Stanford tour 2018 Day 3 –Group 1

July 12, 2018

12 July, Day 3

We started with Visual design thinking lessons with Bill.  He took us to the Stanford Design School and we visited several workshops as well as some exhibits. The designs were amazing and we were all awestruck by the creativity of the students, I learnt that inspiration comes wherever we are. He taught us ways of provoking our thoughts through various ways, such as how to draw perfect cubes with just a few lines. What impressed me the most was the arrange-the-letters game we had outside our classroom. I discovered that thinking outside a closed area can give us much more space to think and discuss. Overall, I enjoyed the lessons a lot.

We then had lessons with Chloe on leadership. She gave us a unique toolkit on the path of becoming a good leader. I was surprised that in order to be a good leader, it is actually more important to have a good relationship with ourselves than for us to be on good terms with other people. I like it most when Chloe summed up the lesson by asking us to draw our own toolkit. It was really inspiring and we had a great time.

After that, we had our second GSP meeting. We divided ourselves into groups of two to three and did some research on our respective topics. We cooperated well and discussed and got across our messages to each other brilliantly. We finished our research and are prepared to start making the posters in the next meeting.

Finally, we prepared for our multi-cultural exhibition. We added a small part to our presentation and it was quite exciting as the part was suddenly conjured out of thin air, so we only had a day to prepare for it.

All in all, we had a great day today and we are looking forward to having the lessons tomorrow.

      

3P Sherleen Tai (26)

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