Connect Singapore

Hey everyone,

I’m here to share about Connect Singapore. To those who are not involved in CS, the pledge recital of Connect Singapore did not happen to turn out smoothly. As most of you have known, unfortunately, the DJ did not manage to lead the pledge over the radio and this led to a few schools not reciting it at all and it turned out to be rather anti-climax.

Most of the Singaporeans, sadly, would simply dismiss this event as a waste of time and a failure. However, why not let us be different and instead look at the positive side of things? As Kenneth from Heartware might have put it, we have successfully brought 29,000 youths together, without any major incidents which we have foreseen and prepared during SOP in our trainings. Isn’t that something for us to take our hats off to? Most, if not all of us, have also, for the first time in your life, take charge of over 1000 students and speaking to the entire school population. I believe through training student leaders and handling teachers and principals, all of us have learnt many different skills.

So let us give ourselves a pat on the back for we know that we have put in our very best into this project. Yet it is important to note that despite the mammoth size of the project, Connect Singapore is ultimately another project but what matters is the experience we learnt from it and how we move on from there.

Can those who are involved (be it BIC, CM or LV) do a reflection and send it to us by email? No word limits nor restrictions. But try to focus on what you have learnt from this experience for we believe that reflecting upon one’s actions after an event is a part of experiential learning and perhaps the best way to truly learn from it.

Thanks!

Cheers,
Eric!
HC YLEP