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Name 1 way in which this experience has changed the way you view this cause

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Initially I thought such a project would take too much time, effort and planning. I learn that Projects can be done as long as cooperation and efficient leadership are present.

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i realised that there are really a lot of plastic waste each year as there are already so much plastic bottle caps collected just in our school

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it made me more aware of the number of bottles used everyday

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Nothing much, already visualise the outcome when it started.

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Collecting so much bottle caps (5050) in a little amount of time from just one school made me realise how much plastic is being used and wasted

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there is a lot of plastic wastage. if there were so many bottle caps it also shows the amount of plastic bottles thrown.

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it helped me realise that for just 1 school, the amount of waste for plastic alone is a lot. Every cap we collected corresponds to 1 bottle and that made me realise how we need to cut down on our waste.

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it allowed me to learn that there is much plastic waste as we managed to collect many bottle caps

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Shows how severe the plastic waste problem really is in earth (how much plastic is wasted from just one school)

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What were the 3 meaningful moments you experienced during the project?

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What were your 2 challenges during this process? Would you have resolved them differently? Why/Why not?

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It made me aware of how much plastic waste there is.

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Our call for plastic pollution isn't going far enough

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It made me see that bottle caps can be made into artistic designs instead of being trash.

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Not enough glue. Buy more glue.
Classmates prefer not to stay back. Make it compulsory.

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i realized how much plastic could have been wasted from only 1 school. with so many people in Singapore, lot of plasrtic waste is produced

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It made me realise the amount of plastic that could have been wasted as a school. The bottles that were not collected also contributes to this amount of plastic waste

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some people slack( including myself) some has no idea what to do. Is better if the class have a concept on what was needed and be done without delaying the process

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not knowing what was required to be done and it was very rush and we didnt really had much time to do it as we had to focus on exams

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It made me aware of the amount of plastic we consume daily even in a school.

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The first challenge was collecting the bottle caps as not many students were very Initiave to put the bottle caps in the collection boxes

The second challenge was arranging and placing all the bottle caps on the canvas as manual labour was necessary

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Not enough planning to execute the project smoothly, thus the project got dragged on for a long time. Probably should plan further ahead.

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It showed me how significant the number of bottle caps we collected from only one school

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i realised that for every bottle cap, there is a plastic bottle which means that there is a lot more plastic waste than i thought. since we have 5050 bottle caps, we also have used 5050 plastic bottles in just a few months, which is a lot of plastic.

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I realised that alot plastic is being wasted as if 1 school contributes to 5050 bottle caps, the whole country will be using alot

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It showed me that many plastic accumulated would be able to make something meaningful out of it

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Getting scolded by Ms Zheng because we were slacking.
Getting to work to finish the project on time.
Sorting the caps by colour.

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For me I felt that the planning was more important than anything else, it determined the progress of the entire project.

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Not enough materials and poor time management

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So many caps were collected in such a short period of time, which really shows the large amount of plastic waste generated by schools

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Finding dedicated time to set aside for the project.
Back pain

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1. Scedule-We could have started before exams begun
2 dissemination of information-could the class be been added to the via chat rather than a proxy form?

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one challenge was trying to collect sufficient bottlecaps in a limited amount of time. The class set up boxes around areas of the school to collect the botlle caps from students even from the pri. side.

another challenge was handling the logistics, including counting and pasting the bottle caps after collection. We worked together and stayed back after school to finish the work together as a class.

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1. Some people did not do as much work as others, even when they have the time to. Solution: encourage everyone to participate, or make it compulsory to do so
2. Not even time. Solution: dont procrastinate

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1. being able to do this project together with my friends

2. learning that plastic waste is really a major problem in this world

3. seeing the end product

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Many times we ignore the small things that contribute to huge problems such as plastic pollution in this cause

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I think one challenge that we faced with the VIA activity was the organization of events. It was very haphazardly planned and most of the communication was last minute, I think we could make this better by planning more in advance and in detail or decreasing our procrastination
Another challenge that we faced is the collection of bottle caps, many people didn’t know or didn’t acknowledge the existence of our project, and there were many bottle caps thrown in bins as it was difficult to convince people to go out of their way to place their bottle caps in the bins

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It showed me how many bottle caps are wasted everyday in CHS

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It made me realise how much plastic is being wasted just from a bottled drinks in schools.

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Everyone just hanging out, having fun
Helping each other( teamwork ig?)
Able to finish it and be satisfied with the result .

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The planning was not done very well. The timeline was blurry. i would try to make the timeline more specific

The project was happing during exam period where we were mostly busy. it made it so that we had lesser time to study for our exams. i would try to make our project complete earlier

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there was no schedule to collect and everything was done last min.

we stayed back after school to do the project and some u to stay back using their free time to do the project

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Placing the bottle caps together
Collecting the bottle caps together
Getting reprimanded

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During exam period, rescheduling required
Sometimes we forget to put the box or collect

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Everyone being scolded as we were not on task. Even though we were told we might not be able to finish the project. We improvised and persevered and manage to come out with something nice in the end.

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we could not finish things in time, such as preparing the boxes for collection or even washing the bottle caps.
we also did not take much initiative during the project which further led to tardiness in the timeline.

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Not everyone wants to do this project so sometimes people will mot stay back
Information was not passed down to us effectively

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Working together as a class
Seeing the end product
Getting scolded

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Sticking caps together
Counting caps together
Getting whacked mentally together for our issues

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encouraging people to give their bottle caps, making the mural.
ask them for bottle caps personally, working together as a team

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Getting scolded
Working together
Finishing the project

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1. process of project not smooth enough
2. not enough people are interested in the activity, lesser manpower, extended the period of constructing the mural.

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One of the challenge was planning, it was quite unclear which led many people to be confused

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I felt that the mural will take too much time to be finished but I realised that with good teamwork and cooperation, the mural could be finished

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Time constraint due to exams and collection of bottle caps. We should have planned much earlier with a clear schedule so we do not have to do last minute. We should have a clear roster of who is collecting bottle caps everyday since the start

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1. Unclear instructions that lead to subsequent changes to the mural design and due to planning issues that made the process difficult. Eg. Number of bottle caps, slack of entire class during june
2. Lack of supplies during production, ran out of glue during process, had to in turn get more and delay the finishing of the project

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It made me more aware of the amount of people who would not go out of their way to recycle bottle caps, which reflects on how many do not sort between recycling and their regular trash

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finding time to coordinate our time to work on the mural
instructions were not always clear on what we should do so there was miscommunication

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Working together as a class and ultimately creating the poster

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Made me realise that are several ways to make use of our unwanted plastic waste

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The challenges were time and planning. Remind the VIA ambassadors.[[

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getting lectured because we as a class were not putting in enough effort.
staying back with friends to glue the bottle caps on the mural.
counting all the bottle caps.

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Poor time management and uncertainty of required roles

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1. collecting bottle caps while walking around the school

2. placing down bottle caps on the canvas

3. playing around with the bottle caps while sorting them

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1. everyone stayed back together to paste the bottle caps
2. everyone willingness to stay back after school
3.getting scolded for the deadline of the project

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bonding with classmates
satisfaction after finishing the mural
learnt tge importance of teamwork

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Being able to do this project with friends
Consolidation of materials
getting scolded by Ms Zheng

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- Bonding with classmates
- helping each other in doing the mural
- reflecting after getting scolded

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1. Having fun while doing the project
2. Having glue all over while doing
3. Seeing what we have achieved as a class at the end

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sticking bottle caps on the mural
washing the caps
getting scolded due to inefficiency

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1. Staying back to paste bottle caps
2. Sorting the bottle caps
3. Seeing the finished mural

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getting to work together on a project with classmates who i would otherwise not have spent much time with.
widening my perspective on the issue of plastic waste.
getting the chance to witness the process of a via project on a class scale

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Working together to stick bottle caps
Working to get the design
Getting scolded as a class

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Sticking the bottle caps onto the mural
Seeing the final product
Washing the bottle caps

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1. Having to work together with other people to get stuff done
2. Scolded due to lack of progress
3. Washing and counting the caps together

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Some people did not stay back to do the mural

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1. Counting the bottle caps
2. Sticking bottle caps onto mural
3. seeing product

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Staying back together to stick the bottle caps to the banner, doing it as a team. Collecting bottle caps and washing them, counting them. Getting scolded as a class

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1. There was a lack of sufficient planning and resources. These can be solved with earlier preparation.
2. There was a lack of manpower as not all were able to help. Shouting did the job.

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1. creating the mural and seeing the end product

2. realising that we did not put in the effort in the beginning

3. staying back after school to work on the mural

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Some people did not have the motivation to contribute and make the extra effort to do what it takes to fulfil their tasks. Partially also because the timeliness and the process of the project was not clear from the beginning and many people were unsure and confuse on what to do. The bottle cap collection roster was not abided by some people which also led to some conflict

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It has made me realise how much waste there is on Singapore’s streets, and yet Singapore is advertised as one of the cleanest cities in the world. For example while walking home on a daily basis, I can’t help but just notice the amount of plastic bottles littered around the pavement on a conscious level, but also on a subconscious level realise the amount of general waste lying everywhere, which was extremely disturbing and always wonder how people could be so irresponsible. This just goes to show how much waste is produced by us as a human race, and ultimately our downfall of our species or destruction of our planet could be due to our own irresponsibility and there wouldn’t be any other factor to be blamed but ourselves as everyone has a part to play in this big movement to reduce plastic waste.

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Unclear instructions provided
Unclear designation of roles
The teacher had to constantly step in to get the project moving