Empathy workshop ig4! :) by VCA 2025 MEGAN WONG JIA YU

meganwongjiayu2025 — 2025-01-30 12:16:13 UTC

as a group, answer the following questions:

1.what do you think happened in the video? 2. what do you think the boy felt when seeing the gift? why did he feel that way?3.what assumptions did you make in the beginning? did it change your perspective?

individual reflections

meganwongjiayu2025 — 2025-01-30 12:17:03 UTC

what was your personality? (label in the header, with your name)
how did it affect your interaction with others in the game?
what could others have done to make you feel more included?

individual reflections

meganwongjiayu2025 — 2025-01-30 12:19:15 UTC

what was your role?
on a scale of 1-10, how challenging was the activity? why?
what are some key lessons you learnt from the activity?

individual reflections

meganwongjiayu2025 — 2025-01-30 12:22:19 UTC

from this training, what is your biggest takeaway and how will it help you on project v day?

2

2025-01-31 01:02:59 UTC

A boy received a dog and he was probably insulted by it. Then he saw that the dog was very happy and kept on getting up, so he decided to spend time with the dog.
He was shocked because he probably thought it was a normal dog but it was missing a leg.
He didn't want to play with the dog. In the end, it changed our POV.

grp5

2025-01-31 01:30:29 UTC

kayden - Boy felt disgusted by the dog

Areeqah - Felt insulted because the dog had the same disability

Nikatha - Seeing the dogs disability was compounding his own misery

Josh - he felt angry because he saw the dog as a reflection of his own disability

Areeqah

2025-01-31 01:30:40 UTC

Clenching my fist
Not very disruptive, as it just appears to be a habit
To just ignore the habit and interact with me normally

GRP 3

2025-01-31 01:30:42 UTC

The boy received a disabled dog. After interacting with the dog he started to form a bond with the dog and went out to play with it.
At first he felt annoyed as he couldn’t really play with a disabled dog and that his mum got him a dog with the same disability as him.
Did not think he was disabled and maybe he was just being a brat.

2

2025-01-31 01:30:44 UTC

Rock body from side to side
Interrupt when someone is talking
Talk loudly

Interrupting someone felt rude and awkward because it would cut the person's answer midway and bring all the attention to yourself.

Nikatha

2025-01-31 01:31:14 UTC

my personality was avoiding eye contact and my second prompt was to stand before i talk
it affected my interaction with my group because avoiding eye contact may not have made them understand me that well and standing up may be very distracting
they could’ve encouraged me to look them in the eye and hold convo without interrupting

canden

2025-01-31 01:31:31 UTC

1. rocking the body from side to side . 2. Made me feel unnecessary unconfidence when talking to people

. 3. when answering the qns make the vibe more comfortable and chill so i don't feel so unconfident

Kayden

2025-01-31 01:32:28 UTC

Quirk n.o 1 stand up before speaking

Quite disruptive for conversations as people had to wait for me to finish before resuming the topic/discussion

Wait for me to finish standing up and sitting down

Quirk n.o 2 twitch your hands while speaking

Not as disruptive but to those with low attention span it can draw their focus away from the conversation

Don’t stare at the twitching hands

Jayvier

2025-01-31 01:32:32 UTC

Be anxious when talking and not use pronouns
It made it hard for me to make a full sentence and have a conversation
They could listen attentively so that I can be less anxious

Ig 4 riki

2025-01-31 01:32:39 UTC

No pronouns guy
Felt very difficult to have a conversation without pronouns and felt very awkward because I am unable to express my thoughts easily
Create an environment that makes me feel very comfortable to talk slowly

Denise.

hongshinhuidenise2025 — 2025-01-31 01:34:35 UTC

Interrupt sm1 when they speak.

Some of the conversations had to be restarted and ppl had to repeat their points bc they were interrupted

As the person who is interrupting, I think ppl could pay more attention to what I wish to say first???

Vanessa (Rocking from side to side)

2025-01-31 01:37:17 UTC

It may have annoyed people or distracted others from what I was saying which could have made people pay attention.
If people felt bothered by my behaviour they could have mentioned it or talked to me about it

2025-01-31 01:56:48 UTC

A person with autism
5. It was difficult to keep quiet and not answer the volunteers. It was also difficult to only talk about one subject which is not related to the actual subject.
To always remain patient even if it's difficult to manage the people

Vanessa

2025-01-31 01:58:51 UTC

Talking through a straw
6/10, it was pretty difficult but not as difficult as some other roles
When talking with others which have different personalities or disabilities you have to be patient and understanding

1.volunteer leader

2025-01-31 02:01:03 UTC

10 it was hard controlling tyem
not fun very frustrating didnt know how to stop

Grp 4.

hongshinhuidenise2025 — 2025-01-31 02:03:32 UTC

There was a boy who received a puppy as a gift but the puppy was disabled. The boy didn't like the puppy at first but he slowly became accepting after watching the puppy play.
The boy did outwardly feel disgust toward the puppy maybe bc he was embarrassed abt his own disability and the puppy reminded him of what he was missing.
After seeing the boy's disability, we thought that the boy did have reasons to find the appearance of the puppy off-putting. Additionally, it became even more heartwarming to watch both the boy and the puppy play tgt in the end.