“When in Rome, should we do as the Romans do?” and “Dark Tourism” Seminar Recap, Self-Contemplation, and Topic Inspection

Perhaps you had to face a dilemma where you had to decide between adapting to the habits of the indigenous inhabitants and sustaining your own habits when you first arrived at an unfamiliar place. You might have also visited a tourist place that is notourious for symbolizing an unpleasant historical event. These probable events precisely … Read more

Seminar 2 Reflection

Since the last seminar, I have been looking forward to the second one because it had a deep impact on me. However, the second seminar made me nervous as it came so quickly and I missed preparing for the lesson on Friday. As a result, the topic is not clear to me. Based on the … Read more

Another Ordinary, Common, Usual, Normal, Regular, Average, Typical, Customary, Plain “Why Travel” Seminar

“When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” That was the topic of the seminar. This time, not being a host, I could participate in the conversation as everyone else did. In the seminar, we discussed adapting to another region or nation’s lifestyle or culture, such as dark tourism; whether to adapt to a place’s … Read more

Sci-fi Travelling

In the universe, there’s so many planet and different kinds of organisms. About 1664, a planet called Nico is very well developed, and they’ve been curious about the outside world for hundreds of years. And this day, on Earth calender Jan.16,  they get on their spaceship and went out to find a new planet and … Read more

Indiana Jones the raiders of the lost ark (Metaphor, personification &Simile)

Website of the image: Fanpop.com The moment the two Nazi soldiers opened the lid of the ark, every piece of electronic equipment in the cave was shattered. A gash of chill, sandy wind swirled in the cave, and the wind grew stronger and stronger until they turned into ghost-like visions in which they danced around … Read more

the best seminar I’ve done in MYP——–reflection 2

Far across the distant galaxy, there is a little planet called Earth. There lived a student named Leo, who really enjoyed his recent ELL seminar. This is the best seminar in his MYP study; however, most of the ideas he contributed were ‘high-quality’. Bear in mind that he didn’t do any preparation before that thrilling, … Read more

The mushroom🍄

This is a mushroom It had a white skin that seemed to break easily, and it stood in the wet land beside the roots, leaning slightly. Next to the mushroom was a young man curled up in a very wired position, dressed in adventure clothes and his packages. With some smoke and scorch on the ends … Read more

Seminar 2 Reflection

In this seminar, my performance was not very good. Compared to those classmates who have quick thinking and unique insights, I appear relatively ordinary. However, compared to the silence of the previous seminar, I took an important step – for the first time, I shared my views in front of everyone. For a moment, the … Read more

Seminar 2 Reflection

Compare to seminar 1, what we said or what the topic/questions we discussed are more deeply this time. Therefore, this made students to think more deeply and critically. In this seminar, we had a discussion about cultural shock or for example what should we do in a new country and dark tourism.  The first part … Read more

Seminar 2 Reflection

As we travel, inevitable clash of cultures and points of views occurs in various kinds of circumstances. The topic of the Seminar is “When in Rome, should we do as the Romans do?” I think the topic might gathered inspiration from the old proverb of “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.”, tracking back … Read more

The salvation of Earth

I can hardly breath in this planet filled with so much bleakness and desperation. The refuge center for humankind has already been drowned with dirt. The great human society already shattered in pieces. The ocean has dried out, The trees and plants have decayed, even the strongest species couldn’t survive. With such devastating environment, war between … Read more

How Wonderful the trip is!

  April 23rd is an unique day of the whole semester, because we are going to hangzhou! With impressive talk from principal, and with no complaints from students, with a great atmosphere, none of us feel unsatisfied. On the bus, we are free to use our mobile phone, eating delicious snacks, singing joyful song. The … Read more