https://youtu.be/AUjvhHfLHqg The first STEAM Carnival in Antuo Shan Campus was to begin with winds whispering and clouds covering the sky. When the clock at 8:00 rang, all G1 students were seated well in the theater and waited Principal Mr. Neil Mobsby to start the opening ceremony. With the curtain drew apart slowly, all students could […]
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The 2022 FOBISIA Poetry Competition was open to all KS3 and KS4/5 students from FOBISIA Member Schools. The theme of the competition is one sole word: ‘Survival’, no fixed definition, no form restrictions. On a Sunday morning, I saw the competition poster and the word ‘survival’brusquely jumped into my sight. Immediately, the gray and black
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The annual Cambridge International Examinations are coming to an end, the final examinations of G1 year have come to an end, and the teachers and students of SCIE are about to have a two-month summer vacation. On June 10, 2022, all students of G1 grade gathered in the theatre and held an award ceremony to
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In the Physics Bowl Award competition in 2022, a total of 75 students won the award. Three of them won the Global Top100, two won the Regional Top10, 16 won the National Gold, 16 won the National Silver, 15 won the National Bronze, and 23 won the Honorable Award. 23 received Honorable Award. Global Top100
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I. Preparation for the examination II. Examination Arrangements English and Math examinations will be conducted on May 29th , Sunday. Candidates are required to log in to the exam system and invigilator App at lest 60 minutes in advance to wait for the invigilator to verify your identity. The specific arrangements are as follows: Examination
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As of May 16th , the class of 2022 of SCIE received a total of 1349 offers. In terms of UK applications, SCIE has continued to set its own record , with a total of 883 offers. Including 260 offers from the G5 universities in the United Kingdom (24 acceptances from Cambridge University and 9
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As a G2 student, I never really paid much attention to the events that take place during the graduation week. My only impression regarding this week of events was the evening ceremonies that would feature a large projector and many glow sticks. Fellow students cry in joy as their time in SCIE shrink even more.
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Dear students and parents, Hope you are well! As the coronavious continues to spread in some cities, making plan for large-scale offline exams is nearly impossible in recent days. So, the second round of SCIE entrance examination will be conducted online to safeguard the health of the students, parents, and everyone involved in this event.
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Last year, at the end of the light show, I ran down with the crowd, looking forward to taking photos with the seniors I knew in front of the volleyball court. Someone said to me, “Will be your turn next year”. At the first assembly of A2, Ms Iris stood on the stage and said
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On 6 January 2022, Politics Club members discussed the British Select Committee system online with Doctor Alexandra Meakin from the University of Leeds, who had been invited by the Academic Deputy Principal– Mr. Richard Driscoll. Meakin first introduced the definition, functions, benefits, and drawbacks of the Select Committee enthusiastically. Then, she merged into the class with
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My essay is on the recent development of China’s mental health care system and how it can help address this question. Though, I actually parried the question raised by the prompt, and I did not in the end emphasise too much that more care should be devoted to the socially vulnerable. Rather, I intended to underscore the complexity and ambiguity in any employment of these two notions — “socially vulnerable” and “responsibility” — in the concrete working of society. Through my study I discovered that the train of legislative efforts made in the 1980s to 2000s to legally recognise, to enhance public knowledge of, and to erect new asylums for, “the mentally ill,” in fact coincided spatiotemporally with government efforts in putting new agendas of foreign policies and city development to work. Thus, the recent development of China’s mental health care, from scratch to full maturity, is not solely the consequence of “humanitarian effort,” but also of some other ulterior motives. In my conclusion, I hinted that any answer to this question would entail empirical investigation into the concrete working of social institutions, and depending on the nature of this “socially vulnerable” group, claims of “responsibility” may be leveraged as veils for other purposes.
Before starting my research I did not by then have a well-formed hypothesis, but I did have Michel Foucault’s intriguing study on madness in mind. Due to the rather peculiar nature of the object of my study, I was not able to apply the sociological theories (Marxism, Functionalism, e.g.) I learnt in class to my own research. I must thank my sociology teacher for his encouragement and provision of many textbook resources and classical studies done in the field of mental health care. In addition to that, he prepared a statement of the school for my application to conduct short interviews at a local mental health hospital — this application, however, though quite expectedly, sank into oblivion — without his help this project would be very difficult.
I made a documentary “The Definition” about the situation of elderly in Shenzhen to enter this competition. As I have some previous knowledge in filmmaking, learning from TBU studio, I though it would be meaningful if I combined my filmmaking skills with sociology knowledge. In the meanwhile, after learning the very first chapter of sociology, The Family, I found out that the situation of elderly in the UK is different from that of elderly in Shenzhen. For instance, elderly have the responsibility taking care of their grandchildren and dance in the park for entertainment is distinctive in China. Therefore, I decided to make a documentary to record the interesting culture.
I learnt a lot during the preparation for the competition. I learned a lot about how to carry out an individual primary research when I was filming “The Definition”, which helps a lot in my current sociology study. Also, I understood sociology theories better. For instance, postmodernism used to be only a vague theoretical perspective for me, yet it amazed me knowing that elderly people participate actively in public activities can be considered as view of postmodernism.
Most importantly, I realized filmmaking can make some impacts on people, portraying problems of society. Experience of BSA opened my eyes and led me rethink about my future major in college. I want use my skills and knowledge to help more people, so I will probably try a major with humanity and filmmaking combined instead of pursuing the dream of being an artist alone.
Learning sociology gives me a new perspective in seeing how the world works, and it also lets me care more about the vulnerability in the society. Thank you to my sociology teacher, Richard Driscoll, who gave me lots of inspiration such as filming the dancing in the park, which is interesting to British people, and recommenced lots of sociological books about the elderly.
By listening to his advice, “The Definition” eventually divides into two parts: one is about the elderly in nursing home and the other is about people dancing in the park. Also, there is many interviews in the documentary to give a more well-rounded perspective.
I would like to thank my Math teacher Michael Jin and my friend Franchaska, who helped me with the voice over. Also, thanks to my family members, especially my dear grandmother, who gave me lots of insights related to the issue of elderly.
I made this documentary just before the deadline, thus it’s not so perfect. I’ll probably elaborate some shots and reedit it in the future.
If you are interested, you can click the link below and watch it.
Teng Xun Video：https://v.qq.com/x/page/u0862usad2v.html
Bilibili：https://www.bilibili.com/video/av38188271?from=search&seid=10452775157822232568
