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I’m Sherice Ching from class 2E at Westwood Secondary.
I would like to share with you my experiences as a Project CABIN
Club member in
Westwood Secondary School
. Project CABIN is a programme offered
by Singapore Children’s Society.
Before I joined the CABIN Club, I was a quiet girl who
did not have much confidence. I was afraid to ask questions to
clarify my doubts in class, for fear of being looked down by my
classmates, or that they might think I want to attract my teachers’
attention or that my teachers might find me a nuisance.
All this thinking changed after I was selected to be a
Bully-Free Ambassador for my school. I was also chosen to be one of
the presenters to spread the message of “No Bullying” to my fellow
schoolmates during assembly.
I benefited a lot from the Bully-Free Campaign – from
learning about the consequences of bullying, reasons why people
bully others, what the victims could do to help themselves and the
difference bystanders could make if they were to do the right thing
to help! I learnt that I should do what is right and help the
victims by informing the teachers, even if it meant running the risk
of being the next bullying target or being called a busybody.
It then struck me that I shouldn’t be too conscious of
how others look at me as long as I’m doing the right thing. Today, I
do not hesitate to raise questions in class to clarify my doubts so
that I could understand the lessons better.
Besides the Bully-Free Campaign, my involvement in the
Save-the-Environment Project had a positive impact on me as well.
Not only did I gain better knowledge about environmental issues from
the workshop organised by Children’s Society, I also picked up
artistic skills through decorating the posters and making the
sculpture using recycled materials. We invested a lot of time and
energy preparing for this competition, and we were delighted when we
came in second, as our efforts had not gone to waste!
The various CABIN Club projects I had participated in
have helped to make me a more civic-minded person. The CABIN Club is
a CCA that teaches us qualities and skills which would help us in
the future. Not only did I learn about co-operation and
responsibility, there were also the values of care and concern for
the less fortunate and our mother nature.
My greatest gain
from joining the CABIN Club is to get to know a group of great
friends who are very caring and supportive, especially my senior
CABIN Club members who have guided us along the way.
I
would like to take this opportunity to thank my school for bringing
Project CABIN into Westwood Secondary School and to
Children’s Society for organising such great programmes for the
CABIN Club. Lastly, a big thank you to all my fellow CABIN Club
members for being a great bunch of people!
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