Today, we had a lot of fun activities with the Korean students such as playing soccer and badminton. Through these activities, we broke the ice between us and now, we have become more bonded.
Reflection
Today was definitely exciting for all of us.
We had interesting activities in the Phyics Lab making our own earphones, just by using simple materials, such as bottle caps, wires, tape and magnets. We thought that it was very exciting as the earphones we created actually worked and it was fully functional. One of our friends, who was interested in the music industry, thought that it was an amazing idea. We can even teach our friends how to make those earphones, or even our families! For our Chemistry experiment, we made liquid carbon dioxide. It was very interesting as most of us assumed that carbon dioxide could only exist in the form of solid and gas. That was definitely eye-opening. 
Descriptions of our day
Enriching - Saw cell division using a x1000 microscope that was new to the person. Mitosis is one topic that you can only learn in High School but got to experience during this in trip.
Eye Opening - They used water to clean their chalkboards. Was the first time playing Badminton for some people.
Surprised - Had a chat with sports teacher in Chinese , and was amazed and surprised that he learned Chinese all by himself in 6 months
Amazed - What his buddy does during weekends. Amazed at the commitment and strive to study hard. Person was inspired to to be committed to study hard.
Communication - With Korean Buddy. Try their best to understand their language. Appreciate the effort that the teachers and students put into communication in English with the students.
Engaging - Able to talk to Koreans as that is not common or usual in SG. We should try to get to know people, know their history before prying to deep into their life as each person has a very different background and story and know the PACC before prying.
Inspired - Students saw how the Korean Buddies studied very hard to achieve their goals. They said that the drive to study hard and work hard is their passion and love or enjoyment of the subject, which inspired them to work hard to achieve their goal to get into the top Korean Universities.
What we have learnt about Koreans in BSS
- Korean students are very polite and respectful
- The Korean students give their teachers a lot of respect
- The Korean students have a personal cubicle for self-study from 7pm-11pm at night
- Koreans are generaly quite fit and exercise regularly
- Students in Korea start out in their classroom which they call "homeroom", a room where their day starts every morning before dispersing into various classes like the Biology Labs, Physics lab...etc for their actual subject classes.
- As BSHS is a boarding school, they have a study hall for males and females to study alone in marked out cubicles for students to study alone in so that they can focus.
- Lessons are conducted in Korean most of the time, with exceptions of English Class
- The facilities in BSHS are state of the art as they are a prestigious science school. Their many labs have lots of science equipment and machines that aid the students in the learning process /experimentation process of their school learning.
Conclusion
After experiencing what it is like in BSS we feel that we should learn from the Korean sudents and develop the passion for studying as hard work is not the only factor that affects your grades, but the passion and love for the subject too. We think that it is very meaningful to share our views and thoughts with our Korean buddies.
Done by:Bryan Goh
Bryan Chang
Colin Tan
Sean Chiu
Shirley Low
Beverly Heng
Jordan Lim (Editor)
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