Back to the Past
K. Mirchandani, Year 8
Parents and students watched President Truman
and Emperor Hirohito debate about the atomic
bombs in 1945. The atmosphere was intense –
as smoke and the sound of a bomb opened the
‘talk show’. “You want em’, we got em’”, said Mr
Sherlock Holmes, starred by Ethan Sastra.
President Truman (Bhavish Adwani) and
Emperor Hirohito (Sergio Setiawan) argued
about the reasons behind World War II and their
deadly decisions. Videos made by Year 8
students were shown, depicting war atrocities
and vivid images of their effects.
The show ended with a question and answer by
the audience, and a chilling song performance
entitled “Zombie”, sang by Esperanza Clarissa,
Sophie Razmovski and Melfinna Tjugito.
“We learned a lot about History and we love the
song,” said one of the viewers.
The students, from scriptwriting to props and
videos and layout design, prepared the Exit
Point.
The audience left the room thinking about
people’s different interpretations, and how this
can cause catastrophic effects. Students were
able to develop an understanding of how and
why people have different interpretations,
through various experiences they consider to be
truths.
From learning this unit, I am now able to
understand that just because I don't see it the
same way as others, it doesn't mean I am
wrong, or they are wrong. It just means I see
things different, and there is nothing wrong with
seeing things differently to everyone else.
Another one of the ways this unit has helped me
is, I am now able to look at pictures, poems,
stories and interpret their meaning. But not only
am I able to interpret their meaning but I can
also voice my own interpretations.
At the start of this unit I was a little hesitant an
unsure of what lie ahead. But when we actually
started looking deeper into this unit, I became
more and more interested, I wanted to know and
understand more. By studying interpretations of
different thing I am now aware that just because
you don't see things the same as everyone else
doesn't mean you are wrong. In fact, no one
sees things the same way. Nobody has the same
interpretations as you.
Whilst studying this topic I was truly able to
grasp what the big idea meant. It is simply
saying, everybody interprets things different and
nobody is wrong with what they interpret.
Here is Sophie Razmovski’s reflection piece:
Some people believe the sky is blue, some
believe it’s an aqua, But who is correct? Who is
making
the
correct
interpretation?
Well
everyone. You can’t tell people what the correct
thing to see is because there is no correct thing
to see. Everybody sees things differently. In the
same way everybody is different and sees,
thinks, and feels differently. No two people are
the same.
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