https://padlet.com/timsthinktank/margarine en-us 2019-02-14 01:29:08 UTC 2026-01-01 12:33:30 UTC hello@padlet.com https://imgglb.padletcdn.com/v13/image?t=g_auto&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpadlet.net%2Ficons%2Fpng%2F1f469-1f4bb.png timsthinktank https://padlet.com/timsthinktank/margarine/wish/655125018 1️⃣ Please split into groups of three.
2️⃣ Each group will answer ONE question. Everyone in the group is to share their ideas and contribute.
3️⃣ As a group, discuss and write a paragraph in response to the question. Incorporate at least TWO pieces of evidence and TWO explanations in your paragraph. ]]> 2020-07-15 13:59:51 UTC https://padlet.com/timsthinktank/margarine/wish/655125018 timsthinktank https://padlet.com/timsthinktank/margarine/wish/655126180 Pg 42 - 44
Question: Identify and list the differences between Marjorie and the other students at Bukit Katak Secondary school.

Marjorie is (insert adjective). She is... This can be seen from... 

In contrast to Marjorie, the students are Bukit Katak Secondary School are (insert adjective). They are generally... This can be seen from... ]]> 2020-07-15 14:01:03 UTC https://padlet.com/timsthinktank/margarine/wish/655126180 timsthinktank https://padlet.com/timsthinktank/margarine/wish/655126784 Pg 45 - 47
Question: What do you think are Nabilah's thoughts and feelings towards Marjorie?

I think that Nabilah... ]]> 2020-07-15 14:01:43 UTC https://padlet.com/timsthinktank/margarine/wish/655126784 timsthinktank https://padlet.com/timsthinktank/margarine/wish/655131545 Pg 48 - 50
Question: What kind of family background does Marjorie come from? Describe (1) the things she owns, (2) the place she lives, (3) and the way she speaks to Nabilah and the narrator.

Marjorie probably comes from a/ an (insert adjective) family. This can be seen from...Marjorie comes from a well to do family. We can see this from where Marjorie's driver drives Nabilah and the narrator to her house  "We were all sitting in her fancy car, with fancy leather seats and a fancy musky smell." there was repetition in the word fancy telling us that all the things Marjorie owned were fancy, this shows that she comes from a rich family. We can also see that Marjorie is from a rich family as the place Marjorie lives in is a mansion. "Jo's house was a mansion" Nabilah said. This shows that she comes from a rich family as compared to Nabilah who lives in a HDB, Marjorie lives in a mansion.


]]> 2020-07-15 14:06:40 UTC https://padlet.com/timsthinktank/margarine/wish/655131545 timsthinktank https://padlet.com/timsthinktank/margarine/wish/655135418 Pg 50 - 53
Question: What kind of family does Nabilah come from? Describe (1) Nabilah's neighbourhood, (2) Nabilah's home, (3) Nabilah's mother.

Nabilah probably comes from a middle-class family . This
can be seen from the line “we were on the fourth floor”. this lines shows she comes from a middle class family because usually the top floor of the hdb flats are the more expensive units and the floor closer to the ground are less expensive. thus we can say that nabilah comes form an average middle class family ]]> 2020-07-15 14:10:30 UTC https://padlet.com/timsthinktank/margarine/wish/655135418 timsthinktank https://padlet.com/timsthinktank/margarine/wish/655140316 Pg 54 - 56
Question: Nabilah asks Marjorie, "What is it that's so difficult about our system that we, who have so little, can cope with, but you, who have so much, cannot?" (Pg 55). Discuss what this short story is saying about social inequality.

I think that this short story is trying to say that social equality does / does not (choose one) in Singapore. Social inequality is... 

For example... ]]> 2020-07-15 14:15:14 UTC https://padlet.com/timsthinktank/margarine/wish/655140316 https://padlet.com/timsthinktank/margarine/wish/655662682 i think that nabilah is very reluctant to be acquainted  with marjorie. "nabilah maintained a stubborn silence" toward marjorie this show that nabilah was very uncooperative and she did not want Majorie to join her group and had to wait for the narrator to decide if she should or not . Nabilah did not want to agree into letting marjorie join. Nabilah said to marjorie "in an unfriendly manner , "Okay we can talk more tomorrow during recess. Bye"" this shows that nabilah was uncomfortable with talking to marjorie as she also did not introduce herself the word "bye" shows that the  conversation was very abrupt and nabilah wanted to cut shot the conversation as did not  continue to talk about the project and postponed the discussions  about  the project to the next day showing that she does not want to be around nabilah or get closer to her. in conclusion nabilah is very unenthusiastic about the thought of being friends with marjorie

Quote selectively.
Analyse tone and word choice. Abruptness.

]]> 2020-07-16 02:52:32 UTC https://padlet.com/timsthinktank/margarine/wish/655662682 https://padlet.com/timsthinktank/margarine/wish/656639163   I think that this short story is trying to say the social inequality happens in Singapore. Social inequality makes the poor or less fortunate feel inferior. This can be shown when Majorie said in the car that there were “other jobs that give you more money” than being a minister. This may have made Nabilah feel inferior and said in defences to Majorie, “Are you calling us poor?”. Majorie immediately retaliated without thinking about her words or the other girls feelings by saying, “Well I think it’s obvious that you’re not as rich as my dad” ]]> 2020-07-17 04:31:14 UTC https://padlet.com/timsthinktank/margarine/wish/656639163 https://padlet.com/timsthinktank/margarine/wish/656646482 our paragraph: 
from that two pages , we think that majorie is carefree
from the quote in pg 44 :" when she was in class, she hardly took notes" 
this shows us that she does'nt seem to care about paying attention in class or her studies in general. 
this is because majorie might be confident at her studies since she came from farquhar girl's school she probrably feels that she is smarter than the students in bukit katak. which causes her to not take her studies very seriously.
this is why we think that majorie is carefree.

(sorry if its bad we dont really know what else to write :c) 😀👍]]> 2020-07-17 04:42:35 UTC https://padlet.com/timsthinktank/margarine/wish/656646482 https://padlet.com/timsthinktank/margarine/wish/656649302 koolz beanz
i think majorie is rich.
we knw this from when the narrator says 
" i noticed that her well worn sneakers, had the faded outline of an embroided pattern on the side." 
this shows that it may be branded as it has embrodiary on it.
from what the narrator said "she could'nt find this in any other branch" 
this shows that majorie could afford to go overseas and buy them , anf sibce its overseas its probrably more expensive.

(aaa its still bad sorry)😎😔

]]> 2020-07-17 04:47:15 UTC https://padlet.com/timsthinktank/margarine/wish/656649302 https://padlet.com/timsthinktank/margarine/wish/656649306 towards the end of the story, nabilah became more comfortable and open to marjorie.  Nabilahs mother said to marjorie "nabilah told me all about you" this shows that nabilah was close enough to marjorie in order to tell her mother all about her . Nabilah saw some kind of importance in marjorie as she could tell her mother about her. after marjorie said she was leaving for boarding school. Nabilah said to the narrator "why should we care about her if she doesn't care about us?" this shows that Nabilah treasured Marjorie enough to be angry about Marjories school transfer . the phrase "why should we care about her" shows that Nabilah was already willing to care about Marjorie in the first place. If nabilah didn't like marjorie or didnt care about her, she would not have been angry if marjorie were to leave or not. This shows that Nabilah cares about marjorie ]]> 2020-07-17 04:47:15 UTC https://padlet.com/timsthinktank/margarine/wish/656649306 https://padlet.com/timsthinktank/margarine/wish/2315873753 Marjorie is rich, unaware and insensitive to other social classes, and is isolated and alone (from both discrimination and being too rich). She is a "katak di bawah tempurung" because she herself is oblivious to others around her. Due to being isolated and having no friends who are similar to her because 1. too rich and 2. changes schools, she is too direct and doesn't know the subtlety that comes when discussing financial status in Singapore, where everyone is treated equally regardless of race, language or religion (but what about social status?). She doesn't know where bathrooms are in HDB flats despite them being the most common Singapore buildings and has never had "Lemak Ayam" (a common dish) before because she has never made friends with people that aren't on the same level as her (Farquhar Girl's Sch). She focuses on extreme problems that take place in the world and how the poor are affected by it but we don't know why she does it and what she gains out of it. If she is able to sympathise with Syrian Refugees, why is she so nonchalant and cold to her classmates even before they made fun of her name. (She gave our protag the side-eye, belgh). That's why she is a mystery even to our protag. Because Marjorie is direct and also not at the same time. She says what she wants but her intentions are so carefully hidden in the story that makes us keep guessing and theorising.]]> 2022-09-27 15:56:21 UTC https://padlet.com/timsthinktank/margarine/wish/2315873753