210 SPICE Groups (Environment - Wk 8) by JL Ang

Pre- Module

caitlintan — 2019-05-17 00:43:40 UTC

1. Perhaps at a small scale, as it allows the younger and older generation to interact together, though not everyone would be on board
2. Reach out to everyone and not just stay within one’s social circle
3. They may be ashamed of them or worry that others will make fun of them.
4. The majority of people feel uncomfortable around the disabled, many people also have a lack of understanding towards them. While they may tolerate them, accepting may not come as easily.
5. Create opportunities for everyone to interact together, so that understanding can take place, resulting in less segregation. The government can also educate the public so that people understand more about disabilities and break stereotypes.
6. People can simply be open minded and learn to accept everyone, to take the initiative to form an inclusive society.

PRE MODULE

2019-05-17 01:26:50 UTC

Do you think that social experiments like this one should be carried out in secondary schools?
Yes. It is meaningful. It explores the different boundaries friendship can extend to. For example, in the video a young boy and a elderly man forging bonds over their love for comic books.

2. What can you do as an individual to bring about an inclusive community in your neighbourhood?
1) wave and greet your neighbours
2) celebrate different festivals with other races
3) invite each other for meals

PRE-MODULE PART 2

2019-05-17 01:29:50 UTC

3. What prevents people from letting others know about their disabled family members?

-scared of judgement

-don’t want their family members to be discriminated

4. What attitude do the majority of the people have towards the disabled in Singapore?

-feel uncomfortable with interacting with them

5. What can the government do to help change the perception of people towards the disabled?

-document the disabled person personal story to create sympathy and awareness

6. Besides the government, what can individuals do to build a more inclusive society?

-when one see someone in need,help them

-be kind and caring

Pre-module 2

7114180236 — 2019-05-17 01:40:40 UTC

1. Do you think that social experiments like this one should be carried out in secondary schools?

yes they should

I think the good thing about social experiments is that they are not very forced and it gives people from different backgrounds and different age gaps to bond and get to know each other better.
in secondary schools, students are rebellious and i think by allowing them to learn from people who are different will help them to see and change themselves because of the influence

2. What can you do as an individual to bring about an inclusive community in your neighbourhood?

by not being judgemental and being active in activities organised for the whole community
being friendly to everyone and encouraging the rest to do that same
By being open to people from different backgrounds, personalities and age groups

3. What prevents people from letting others know about their disabled family members?

the thought that people may treat their disabled family members differently
afraid of people’s judgements
in worse cases, ashamed of them

4. What attitude do the majority of the people have towards the disabled in Singapore?

many are willing to share common places with them BUT uncomfortable with interacting with them
children can get along well despite differences, but adults are the ones who tend to discriminate them

5. What can the government do to help change the perception of people towards the disabled?

a S$20 million trial that identifies and provides children aged six and below with early access to health, learning and developmental support
Two out of three preschoolers will have a place in government or government-supported preschools by 2023
new polyclinics will be built while existing ones will undergo expansion to strengthen Singapore's primary care foundation
Inform and educate the public on disabled children and teach the public ways to be more inclusive
S$3 billion Action Plan for Successful Ageing comprising 60 initiatives.
have more special needs schools merge with normal schools

6. Besides the government, what can individuals do to build a more inclusive society?

empathise with them and be more accepting
make the first move and interact with them like how you would to others
don’t discriminate them and treat them like normal people

Pre-Module

7114180368 — 2019-05-17 01:42:03 UTC

1. Do you think that social experiments like this one should be carried out in secondary schools?

Yes. This is because nowadays, as stated in the video, students are becoming more addicted to screens and have little social life. By carrying out these social experiments, students can learn to interact with the world beyond their screens and understand more about their possible future.

2. What can you do as an individual to bring about an inclusive community in your neighbourhood?

I can accept people, regardless of race and religion and encourage others to do the same. I can also take the initiative to talk to elderly, or people I do not usually interact with to allow them to feel the warmth and inclusiveness of the community.

Part 2

7114180368 — 2019-05-17 01:48:29 UTC

3. What prevents people from letting others know about their disabled family members?

Shame, fear or helplessness
Few support services, much less job openings for the disabled

4. What attitude do the majority of the people have towards the disabled in Singapore?

Willing to share public spaces with people with disabilities but unwilling to interact with them
People with special needs are not part of their social circle, thus not always comfortable to interact
Feelings majority have in having interaction with people with disabilities are empathy, pity and love

5. What can the government do to help change the perception of people towards the disabled?

Organise more activities within the community that allows interaction between the disabled and others
Disabled competitive events to show that the disabled can do the same as us

6. Besides the government, what can individuals do to build a more inclusive society?

Interact more with different kinds of people around us
Changed mindsets and less stereotyping about different people

jinb0 — 2019-05-17 02:42:22 UTC

1.Do you think that social experiments like this one should be carried out in secondary schools?

Yes, I feel that these social experiments will
greatly benefit both the volunteers and the people they visit.

important in ensuring that people have constant perceptions of the society currently;
perceptions of the society are not only limited to what people only view and think;
brings people of different backgrounds together;and
through interaction and understanding, they bring out the best of the society.

2. What can you do as an individual to bring about an inclusive community in your neighbourhood?

As an individual, our actions may seem limited, but our constant actions may impact the others around us. To bring out an inclusive community in our community, we should include and interact with people of different backgrounds and cultures, by bringing out the best in people in activities such as volunteering and organising beneficial activities, but most importantly, we should always have an open heart.

4. What attitude do the majority of the people have towards the disabled in Singapore?
A notable number of people held hostile and intolerant attitudes towards the disabled in Singapore. In a traditional and less-open society like Singapore, more than half of the parents polled were uncomfortable about their child having to sit next to one with special needs in class. These attitudes originate from the rigid society conformity. People’s refusal to accept those who are different contributes to the alienation of the disabled.

6. Besides the government, what can individuals do to build a more inclusive society?
Due to the lack of inclusiveness in the society, a survey with 1000 disabled found that 62 per cent of them do not feel they are included or even accepted. Individuals should learn to think from the perspective of the disabled. The disabled, like us, long for social acceptance. How would you feel if you were a disabled and you are being stared at like an alien by the others?

Besides, individuals should also step out of their comfort zones and talk to the disabled. In this way, they can gain a better understanding of the disabled, and get a glimpse of their inner feelings.

Pre-module

meganyee — 2019-05-17 02:59:43 UTC

1. Yes. Firstly, this would expose secondary school students to situations that they do not usually experience. Teenagers in secondary schools typically only spend time with people of the same age, and not many of them will expand their friendship circle to the elderly. Secondly, this would form new friendships and relationships which are meaningful and important in everyone’s lives.
2. I can try to buy more things from the shops near my community to help boost their sales and not having to close down because of their earnings and sales. I will also try to talk to the shop owners to include them and when talking to my neighbours, I can also try to include the people in our communities and hopefully they can share to others and try to make our community more inclusive.
3. Some people may be embarrassed that their family members are not normal and they are also scared that said family members might face discrimination by peers and they themselves will also face discrimination. Even if others know that they have a disabled family member, no one would actually do anything about them.
4. Majority of people are not willing to interact with disabled people as they lack understanding towards them. People do not empathize and understand, instead they pity and look down on them. Society cannot accept people that are not “normal”.
5. The government should allow disabled people to interact with us starting from a young age. Eg. For pre-schools, primary schools and sec. school to have a few disabled children. This will expose children starting from a young age.
6. We can try our best to understand their problems. We should not be too quick to judge them. We can volunteer in communities with disabled kids so we get to empathize with them more. Be inclusive and add them into our social circle instead of purposely leaving them out.

2019-05-17 04:20:28 UTC

Pre- Module

It could be done, but not everyone will accept this experiment. Some secondary school students already have fixed mindsets which is hard to change.

Try to accept people, and get rid of stereotypes. We have to change how we view people different from us.

What prevents people from letting others know about their disabled family members?

Others may not accept that their family members are disabled, and they may be excluded. They may also think that having a disabled family member is embarrassing.

What attitude do the majority of the people have towards the disabled in Singapore?

They can share resources and space with them, but they don’t interact or accept them. It the atmosphere would be awkward and they don’t know how to interact with the disabled.

What can the government do to help change the perception of people towards the disabled?

Give tips that teach people how to interact with people with disabilities

Organise talks for students, who are the future of the country, to let them accept the disabled.

Besides the government, what can individuals do to build a more inclusive society?

Try to include everyone, and treat everyone equally. Try to reach out introverts, and keep an open mind

Video

caitlintan — 2019-05-17 04:21:12 UTC

1. The Indian lady thought that the Chinese were arrogant and the Chinese family thought that the Indians were dirty or scary.
2. Lack of understanding opportunities to interact
- social class
- gender
- disabilities
- religion
- language
- culture
- tradition

Video: The House Guest

7114180236 — 2019-05-17 04:21:26 UTC

Q1. The Indian lady thought that the Chinese were very arrogant and that they were bullies. The Chinese thought the Indians were dirty, smelly and scary.
Q2. - Lack of understanding of culture
- discrimination
- not enough time and space to interact with people of other races

Workshop activities

7114180376 — 2019-05-17 04:22:21 UTC

The Indian lady thought that all Chinese were indian.

The Chinese in her primary school thought that the Indian lady did not bathe and was dirty as she was dark. The Chinese boy in the video also thought that Indians were scary as he did not want to go near them.

Indians are the minority of Singapore, so there are not a lot of Indians for us to interact with.

In other countries unlike Singapore, there is only one major race and the segregation between races is very obvious and discriminating.

House guest

2019-05-17 04:24:00 UTC

Q1:
The Indian lady though that the Chinese were very arrogant. The Chinese kids thought that Indians were scary. The Indian lady’s primary school classmates thought she did not bathe as she is “black” and “dark”.

Q2:
- Unsure of other cultures
- Disabilities
- Language barriers
- Class divide
- Different age
- Different religion
- Stigmas

jinb0 — 2019-05-17 04:25:20 UTC

1.What are some stereotypes the Indian lady and the Chinese have of people from the other racial group?

Indians think Chinese are

arrogant

Chinese think Indians are

scary
smelly and do not bathe
come from another country (not SG)

2. What other barriers prevent a society from being inclusive?

Communication barriers (different languages)
Stereotypes

Cluster session

7114180049 — 2019-05-17 04:26:29 UTC

1. What are some stereotypes the Indian lady and the Chinese have of people from the other racial group?

The Chinese children think of Indians as scary. They never dared to approach Indians in their community and did not like them. On the other hand, the Indian lady felt that the Chinese were rude, arrogant and was scarred by the very bad impression from her childhood. This is because they teased people from other races when she was in school.

2. What other barriers prevent a society from being inclusive?

The Chinese tend to be richer hence put into schools with higher school fees. This causes them to have little interaction with each other from a young age. Furthermore, people tend to have impressions since young, preventing them from talking to them. Lastly, some others might be afraid to interact as they are scared that they might say something wrongly and hence be heavily punished.

Video

2019-05-17 04:32:20 UTC

Q1. Indians think Chinese:
- Arrogant
- Not friendly

Chinese think Indians:
- Did not wash themselves properly / smelly
- Scary
- Come from India

Q2.
-Discrimination between the different cultures
- Not enough opportunity to communicate and interact with one another
- Language
- Social class
- Misconceptions on each other’s cultures

Environment module

7114180236 — 2019-05-17 05:11:06 UTC

Q3. The elderly have to rely on other people because of mobility issues. The elderly on wheelchairs cannot participate fully in activities.
Q4. Rehabilitation, specially designed activities to incorporate the wheelchair bound elderly.
Q5. He jumped into a hay stack and broke his neck, becoming paralysed.
Q6. Accessibility is the quality of being able to reached and entered. It also means easy to understand or appreciated or use.
Accessibility is important because it eases people’s life and it promotes an inclusive society.

post-workshop

meganyee — 2019-05-17 05:20:09 UTC

1. In a country, when you are of the bottom percentile of the community.
2. Government or employers that do not hire people to work for them.
3. Many are not aware of the poorer side of Singapore as we are exposed to the community that are more well to do. Also, their voices and stories are not heard by others. The government would rather people not document these type of things as it will project a bad image of singapore and the government.
4. Donate money and encourage your friends to do the same. If you meet them, have a chat with them and learn about their story and their needs.

Post- Module

caitlintan — 2019-05-17 05:33:25 UTC

Post-module

2019-05-17 05:39:21 UTC

Video reflection:

Environment post-module

7114180236 — 2019-05-17 05:40:43 UTC

Q5. How can we meet the current or future needs of the community you are serving?
- Financial aid and healthcare services
- discourage discrimination within the elderly community
Q6. What are some of the implications of the “solutions” you have generated? Would any of these "solutions" impact on other groups in the community?
Implications
- the elderly may face financial difficulties
- the elderly discriminate other elderly based on their differences

Impact of “solutions”
- improve their relationship and get to know one another more
- others will learn to accept
- improve their life conditions

Post-Module

2019-05-17 06:53:15 UTC

1. When you don’t have as much as others have and are in the bottom of the community.

2. Singapore government and companies can try to hire them

3. They are living in parts of Singapore that people normally don’t realise and are not aware that people with poorer status is also living in Singapore. Their d to the rest of Singapore as there may be certain actions taken to reduce the knowledge of their lives by others to keep a better image of the country.

4. Expose yourself more to the stories and lives oof people from different living conditions as you and try to help them by helping them get jobs or simply just by giving them some money to live better.

Post-Module

2019-05-17 06:55:34 UTC

jinb0 — 2019-05-17 07:05:11 UTC

Invisible Singaporeans

7114180049 — 2019-05-17 07:06:49 UTC

Second activity

7114180049 — 2019-05-17 07:12:01 UTC

5. How can we meet the current or future needs of the community you are serving?

Through understanding their needs and going on from them. There can be no improvements made if one does not understand the community that they are trying to improved. One example would be to donate some money to help them with getting more equipments suited for those in the community, as well as getting professional individuals to help out.

6. What are some of the implications of the “solutions” you have generated? Would any of these "solutions" impact on other groups in the community?

Donors would be less rich. This could even out the social inequality hence allowing almost everyone to be at a nearer level to each other and be able to understand each other’s lives.