After listening to Ms. Tena Tyler from the Times Union about the finer points of interviewing. I went on and interview an off campus expert for my signature project. Luckily, I got a chance to do a video call with a history/humanity teacher in Bangkok, Thailand. Before talking to her, I came up with some questions I wanted to ask her, since we have only limited time to talk. In our conversation, I tried to use open ended questions, so I can get more informations about the topic. She told me that she wanted to educate the student about the refugee crisis because she doesn't want her students to be ignorant in important humanitarian issues. She believes that her students can make a different in world in the future. She said "all my students can make a different, but it's their choice if they want to do it or not, my role is to provide them with informations." I asked her about the students reaction toward the issue when she identified it to them, and she told me that most of them were surprised that there are many kids of their age running away from their home. She said that during Parents' night at the school, many parents told her that what she is teaching their children are also new to them. Most of the parents didn't know about that there are Displaced people camp in Thailand until their children told them. The teacher is surprised by how ignorant people are. After teaching her students about refugee for a semester, she thinks that she is very successful with her program because students start to acknowledge and discuss about the issue to each other. She is hoping that in the future she can find more information about the topic and have guest speaker to her class, so the students are more engage in her class.
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This month, I decided to change my signature plan a little bit. I wanted to do some more research about Myanmar Refugee crisis, since it has been breaking news in every country. I read many articles and news report from around the globes, but most of the news are from other country's perspective on the issue. I started with researching for books that will help me understand more about the issues in Myanmar. I focused story told by Myanmar people, not outsider source, since I don't want any biased in the topic. I started with talking to my mentor in Thailand, and she recommended me to a book called Burmese Refugee, Letter from Thai-Burmese Border. By reading this book, I learnt that the issue between the Myanmar government and the minority group has been going on for more than ten years. The Narrator of the book is an English Teacher who taught his students (Myanmar Refugees) to write letters in English. The stories are being told by a first hand account. This is one of the book that I hope more people would know about, since it is really helpful for people to learn more about issues before writing about it.
Next month, I will start reading a book called Ethnic Politics in Burma: State of Conflict by Ashley South |
AuthorI AM PRIM AND I AM CURRENTLY A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL WHO'S INTERESTED IN HUMANITARIAN ISSUE Archives
April 2018
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