# data[].attributes.body
Connect: The topic of P & S is closely connected to our everyday lives, considering how we are all living with people and within a society. From this topic, I learnt more about societal structures and norms, some of which is quite relatable as we know some of these norms and structures, having all probably observed them around us before. Also, this is also closely related to previous topics, considering how we were learning the more physical parts of society before, like transport and we are learning more about the people aspect of society now.

Extend: It made me think more about how people think and the relationships and even unspoken rules that form our society. It has also made me think more about how people with vastly different backgrounds interact and what are some effects of such interaction. It has also made me think about what may come out of it when different cultures meet.

Challenge: Something that is still quite puzzling and I would like to find out more about would be how different cultures view each other and what effects they had on each other. Mostly, I wonder about how we would go about addressing this broad topic.

# data[].attributes.body
Connect: What we learnt recently is similar to what we learnt in Geography in the last two years.

Extend: The concept of Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism and also Americanisation.

Challenge: It is normal for us to think that our culture is usually the better ones because we are used to this way of living, how can we not judge other cultures or how can we get rid of this kind of mindset?

# data[].attributes.body
step out of the crowd and support values they believe in.

Challenge: How different social structures in societies affect the economy of the country?

# data[].attributes.body
Connect: It's connected to how we were taught about different roles of different people in the society and how the different cultures and ethnicity does not differentiate us from one another.

Extend: I thought about more things including why we actually discriminated against one another just because we were different in small matters, but were still same in general (we are all humans). However, we may think differently because of our differences and judge others based on our own standards, which poses as a problem.

Challenge: I wonder how we still manage to live in peace and harmony even though all these problems could threaten us and advance into much bigger problems (like war) and it's very hard to contain such problems within a small group.  It's interesting, really, how we can get through all these regardless of the threats we are prone to.

# data[].attributes.body
Connect: It connects to my present life in society as the mentioned ideas also play a part  in society now.

Extend: It helped me to gain a new perspective that could be used in many other areas and gives me room for thinking.

Challenge: I would like to know how the government plays its role in society and how it's place in society is. Would it be possible if everyone was of the same status?

# data[].attributes.body
Connect: I think that what we've learnt so far is connected to the concepts that we talked about in LA and geography last year. Albeit abstract we talked about economy in geography referencing how certain societies developments are correlated to their economic progression. We had also talked about social hierarchies, beliefs and cultures when we went through the merchant of Venice, such that we noticed the social hierarchy that differentiated the different religious groups.
Extend: I think that IH has enabled me to extend on such ideas and look into these matters with varied perspectives and a deeper consciousness to how these things affect people of different classes in real life as well as their interconnectivity and interrelatedness
Wonder: Is there every truly a time where there is absolutely no ethnocentrism when we judge others?

# data[].attributes.body
Extend: There are people from all walks of life living different kinds of life and believing in different cultures as seen in the paintings that we viewed. We are able to understand how other cultures and societies differ from ours e.g. their social structure, gender inequality. Also, the video about Meryl Streep's speech at the Golden Globe awards really touched me to know that there are actually brave people willing to

# data[].attributes.body
Connect: I already know that people in the society live, play and work together and given that the tech is now very advance, we can do this globally (e.g. Work from home)
Extend: learning about the cultures of different society

# data[].attributes.body
Extend

# data[].attributes.body
Connect: I think in P&S we touched on the theme of globalisation, and this is also very prevalent when we study geography and history, as we studied the theme of globalisation heavily in human geography, and well as history and even language arts.
Extend: I think that besides the general topic of globalisation, we went more in depth in studying how different cultures or different groups of people lived together and affected each other, and how this made up a society. We also learned new terms and concepts related to societal structure and culture.

# data[].attributes.body
Connect: we learnt about different social groups and hierarchy in society, which is something many of us experience and see in our daily lives
Extend: learning about defying social norms has prompted me to think deeply about the stereotypes and societal expectations in our society and how different people respond to it

# data[].attributes.body
Connected : It is related to geography, especially what we've learnt in secondary 2.
Extend:
Challenges: Also since our prime minister will be a Malay next year, what changes to society will this cause?

# data[].attributes.body
Connect: I feel like it's very relatable because on social medias, different types of stereotypical are reflected there. We learn that every society has its own culture and norm, which other other societies might view it differently.

Extent: I feel like ideas are extended because what we are learning now is really relatable to the real world. Diversity, some cultural etiquettes, different societies are present in the society.

Challenge:  I think one challenge is actually the action. How are we going to change the way people think? With limited manpower, will it be possible for us to change the thinking of the whole world to respect different culture and society?

# data[].attributes.body
Connect

# data[].attributes.body
Connect: Last year we talked about human geography, where we learnt about traffic, housing etc which are matters that are close to people's heart and concerns society.

Extend: There were new terms/concepts that we haven't seen before, like Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism. It drove me to think about how we perceive or treat other races apart from our own.

Challenge: Is it really possible to refrain from passing judgement towards other races?

# data[].attributes.body
Connect: we learnt about how in a society there is diversity and this was something I already knew especially since in Singapore we see so many people of different races and backgrounds. I was also aware that those who do not follow the 'norms' of society would be automatically cast into a different group (subculture).

Extend: I was introduced to two new concepts that have to do with cultural diversity - Ethnocentrism and Cultural relativism. This pushed my thinking as it made me reflect on how I myself view other races.

Challenge: i think one thing I tend to struggle with is consolidating all the facts together to form something coherent in my mind. Sometimes I'm not really sure how all the little details are connected to one another.

# data[].attributes.body
Connect: it's connected to what we learnt in Geography in sec 1 and sec 2!! It's also related to our daily lives and the world we live in today.
Cultures--we have a lot of experiences around us everywhere as we live in a multi-racial society and we are always being reminded/told that we should always respect and appreciate other cultures/races.

Extend:

# data[].attributes.body
Connect:

# data[].attributes.body
Connect : its connected to what we learn in humans geography on the concept of urbanisation how people's society changes over time; from the way of living to the technologys used.

Extend : i learned that it is the culture of our society that shapes our actions and beliefs in such a sense that most people from the same society thinks and behave in a same of similar way.

Challenge :  Since each and every society have each own culture difference, how can we respect and learn to appreciate each culture?

# data[].attributes.body
Connect: reminded me of what we learnt in history and geography last year, (in history) how there are two main ways to go about governing a country, communism and capitalism, and how it affects people. (In geography) we learnt about how the government can help to improve the lives of people by reducing certain impacts of different issues.

Extend: I learnt about how our cultures shape our society and how socialisation affects the way we behave.

Challenging: I have a random question... if your surroundings are people who don't interact with one another and through this form of socialization you also become anti-social like the rest of your community, are you still going through socialisation? (Cuz you don't even talk to anyone)

# data[].attributes.body
Connect: I previously knew about certain cultures and how people from different places have different thinkings, resulting in stereotypes and social problems.

Extend: through this topic, I learnt more in detail about how to analyse pictures and infer about the cultures and setting of that place and the people there. I also learnt that our roles progress throughout our age and the boundaries of our diverse cultures.

Challenge: with this kind of segregation, how will we unite as a world?
Will technology help us communicate or pull us further away from each other?

# data[].attributes.body
connect: i think it is connected to our own lives, since we come from different backgrounds and different cultures

extend: it has made me think about how singapore is going to manage the difference in our culture and race, and how we are going to minimize stereotypes in our society.

challenge: now i think about how our world will be like 20 years down the road.

# data[].attributes.body
Connect:

# data[].attributes.body
Connect: I previously knew how society worked but I never really thought about what exactly makes a society and I think these lessons has allowed me to connect to my already present knowledge about the topic
Extend: I feel that I now know what exactly a society is and how we have shared/common cultures which becomes part of our identity
Challenge: I am still slightly intrigued by how society conforms to the general stucture such as how we all acknowledge that a society has to work together to be successful

# data[].attributes.body
Connect: We learnt a lot of this content in human geography and LA previously, especially regarding cultural segregation and transportation, though less in-depth
Extend: The concept of ethnocentrism vs cultural relativism and pluralism is intriguing. It seems fairer to judge a culture(or society, or person) by their own standards instead of yours, that way it's more impactful and unbiased.
Challenge: Relationship between the individual and society, the complexity of society and factors affecting it. Also, it's natural to become loyal towards one's affliated culture, so how fine is the line between loyalty and superiority?

# data[].attributes.body
Connect: It's connected to what we have learnt in geography last year as we learnt about transport and homes etc. then and for this topic, we learnt about how different people perform different roles, which also contribute to the transportation and homes in a certain place.

Extend: Something that pushed my thinking in a different direction was the part on ethnocentrism and cultural relativism. It was interesting to "see into the minds" of how people come to conclusions about cultures and how different cultures affect their way of thinking.

Challenge: Something that I am curious about is how exactly the government affects society, as well as the relations between a government and its people, and so on. In this chapter, we didn't really talk much about it, although I know the government plays a rather pivotal role in a society. (But we'll be doing this in the next chapter so :D)

# data[].attributes.body
Connect: It's connects to my real life as i am able to understand what a society is and how the there is this social hierarchy e.t.c

Extend: I feel like I am able to understand more about the social hierarchy of things and how society works as we depend on each other interdependently. I feeeel like we should get to undertsand any factors and aspects in society before judging what people do. There may be certain cultures or religion that they follow that could be unusual or disturbing to us, and I think we shouldnt be so quick to jump to conclusions.

Challenge:
What more about society's tendencies are?
How are we all different even thought we are all human?
How are we able to see each ther in a way that would allow us not to judge the other person, but undertsand what drives them to do those things?

# data[].attributes.body
Dear all,

Thought it'll be good for us to do a quick consolidation of the ideas you've gathered from our lessons on P&S, before we move on to the next theme on "Governance".  Please think about it tonight and be ready to contribute to this padlet during our lesson tomorrow.

Cheers,
Ms Tok