Timeline: September 13, 2021 – June 17, 2022
In this experience, I worked for the school newspaper, ‘Splash’ by contributing my illustrating and writing skills. We had a meeting for this club every Wednesday during lunch, but we worked on the publishings throughout the month. We had a monthly publication, and we had the option to either illustrate or write, or both. Since I was one of the senior students in this club, I also had the opportunity to manage my group of new members. During this CAS experience, I demonstrated the following Learning Outcomes:
Learning Outcome 4: Show commitment to and perseverance in CAS experiences.
First of all, the meetings happened during lunch. And, we used to have slots after lunch, during which we used to have a lot of summative. So, there were a lot of times when I wished that I had the time to study during lunchtime on Friday. I wasn’t always able to attend all of the meetings. And as the tasks were very personalized, it wasn’t very important for the meetings, rather than completing the given illustration or write-up. However, whenever I couldn’t attend the meeting, after coming back home, I used to message the leaders to ask about the agenda of the meeting that happened that day, and if I missed some important announcements. I feel like it’s important to show commitment and perseverance because life won’t always be easy, and will be constantly throwing challenges at us. So, if we knew how to persist through all of those things, life might turn out to be easier for us.
Learning Outcome 7: Recognize and consider the ethics of choices and actions.
Writing and illustrating is a very tricky task if thought about from a different perspective, especially in an international and diverse school. This is because no author wants their articles to hurt anyone’s sentiments or make a stereotypical statement about anyone’s country or ethnic group. Therefore, it was a very precarious task, but I believe that I tried my best to consider the ethics and choices of my actions and consequently changed my work.
Firstly, in this experience, I developed as an inquirer. I developed my skills for inquiry and research. I also researched independently for the article that I wrote. I also found out that I learn with enthusiasm. Secondly, I also tried to improve as a communicator. This improvement has two aspects. In my article, I had to communicate with the audience in a balanced and formal way and also in a way to grab the audience’s attention. The other aspect of communication was with the members of the group and also with the leaders. In this experience, I collaborated effectively, listening carefully to the perspectives of other individuals and groups.
Link to an article that I wrote for the newspaper about the exchange rates in Turkey:
https://www.thesplash.iics.k12.tr/post/what-is-going-on-with-the-exchange-rates-in-turkey
Link to an article that I wrote for the newspaper about the effects of Brexit on the UK:
https://www.thesplash.iics.k12.tr/post/effects-of-brexit-on-the-united-kingdom
Illustration for the article about the effects of Brexit on the UK:
Illustration for an article about catchy songs:
Illustration for an article about the Pathway to Happiness:
