The Perspectives Of Many

 1) Take on of the following phenomena and describe how it might be seen through the eyes of thne following people:

a.    A child dying in poverty as seen by a doctor, economist, a social worker, the child’s father.

b.    A sunset as seen by a religious figure, a physicist, an artist, a farmer.

c.   A tree as seen by a biologist, a logger, an environmentalist, a native from Sarawak.

a. Doctor: What are the causes of the death of this child?
    Economist: The country's economic slump cause prices to rise causing this child to die in effect
    Social Worker: Is there any way we can help this child?
    Child's Father: Why did my son have to die?

b. Religious figure: What a glorious creation of God!
    Physicist: The earth is moving away from the sun, causing the area to become darker
    Artist: This would be an excellent scene to paint!
    Farmer: Well the day is done, it's time for dinner and rest   


c. Biologist: This tree is home to various species of plant and wildlife
    Logger: This tree would make me about RM500 if I chop it down
    Environmentalist: We need to ensure we protect this tree for future generations
    Native from Sarawak: I can gather various resources from this tree 

Main Crimes In Malaysia

I feel that the main crimes in Malaysia would be either:

-Drug possession and drug usage

-Murder

-Theft of property

Crime Statistics In Malaysia

I suppose that the graphs support some of my views, like for example I said that theft was one of the main crimes, but not all forms of theft are the main crimes in Malaysia, for example motorbike theft has risen through the years but the others are very low in terms of reported crimes such as van and lorry thefts, also homicide murder seems to have general influx and decrease  but the rest seem to be either dropping or not occurring as much, so this does contradict the view of murder being the main crime in Malaysia

Offense List Exercise

Shoplifting	6
Breaking into a car	4
Picking a fight	7
Drink driving	4
Driving under the influence of drugs	3
Solvent abuse	3
Urinating against a wall	9
Doing a paper round at the age of 11	10
Shouting racist abuse	2
Being sold alcohol in a bar whilst under the age limit	5

Law's Famous Sayings

"If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers."


This quote means that if no one commits a crime, there would be no use for lawyers as since no one is committing any crime, there is no need to defend anyone from a crime


"I think we may class the lawyer in the natural history of monsters."


This is a humorous quote that signifies that lawyers are not very good people as they may be biased, corrupted etc.


"Laws too gentle, are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed. "


This quote means that laws if they are not firm, no one would obey them, if they laws were too strict, they might be seldom executed as human pity might refrain someone from executing it

What Is Law?

Law in my opinion are the rules set by a party that people must obey. The law applies in almost every aspect and place in our life, in school, at work or even at home there is law everywhere. Why people obey is the law is because of several factors firstly, there is a fear of the punishment that comes with breaking the law. Also, people have a sense of what is right or wrong when doing something. There are many people who are dealing with law either making or enforcing law some examples include policemen and lawyers. Law can be enforced in various ways from making public speeches, posting signs etc.

Self Assessment

t is time to produce your individual review of the ‘mock project’.  Read the questions carefully, think about your responses and record them on your blog.

The Group Work

1. What have I contributed to the group project?

I helped research and create the article for the Malayan Tiger

1. What would I do differently next time?  Why?

I would do a bit more research and create more structure for the article

1. What have I learnt about working together?

Working together is slightly more challenging but more rewarding as it is a bit difficult for coordinate but work is done faster 

1. What has been good/challenging about working as part of a group?

Coordinating information together, sharing ideas and trying to compose them into an article

What have I learnt doing the project?

1. What have I learnt about;
1. deciding on and planning a project?

It is difficult getting an agreement when everybody has their own opinions and suggestions 

1. planning and producing research?

Not all sources on the internet are reliable

1. reading and presenting my ideas?

Present clearly and with confidence to get your point acrosss

1. time management?

Do not procrastinate and get priorities correct

1. What would you do differently to develop these skills?

I would ask for peer assessment

1. How did I approach my individual contribution?
2. What are the most valuable points I have learnt?  Why?

Teamwork is valuable, as it helps work get done quicker and easier

Group Evaluation (Malayan Tiger)

It is time to review your ‘mock project’.  As a group discuss and answer these questions on your group wiki/blog/webpage.

The Project

1.     What area of study did you choose?  Why?

Human and other species, because it was an assignment passed by the teacher.

2.     What did your group hope to achieve?  What was your proposed outcome?

To raise awareness about the Malayan Tiger, we planned to raise awareness on the Malayan Tiger among peers via our article.

3.     How could you critically evaluate the success of your outcome?

If we were able to raise awareness among our peers.

4.     What were your specific group roles and responsibilities?  How did you organise them?  Was the allocation effective?

Our project was quite straightforward so we basically all did research and took turns writing the article, this enable us to find better info faster and more easier and finished the article faster

5.     Did your project have enough scope for every group member to play an active, full time part in the group work?  How could you improve this?

Yes, since we had to research many aspects of the Malayan Tiger, everyone had enough research to keep them, but I felt that the info was lacking, maybe if the group more motivated the research will be better

6.    Was the workload manageable in the time frame?

Yes it was, as we were able to divide the workload equally among ourselves, so we found it manageable

7.     How effective were your minutes and agendas at keeping the task on focus?  How did they help you?  How could they improve them?

They were not very helpful as we did not really refer to them, in the next assignment we could perhaps improve the agenda, by organizing the agenda so keep can keep on track.

The Perspectives

1.     How did you gather information and opinions/viewpoints from a personal, local/national and global perspective?

We first searched in internet for information then we discuss about it whether it is relevant or not.

2.     How did/could you make sure you consider all these perspectives in your project?

We discussed it among ourselves to see if they are relevant.

3.     Would your outcome need to be accompanied by some additional explanation or elaboration?

Not really as our outcome is too just raise awareness

4.     How could you make sure you include cross-cultural views?

Send the information to other schools