Commentary

Becoming an Innovative (and Inclusive) Society
Reading Time: 4 minutes

by Lex-xis (16S03M)
Photos courtesy of Raffles Archives and Museum

DPM talk
DPM Tharman speaking to students of Raffles Institution in the Albert Hong Hall.

On 22 February 2016, Deputy Prime Minister Mr. Tharman Shanmugaratnam addressed the Year 2–4 students as well as guests from other schools as part of the annually-organized National Affairs Lecture Series. In his lecture, entitled ‘Becoming an Innovative Society’, DPM Tharman covered the growing need for Singapore to become an innovative yet still inclusive society, and offered insights into how we as a nation might go about achieving these goals.

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Commentary

The Humans Behind the Workers: Homeground Carnival 2016
Reading Time: 6 minutes

by Wang Kaiying (16S03E)
Photos courtesy of Raffles Photographic Society

Do you know the people who tend to our school’s plants, meticulously pruning the bushes and tirelessly watering the flowers? The people who clean up behind us in the school canteen, who work six days a week to keep our classrooms and walkways clean? Of course you do – they’re the school’s gardeners and cleaners. But do you really know them? And do you ever show your appreciation for all the tough work that they do?

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Curriculum

Please Mind the Platform Gap: Choosing a Third Language in Junior College
Reading Time: 8 minutes

by Alex Tan (16S03B) and Gladys Lim (16S03K)

Disclaimer: This article covers only French, German and Japanese, as these are the only subjects offered as third languages at H2 level. Furthermore, while this article has been researched to the best of our abilities, it should not be used as a substitute for formal academic counselling.

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Commentary, Op-Eds

I Am Uniquely Chinese
Reading Time: 4 minutes

By Adelyn Koh (16S06H)

The first thought I had when I stepped into Raffles Institution (JC) was “wow, this is something really different.”  I was used to walls with Chinese sayings etched upon them, red banners proudly displaying the age old Chinese proverbs. Hailing from a school deeply couched in Chinese tradition by way of history, RI provided a stark contrast – a school so westernized in almost every aspect possible. The school itself is one that favours English, seeing as it admits students from every race. However, I have a question for the Chinese students of this school: have we forgotten our culture, and have left behind the things that make us uniquely Chinese, leading to a tangible lack of Chinese presence here?

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