★ Let's make a better world by being Gracious !

Shufen - Final reflection

Monday, August 31, 2009 10:43 PM / to top

My opinion about graciousness had remained unchanged, as I agree with the fact that there is a need to teach Singaporeans graciousness. Graciousness is the most important basic value that should have been inculcated in all of us since young. We should focus on instilling graciousness on the younger generation as it is difficult to change the mindset of adults. I believe that we should have display gracious acts since young.

Our group had faced alot of problems regarding the video. We had so much trouble just to find time to meet up and discuss the project together as all of us have a hectic schedule and could not really find much time to meet up and discuss. But as we had already plan ahead, everything was going smoothly until we faced a technical error. Our format was in chaos. We had to convert the file format to a different one just to open up or edit it. But it was not easy. Most of the files could not be converted as it is a protected file while some corrupted halfway in the process of conversion. We even sought a teacher for help but he only managed to successfully convert three files. But it did not help that much as we pratically had to convert all the files. It was hard work! We had problem solving this and ended up re-doing the whole video all over again. We had to find time to meet up again and do everything again. But in the end we managed to complete the video roughly on time and we enjoyed ourselves while creating the videos and designing our posters. We hope that by doing this, it would not waste our effort and we hope that students have a better awareness of graciousness so that they will also display gracious acts as well.

For our posters, we did two. One of our poster is designed to show an ungracious act done by others. And it that poster, we encourage people to display graciousness by cleaning the mess up. This is to raise the awareness of graciousness and to make our Singapore a better place to live in. The other poster is design to show the effects of ungraciousness and encourages people to be gracious so that we can strenghten our bonds and achieve the social aspect of total defence and to live in a better society.

For our video, we narrated the defination, example of graciousness. We also promoted graciousness, interview a student and a foreigner and included views on forum board discussion about graciousness. And ended it with a conclusion.

Reflection 3 - Sarita.

Thursday, August 27, 2009 9:31 PM / to top

I still feel that graciousness is an important value for us to have and for us to learn. To have graciousness reflects on a person's character. As I've mentioned before, no one would dare to display an act of graciousness first unless someone else does it first. This reflects on how people behave towards the society. I think my group did fairly well, although we submitted the video and poster late. And we managed to work it out together and finished the posters and video. This had been a memorable experience working with my classmates. :).

Abstract.

Sunday, August 23, 2009 10:03 PM / to top

“Be Graceful To The Society”

Objectives

To cultivate good habits in students so that they will be more gracious.
To make the school a better environment to be in.
To be gracious by having proper table manners.
To implement the definition of graciousness to students.

How

Promote these good habits by making posters and pasting it all over the school compound.
Putting their bowls and utensils after they’re used. (Sense of Responsibility).
Stack their bowls and utensils properly after consuming their food.
Clean the tables themselves after they eat by clearing their own rubbish.
Teachers to monitor the students while they’re having their recess.
To be considerate of other people by not playing or throwing food around in the canteen.
Teach the students how to be thankful to others.

Target/Aim

By the end of this project, we hope to achieve more gracious student in our society. And to finish this project within a month.

5:03 PM / to top

THE VIDEO IS DONE!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxLnlaqegas

dorothy-reflection 2

Monday, August 3, 2009 3:25 PM / to top

I feel that there is no need to teach Singaporeans how to be gracious as it is an individual responsibility; it is not something that can be taught,rather,it is something that needs to be influenced. Graciousness is being well-mannered,kind,polite and considerate.And I would classify well-mannered,kind,polite,considerate as one's character. And I feel that one's character is not something that can be taught but influence.Stories for how,for example,a boy who grew up in a family that is well-manners is more likely to be well-mannered due to the influences of his family compared to a boy who grew up in a family that is not as well-mannered as the first family is more likely to be not as well-mannered as the first boy as he would feel that there is nothing wrong with his manners as it is his family whom influenced him. Thus,I feel that for singaporeans to be gracious is more of influence than teaching.But then again, who would be the first to influence others to be gracious?

Sarita - Reflection 2.

Sunday, August 2, 2009 11:36 PM / to top

I feel that graciousness what parents should teach their children from young. And so they'll plant it in their minds and it'll still be there when they grow up. These children are the future of Singapore and so we should teach them well about these simple moral values. So, parents are not doing their job as a parent. But these children could be influenced by their schoolmates to act the same way as they did. So they'll feel that if someone's not doing it, then why should they be the first to do it? So it'll be good to teach Singaporeans how to be gracious. So that others will have a good impression on Singapore. And therefore, there will be lots of benefits to it. When graciousness is displayed among Singaporeans, it will then influence the others and so they would also start practicing graciousness to the public. And they will start realizing how important this moral value is. Simple gracious acts can start by saying "Thank You" or "Excuse me" or giving up a seat for an old person or a person in need more than you do.

ShuFen - (Reflection 2)

2:59 PM / to top

For the past few english lessons, I think that graciousness is the most basic moral value to have. Nowadays, parents are focusing too much on their child's academic results and education, thus forgeting the importance of a proper moral education. I feel that the outcome of the current generation of Singaporeans being ungracious is due to the consequences of the fact that good habits are not cultivated in them. I strongly feel that the parents in Singapore are not holding up to their responsibility as a child's behaviour reflects on how well his/her parents have taught them to become. However, parents are not fully responsible for their child's behaviour. Society and Individual responsibility plays a role as well. A child's behaviour can be influence by their fellow mates. Also, one might feel that since nobody's doing it, why should they do it in the first place. The current generation lacks initiative though they want to see graciousness among Singaporeans. Therefore, I suggust that each individual should put effort into saying "Thank You", "Your Welcome" and "Excuse Me" politely in order to advance to a more gracious society.

"There is a need to teach Singaporeans how to be gracious." Do you agree?

If you see a pregnant lady, old person or a disabled person, would you give up your seat to him/her? Or imagine if you are a pergnant lady, old person or disabled person in the bus or Mrt train, what would you expect? Singaporeans wants to see graciousness in the society but they themselves are not displaying the act of graciousness at all. So how can we put expectations on others when we ourselves do not show what is expected of us? To be gracious means to simply be polite, kind and courteous, displaying a form of respect in our speech and actions. As a fellow citizen of Singapore, i noticed many ungracious behaviours like people spitting, shouting vulgarities out in the public and occupying priority seats when they are not suppose to. Personally, I feel that graciousness is what everyone should have inculcate from young. Since the current generation is moving away from the gracious society, I strongly agree that there is a need to teach Singaporeans graciousness. This essay will firstly state my decisions about the arguement and some of the examples on how singapore can be a gracious society follow by the opposing stand point and lastly i would conclude the whole essay and restate my standpoint again.