worksheet or just talk with their friends.
So, looking at how stressful and hectical a life of a Singaporean student is, their way of conducting lesson is way different from ours.
Strategies of learning that I can adopt
Basically, in my opinion, the way a lesson conducted is more effective in Singapore. But I can adopt the way some of the students concentrate on their work eventhough they are in a so not conducive place to study. This may work if my class is noisy :P
Ethnic groups that make up Australian Society
There are A LOT of ethnic groups!!! Not only those caucasian people living here. But also aboriginal, asian, and the black people. Not as many chinese as Singapore though. But there are a lot and a lot of Vietnamese and Korean people here.
My host partner told me that every caucasion family in Australia must have come from somewhere else *She was from Scotland by the way*. Yeah, that's true considering the fact that Australia was originally inhabited by the Aborigins.
Way that makes variety of ethnic groups add value to the society
I have to say that the Aboriginal culture is super exotic and awesome!! Yeah, it does add a lot of value to the society. Plus, all the different family background of the Caucasion people make an amazing fusion in Australian culture!!
Causing conflicts?
Well, we cannot please everybody. During some times back, the Aborigins felt as an outsider in their home land as the Caucasians keep migrating from Europe. That causes conflict to occur between the 'host' and the 'guest'. But as long as we can balance both, I don't find any reason for it to become a conflict :)
The last question I can't really do it because I don't know what policies the Singaporean government have made.
Currently tired with the dial up connection I'm using here *WE STILL USE MODEM!!!* Haha... But finally it's done...
we had a smashing good day, 9:34 PM.