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Could anyone give their opinion about this idea please? thank you very much!
Well, its ok. If it does not take too much time from them. The students need to do their revision, homework, all those things, the older people may want to spend time with their family.
During my schooling days, comunity involvement project forced students to do acts of charity like visit homes for the aged, most of us just tried to get done with it as a requirement because the school forced us. only a minority would have the heart to really take it as a meaningful experience and i guess that your proposal is something like this but on a larger scale which might create alot of frustration for the "heartless" majority and that is bad, we will have more angsty and stuckup teenagers who despise the authoritarian system of the school.
I feel that it is an idea of good intention but it simply isnt going to be pragmatic to implement it as a compulsory scheme.
Originally posted by Lil Jerrie =P:Hello, i would like to propose something for the community to bond the older generation and young and my ideas are as follow:
We aim to bring the older generation (comprising of those aged 65 and above) and youngsters (secondary school students) together through a partnership between studio apartments and secondary schools. In this project entitled “Golden Experiences in Schools”, schools would be liasing with studio apartments. Secondary school students would carry out meaningful activities with them.
Such activities include:
Outside school activities-
- Morning Walks with senior citizens on Saturday mornings
- Cleaning up of homes every fortnight (Fridays tentatively)
- Learning Massage from external organisations and how to care for elderly (eg. Food and nutrition, problems senior citizens may face) via hospitals eg. KK women and Children Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital or Singapore General Hospital
- Paint apartment corridor, brighten up place
- Elderly can teach dialects to Secondary School students
Within School activities
- Elderly can sit in with students during their art, IT and music lessons to learn what they learn
- Share experiences with them regarding World War 2, Racial Riots, kampong life…etc. during National Education and Social Studies Classes
- Include Elderly in Civics and Moral Education whereby elderly can teach students values
- Elderly can join students in Physical Education lesson whereby they teach Tai Ji Quan or Gateball to students
At the end of about 6 months of service(January to June), the students can share their experiences and inspire people to be interested in building good relations with the youth and senior citizens in the community by doing up
- an exhibition in school whereby members of public can come in to view
- newsletter which can be mailed to every resident in the district
For the next 6 months or so, students would also be encouraged to undergo Research and Development and come up with a proposal of an item for the ‘silver industry’ to better the lives of the aged, if feasible, the idea would be acknowledged and awarded as well as taken up by companies to manufacture the product and sold in the market.
I hope that you guys would not mind giving me your opinon about this idea, new ideas as well as constructive criticism. Thank you very much!
Love,
Jeraldine
I think it is a good concept. On a societal point of view, it is a good initiative to bridge the gap between the young and the old, through mutual understanding and sharing of experiences.
It might work for some, and not work for others on a pragmatic level, but the effort to do so is there.
From an economic point of view, the exposure of our young to the old may even stir an entrepreneur sense of making life better for the old, through the introduction of equipment, health science, and even recreational products that the young may survey with the old.
As for the old, they may have a better understanding on the aspirations, hopes and dreams of the young, to see life through their point of view in our changing world, and may be persuaded to be more receptive and liberal towards the young's educated perceptions, even if flawed and untampered by life's experience.
Good luck.
Don't make this a compulsory requirement.
If you let participating students earn academic points.. the acceptance rate will be higher.
And it shouldn't just be limited to elderly. Any kind of charity work ( not including forced fund raising, I never like those). Some kinda community service club.
Apart from voluntary participation you can try the following:
- Targeting reputable schools with students of higher aggregate potential.
- Conduct a short trial and retrieve feedbacks from all participants.
- Offer Acknowledgement certificates to participants upon completion along with cca points.
- Rank participating schools and awarding the top participating schools making it more competitive.
Not a bad idea. Worth exploring.
Another program will be bonding wit local bred Singaporeans and Foreign-born turned Singaporeans.
This one will lead to big social problem if left unchecked.
make reservist till 60 yrs old, den sure the old ppl and mix with youths
Okay thanks for participating, by the way, what do you mean by "Targeting reputable schools with students of higher aggregate potential."? Do you mean to say that schools of lower academic standard tend to be less alturistic?
Originally posted by Lil Jerrie =P:Hm, how do you suggest to ensure that in this project, youths would be more sincere about taking part in this exchange program?
Unless you have discover a technology that manipulates the mind, if not, there is no way for you to make the youth more sincere in taking part.
Such sincerity can only be transformed from the individual's experience and the willingness in adapting to a different mindset.
It's like you can win votes but not necessary win hearts.