I sang during the night in early June
Hey everyone. I was previously in a reading group with lots of Chinese students in Grade 10 and Grade 11. The reading group prompts you to read a certain amount of pages every day and a book every month. I found it exciting and helpful. However, recently I found the book that we are supposed […]
Recently, I read this article written by a Chinese student at Columbia University at New York, named “Why do Chinese Students Only Mingle with Themselves?” (https://socialwork.columbia.edu/news/why-do-chinese-students-only-mingle-with-themselves/) It actually describes my situation so accurately when I first went to UWCSEA in Singapore. Although now everything gets nicer, sometimes I still find myself in some of the […]
How does the writer use language to convey the majestic nature of the hawk and the feelings of Helen Macdonald? The writer uses metaphor to convey the majestic nature of the hawk. This can be shown from the description of the hawk: “She is a conjuring trick. A reptile. A fallen angel. A griffon from […]
Recently, I was doing a Coursera course on statistics and social sciences. I read this article named “Self-Deceived Individuals Are Better at Deceiving Others” on Plos One and below is my analysis on it. (My first time doing an analysis on an essay!) The article shows a possible relationship between self-deception and deception through testing it […]
– What the writer focuses your attention on at the beginning– How and why the writer changes this focus as the extract develops– Any other structural features that interest you In the extract of Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, the writer structured the text to interest readers. Firstly, the writer interests readers by putting […]
In the past week (July 1 to July 2), I participated in a coding camp organized by the ID Tech organization called “Intro to Coding for Machine Learning”. I found the camp so exciting. I have learned to code before, but never with other students or a formal teacher (Dad taught me C and Python […]
Plastic is a common material in our daily life. Furniture, cutlery, stationaries, everything is made out of plastic. Plastic became popular in the 20th century, not even 100 years ago. In 1955, “Throwaway Living” was promoted on “Life” Magazine, for its great convenience – people did not have to spend hours of time on cleaning […]
Para 1: From whose Point of View is the novel written? Explain why this point of view is effective for this novel. The novel is written in the 1st person narrator. The point of view is very effective for this novel. It builds up a connection between the writer and the readers, allowing the readers […]
Last month, an accident happened to a 60-year-old Singaporean Mr John Low when he was doing diving as a diving instructor. His boat sank after being hit by choppy waves. He drifted in South China Sea for four days and three nights with a life buoy and backpack containing his Singapore identity card before he […]
Para 1: From whose Point of View is the novel written? (1st person narrator [from whose eyes and mind], 3rd person omniscient, or 3rd person limited?) Explain why this point of view is effective for this novel. The Novel is written in first person point of view, but not of a particular person, but of […]
