Welcome (: Welcome :) We are a group of students doing a service learning collaboration with APSN tanglin school.
Our team seeks to enrich the students by improving their literacy skills through weekly tutoring sessions
This small lil website serves as the blog of our group, providing us with a platform to express our feelings in the form of a reflection.
Clarence, Daniel, Hong Jhun, Ranald, Vignes


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First encounter by xiiaomiao Tuesday, March 8, 2011 @ 8:21 PM First Meeting: 23 February, 3.30pm Having no prior experience in handling special needs students, that day was my first time entering such a school. On first glance, it reminded me of my primary school. Small, cramped and lack of resources. We were supposed to meet Ms jey, the acting v. principal of the school and the mentor of our RESL project. Initially, I thought she already had plans in mind for us as she has already proposed to do video making prior to the initial meeting. Given the misconceptions that the video making will result in the group able to interact less with the students, i was not in favour of that proposal. Before the meeting, i thought ms jey might have been a strict person, in order to protect the student's interest. However, she was in fact very approachable and open to any ideas. We even got to craft our own plan and proposal from a list of possible project topics. There were also notes and reading materials given. I think that video might be a more feasible option than independent travelling skills as i think it might be rather awkward being with another person alone. Furthermore, i do not think i am mentally prepared to be able to take on the responsibility of accounting for another person. Other than that, i feel the students there look perfectly normal in their appearances, and i hope i'll get a better picture when i have the opportunity to interact with them BACK TO TOP ▲ 0 hugs