1. Empathize with others

2. do not judge others based on purely what you see but instead try to understand with others

For example in one of the videos the son disliked the father because he was poor but hadn't realized only until the father died where the charity pointed out and awarded the boy for donating money.

The second video shows an auntie asking for rent rudely in a way and other people filming her making and painting her as a horrible person

Lastly we also did an activity watching parents maternity and paternity leaves and as a team we each had a role for example government,parents,employees and employers this then allows us to be in the shoes of each role making us able to empathize with all the different groups

1. learnt that all of us have more than 1 or even 5 identities

2. Identities in Singapore

Activity 1 - Through this activity it has actually allowed me to really think what words best identify me and when I had to give up one of my identities I just felt at a lost

Activity 2 - I was actually quite shocked after watching the video as I am the majority race in Singapore so I haven't really notice how like bad racism especially since this happened when they were in primary and secondary school.

From this class I had actually realised how much it benefit me for my CA1 manifesto especially activity 1.

1. how to address bias and stereotypes

2. be respectful and empathetic

Activity 1 - I felt that my final score was neutral I kind of expected it so I wasn't really surprised. Yes this activity has revealed more experiences that I initially thought I realized that some of my other classmates are standing in the complete opposite of me so in a way I feel as though maybe I did grow up with privileges to not experience all the negative things that they experienced.

Before doing activity 2 I honestly thought that stereotyping and discrimination was the same thing and after my teacher explain it to me now I understand

Activity 2 - I used to assume that because Singapore is a multi-racial country racism cannot actually be that bad but after this activity and listening to my teammates I now realize that my thinking was very shallow.

activity 1 - from this activity when me and my teammates search up controversial topics on social media we realized that no matter how much intense the topic is you will just some how manage to find people who has different perceptions as you.

one thing that I am still mulling over is gender stereotypes, I understand that even now with the use of social media and exposure it really confuses me how people still are stereotyping genders.

what i am struggling to understand from this lesson was why was tribalism even included in this topic.

activity 1 - I did Singapore Water Story, I believe that as Singaporeans before they implemented New water we all thought that drinking our urine was gross and to continue importing water from Malaysia. This then shows that all Singaporeans have shared at least one experience like this.

I have also learnt that our Singaporean identity is not stagnant and always evolving due to reasons like generation change and maybe just even situations like activity 2 for example the hawker culture.

activity 1 - what my team discussed is common spaces we commented on team 1 community activities. through this activity it really shows how important these or even all of the other options given are important to singapore's identity.