By Kunchur Bharat (26A01B), Huang Han Cheng (26S05B), Teng Yifan (26S06H)
This Teachers’ Day, Raffles Press had the chance to ask some of your favourite teachers the internet’s our most burning questions.
Buckle up as Ms Hwang Shi-Ting and Ms Eng Yuwen, and Mr Iqbal and Mr Jason Teo take Raffles Press’ Autocomplete Interview!
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By Ariann Khoo (26S06B), Tara Teo (26A01D), Tomi Peh (26S06P)
How often do we pause to appreciate the silent backbone of our school — the non-teaching staff who make learning possible?
As Teachers’ Day draws near, Raffles Press delves into the lives of these unsung heroes: Ms Jossy (Admin staff), Ms Nurul and Mdm Lai (Science Lab staff), and Ms Winnie (Cleaning staff), exploring their daily routine, the challenges that they face, and their lives beyond their roles here in RI.
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By Keng Yi, Nicole (25S03S)
It’s fifteen minutes away when you need it most. It’s leaving you in its dust as you sprint desperately towards the bus stop. It’s trying to throw you off your feet as you grasp blindly for a handhold.
Yet you keep coming back. Is it simple convenience and comfort, hatred of the MRT, or something more?
In this video, we’ll explore what a bus can mean to us, and how a mode of transport can become more like a way of life. While (fittingly) on the bus, I speak to the bus enthusiasts in my life, and find the points where our lives and bus routes converge.
This video is dedicated to the mundane joys of everyday commutes, and the roads and people that make a home — this video is dedicated to buses.
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By Foo Le Xuan Shanice (25S03A)
They say a picture is worth a thousand words; what if a bag were worth a million more? From matching keychains to worn-down files to the random pieces of trash you find at the bottom of your bag, each item becomes uniquely a part of you. They are the things you carry around every day, its familiar load accompanying you through the same steps to and fro school. In it live the memories of daily routines, the weight of responsibilities, and the tiny treasures we never mean to carry—but somehow always do.
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By Yvonne Cheung (25S03S)
We’ve blown out the birthday candles eighteen times. We’ve cut the cake, sung the same song, made countless silly wishes — but this year feels different. Turning eighteen is supposed to represent adulthood, independence, the beginning of the rest of our lives. But for many of us, it arrives without ceremony, quiet and subtle.
This video article explores what it really means to turn eighteen — legally, psychologically and emotionally — and what it feels like to stand on the edge of something so often romanticised, but seemingly out of grasp. If you have ever anticipated, feared, dreaded turning eighteen, or all of the above, this one’s for you.
Continue reading “Eighteen… And Everything After.”