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On 13 April 2019, the latest learning ac-
tivity day played an imperative role in
cultivating students to appreciate. The purpose of
this activity is to let students understand that im-
portant things in their life can be taken away at
any second. This predisposes students to apprecia-
te better and not take things for granted. A myriad
of activities was conducted in class with the help
from every form teacher.
Students were asked to fill in five impor-
tant things in their life in a piece of paper and
teachers guided them on the activity. Each student
would eventually have only two papers left with
them while the rest were collected by the teacher.
Through this activity, students are able to feel what
it is like to lose something important accompanied
by the detailed explanation by the teacher.
In the first video that was played in class
shows that how Asians raised their children and
parents do not usually express their love for the fa-
mily by saying “I love you” to each other. In view
of that, parents express their love and affection to
their kids by actions. The second video then featu-
res how mothers blame themselves for their child-
ren’s wrongdoings. It was trying to make students
realize their actions could really take a toll on their
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parents. Parents tend to scold their children as they
feel guilty for not being able to educate their child
well.
Students were given a chance to write down
their gratitude towards their classmates and a spe-
cial letter for their parents were also written during
the activity session. Purpose of the activity was to
give the students a sense of guilt for troubling tho-
se sitting beside them and letting them worry.
Nicely decorated postcards were distributed
to students and students were asked to draw and
write on the blank page of the postcard. They were
then collected by the teachers and later were deli-
vered to the parents.
Last but not least, each student has received
an appreciation letter from their classmates before
the activity came to an end. Overall, the activity
successfully delivered the message of appreciati-
on; students and the class were filled with much
laughter and plenty of smiles.