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CCA Events, Commentary, Please Mind the Platform Gap, School Life

The Introvert’s / Extrovert’s / Ambivert’s / Exothermic’s / Endothermic’s Guide to Orientation
Reading Time: 4 minutes

By Noor Adilah (17S06B), Featured image credits here.

If you’ve gone on the Internet at all over the past few years, you’ve probably stumbled upon way too many quizzes and listicles that describe or categorise your behaviour as characteristic of an introvert or an extrovert. After reading and answering a few of those soul-sucking pages, I’ve concluded that I am somehow an introvert, extrovert, and an ambivert, the latter describing the state in which you’re (for some reason) both an introvert and extrovert.

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CCA Events, Clubs, Commentary, School Life

Advofeste 2016: Uncovering Hidden Communities
Reading Time: 5 minutes

By Carman Chew (17A01D)

Why is advocacy important? It is simply because advocacy is the first step to making a positive change in the systems and mindsets that perpetuate social problems.

This was a message that definitely reverberated throughout Advofeste, an outreach event organised by the J1 batch of Community Advocates (CA). The week-long event was held from the 21st to the 24th of November and attracted a diverse range of participants: those curious about social issues, others who just wanted to support their friends, and even guests from Alsagoff Arab School.

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CCA Events, Clubs, Commentary, School Life

Advofeste – Actualising Our Abstractions
Reading Time: 4 minutes

By Noor Adilah (17S06B)

This article is a preview of Raffles Community Advocates’ upcoming event Advofeste which will take place at Yusof Ishak Block from 2.00pm–6.00pm. Interested participants may read up about the event at tinyurl.com/advofesteactivities, and sign up here.

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Arts, Commentary

Sayang, Sayang: Singapore Writers Festival 2016
Reading Time: 6 minutes

By Joan Ang (17A01B)

It is an oft-repeated declaration that Singapore does not have many arts events — and that those it has are largely inaccessible to the layman, being held by an “inner circle” of “artsy people”, who are largely interested in engaging themselves and their friends, except when trying to garner support for their products and productions.

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CCA Events, Commentary, School Life

You Are Our Lighthouse: Teachers’ Day Celebration 2016
Reading Time: 5 minutes

By Bill Puah (17S06B), Nerissa Loe (17A13A) and Sabariesh Ilankathir (17A13A)

Photos by: Matthew Toh (17S06H)

The 1st of September is an ordinary day for most, but an extraordinary day for teachers in Raffles. Students gathered in school to celebrate our teachers, who have contributed significantly towards educating many generations of students.

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