Stanford Day 3 Group 1








Today, we had The Message in the Music with Ashley. We all chose our personal anthem and interpreted the message behind. It was really intriguing to understand the reason why everyone thought their songs could really encourage them. We also learnt about the art of persuasion making use of ethos, pathos and logos, which was how music really affected and conveyed its message to people. We even created our own playlist with a story and interpreted others’ playlists. It was definitely fun to let our creative juices flow.

After lunch, we had Democracy: Why or Why not. We discussed the history of democracy and many pros and cons of different types of democracy such as representative and direct democracy. We learnt to see different perspectives of one thing. We even had a mini debate! The lesson was absolutely fun and fruitful for us.

We then had multicultural exhibition preparation. We all were so nervous about the impromptu skit we added yesterday night. After dinner, it was the multicultural exhibition. It was great. The performances of various countries were fascinating, introducing multiple cultures, languages, and food. Our skit went pretty well! We walked booth to booth, finding out more about many cultures. We were also really glad to see people enjoying our own lantern-making booth. We all learnt how although we were of different countries, we were all connected in one way or another. To sum up, it was a really fun experience and a great day.

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