The International School Of Penang (Uplands)

A Change For the Better:Four Uplanders DuringExperiential WeekErnst Wong describes the experiences of his group workingat St. Nicholas HomeExperiential Week for me turned out to be both fun and exciting.During this time my group (Arvin Arumainathan, Andr Cheong,Zack Dang [Zhong]) learnt many things - like how to be more efficientat finishing jobs. Arvin came up with a quote which we found outhe stole from St. Nicholas We walk by faith, not sight .During our time at St. Nicholas Home for the Blind we did manydifferent types of jobs including office work, painting staircases andalso working with the children. Everyone thought that working withthe children was the most worthwhile and exciting job because,although the children were multi-handicapped, they knew how tohave fun and we actually saw a partially blind kid play catch witha teacher there.I can say that our experiences in St. Nicholas have made us changefor the better - like Arvin has finally been able to overcome his feararound handicapped children. In the four day period, we managedto paint two whole staircases, arrange 600+ cassettes, stuck Braillewords on them and we also got to work with the kids and teachthem a bit about music.We thought this experience was beneficial for both us and the kids:we got to learn more about how handicapped people live their livesand the kids there got exposure to more of the outside world.Most worthwhile -working with the kids.pg6Back to Top