Seminar Reflection

This was the first seminar I was part in. in my perspective it was a really cool discussion about the middle school journey. The seminar was really short though and not everyone could share their answer. I think it is important to reflect on our goals and mistakes during middle school.  Elaine and Joshua got … Read more

qReflecting on the third seminar, I realized I didn’t improve much from the second seminar since I spoke less. However, the few things I did say were still having some value. I talked about things like the more complicated relationships among students during 8 grade and how the school was getting worse. These are important … Read more

At this seminar, although I didn’t say much, I deeply reflected on my experiences in junior high school in my heart. I looked back on that green and challenging time, pondered on the gains, losses, and growth. I reflect on my academic efforts and shortcomings, as well as the small details in interacting with classmates … Read more

We had a seminar on last Thursday, we talked about our MYP from many perspectives such as: Friendship, behaviors, achievements, skills and experiences from G6 to G8. This seminar wasn’t as good as the last two, everyone is relatively quiet this time, and I only talked once( I can’t remember), so we didn’t get as … Read more

This is the last seminar, and I got an even lower score than the last. So, I would like to share some of my thoughts here. I came to OCAC in 6th grade and was very excited about it because I heard this school had almost no homework and tests. And it was true, almost … Read more

I remember that, when I first time stepped in to this place, and carry the fully hope, I wish my middle school life will be free and interesting. It’s like, I seeded a seed named ‘young’ and ‘future’ in OCAC, and hope that one day it’ll grow to a flourish plant. During three years of … Read more

In seminar 2 I haven’t speak much, because I’m a little bit “shy” to speak to the whole class, however I got points to say in this blog: How far should we respect foreign ways of doing things that we may find abhorrent? for this question my opinion is that mI think we should try … Read more

I went on a trip to the Mars. The incident originated from my strange bed sheet, which opened the window and escaped while I was sleeping. This caused me to be very cold, and I had to go to the cabinet to get another bedsheet. After opening the cabinet, I found a chicken hiding inside. … Read more

“Why travel?” This is a interesting topic to discuss. My ideal traveling is usually to go to a big city with friends, where I can not only appreciate the local culture and scenery, but also enjoy the comfort and convenience of the big city. So my usual reason for traveling is to relax and escape … Read more

With us graduating from 8th grade soon, this marks the end of our MYP journey. I experienced various unique and normal experiences, ups and downs, and numerous failures and success we came across. Recently, our ELL class had a seminar retrospecting the fabulous or disastrous journey we had. The seminar is old fashion, with two … Read more

Our school held a research activity in May, which gave us the opportunity to travel and stay in Hangzhou for three days. We are very excited about this research and learning activity because it is the first time we have lived outside and studied together with our classmates, and the best thing is that we … Read more