Even though it was mainly focusing on ASEAN students (Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam) , they were able to draw attention from 4 other countries, i.e. Bhutan, China, Maldives, and Tanzania so the diversity was great.
Several things struck me but I'd like to tell you about this one in particular ka!
''Norm?"
This workshop, I started by asking them the level of their energy and enthusiasm from lowest to highest. They would stick one emoticon anywhere they thought would fit their own feelings. The result was really interesting ka.
We saw the emoticons along the straight line we drew as if no one had the same levels of energy and enthusiasm. Only one emoticon was stuck quite high above the straight line.
What nationality could you guess this youth is from mai ka? Singapore ka. When asked why he did so. His answer was, 'there's no rule not to do it!'
Immediately, I was thinking about the 'norm' and our education systems (that could mean other countries in our Asian region too!). Even this was a really small exercise, these are what I thought ka:
Have we not encouraged our students enough...not to think too strictly along "the line"?
Haven't we tried harder for them to even question when unsure, and to be bold to do something different?
Do our kids in fact have questions in mind why they're asked to do what they have to do and why?
Could we learn more from Singaporean kids how they think and act?
One more question I had was that,' While we tend to follow the norms as a collective society, can we link it with 'discipline'?. If we have proper norms, we should be able to have more disciplines as favorable habits to function better for personally, professionally and publicly!
Happy Monday ka.
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