LO’s: (L2: Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken developing new skills, ) (L5: Demonstrate skills and benefits of working collaboratively) I was always interested in doing creative things and related to paintings and visual arts. I wanted to paint the walls of our school to make it creative. I took CAS as an opportunity to […]
Learning kudo for Self Defense
For this experience, I joined a class for Kudo which is a mixed martial art that teaches safety and practicality. I attended about 20-25 classes in total and I learnt a lot throughout the duration of this experience. Since I have no prior experience of martial arts, the instructor initially focused on teaching basic punches […]
Learning Blender
I have always been interested in VFX and 3D animation but, I lacked the resources needed to continue. While exploring the internet for cheap software used for 3D animation, I stumbled upon Blender. Blender is a powerful tool used for many commercial applications by leading companies. This software helps create 3-Dimensional objects and animate them […]
Financial Market Analysis
I was curious about financial markets for a long time, and my love for graphs and statistics augmented my curiosity. However, I was not able to learn about financial markets due to the never-ending stream of assignments and examinations. CAS in Grade 11, gave me the opportunity to formally learn about financial markets. This formal […]
Literature Creativity
Activity and Goal: The activity was to explore different forms of writing in literature, to broaden my knowledge on the different types of literary pieces and its elements. I chose the forms that I wasn’t aware or familiar with; such that I could be intellectually challenged and exposed to something new; to express my creativity […]
Devarsh Shah : CAS Experience : Badminton
before COVID-19 badminton was a integral part of my schedule, I would hardly miss a class but then as COVID struck, I had to part ways with it, and because of that I was unable to practice badminton and so I had totally lost my game, And that’s why I had to put myself back […]
Looking after stray dogs
Animal abuse is a very hot global issue in recent times. Especially, stray animals face a lot of challenges and survival threats throughout their lifetime. I have been an animal lover since I was a kid but when it came to dogs, I used to freak out, I was really scared of them. But because […]
Volunteering at UniTree
Inclusive society is what we all desire to have in our lives. I have always been a person who loves to stand up for what is right, however, it is very difficult to do that when you are alone. This CAS project gave me an opportunity to volunteer in a NGO called the UniTree. UniTree […]
Charcoal Sketching (Creativity)
Growing up, I was always attracted to learning visual arts and sought an opportunity to acquire professional sketching skills. Charcoal sketching always intrigued me, as how beautiful can two simple shades, black and white be used in creating realistic and sensational pieces of mastery, through using light spectrums and unique black strokes. Art being one […]
How is meaning constructed, negotiated, expressed, and interpreted?
Meaning is constructed through two mediums; the use of language and the recency bias. Use of language is apparent in the phrases, ‘many moods’, ‘cats run-dog revel’, ‘shoes, open-toed or closed’, and ‘life-giving, and life taking!’. The phrases cited above, hint at the readers to interpret the author’s message. One interprets many moods as the […]