Purpose: To reflect what I have done for the unit on law and criminality
Target audience: anyone (learners, teachers)
1. Content
I have learnt that in order to persuade the jury, we have to produce evidence to disprove the prosecutors.
I did not know that Holocaust also refers to the genocide in Rwanda et cetra. I thought that Holocaust ONLY refers to the mass extermination of Jews ordered by Hitler.
I learnt to listen to the witnesses' accounts very carefully and pick out points that they are vague on.
I find the different findings provided by the Amnesty International and the Chief Finance Officer on the total amount of money used to execute someone very confusing. Both have provided different findings. This is because contradicting information should definitely be counter-checked before presented in the trial.
2. Court Case and Legal Preparation
As a team, we were well-researched. We also helped everyone and made sure everyone was well-prepared. The cross examiners and witnesses also practiced, as well as the people giving the opening and closing speech.
During the trial, we were able to keep calm. Cross examiners were also able to ask good questions when cross examining the opponents' teams. We also demonstrated teamwork in our team, especially when we helped each other out when listening to the witnesses.
I did my research fairly well. I also communicated with my team members on any arising problems. I were also very confident about the questions that I was going to question the witnesses.
Target for group: run through all probable questions before the real trial.
Target for self: Take on a role which enables me to talk more.
Preparation: To research even more to clearly know opponents' stance
Presentation: Speak more.
On the whole, I have learnt a lot on law and criminality, especially on death penalty. This is a very interesting yet sensitive subject as it involves humanity, politics and religions.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
For/Against Death Penalty- pick your choice (:
Hey geeks 8)Maxwell and I worked together to research on our death penalty piece. Anti Death Penalty
Monday, March 21, 2011
12 Angry Men
This is a movie about people's perspectives can be easily influenced; proof is never always right (sometimes interpreted wrongly); and when someone's life is in your hands, you must not just dismiss and deny the right of the guilty to live. Also, never give up hope even when you're the loner- you must be patient and insist- trust your intuition, it will bring you where you want to be.
I like the part where the old man in the jury related the simple and natural habit/ action of the man in specs (which is massaging his nasal bridge) to the woman who claimed to have witness the crime. Again, observance is extremely important at this point and habitual actions, though easily overlooked, it can coerce the jury into wrongly sending the boy to die.
My favourite jurors were the man who firstly defended the innocent boy and the old man with white hair.
I live in a century where action-packed movies or soapy romantic films rule and dominate, so this black and white movie was definitely kind of boring- especially the introduction. Also, the introductory part was a little too long and mundane. Perhaps they can go straight to the point, and that'd have captured the attention of viewers faster. The setting is boring because they never leave the meeting room which is locked and ever so stuffy. One thing that abhorred me was the men's sweating armpits marks on their shirt. That is just plain unhygienic and disgusting and it ruins my viewing pleasure.
3 stars I'd say. Original and interesting storyline but the setting somehow ruined it. Yet again, I contradict myself. If it ain't in a meeting room, how'd they sit down and listen to each other's views about the case? Perhaps a nicer room would settle my complaints.
This is definitely not a insipid movie, but outlined with many many interesting points. This movie is not jejune at all, it's more to meet the eye. I'm highly impressed with how a stereotypical boring meeting can turn out so interesting and colourful with a rich and diverse mixture and clash of personalities and emotions.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
A CASE STUDY
Cyber-bullying. In relation to the rather serious cyber-bullying case in our school where two students were suspended, we had at least two talks regarding cyber-bullying. One was conducted by Mr. Steven in which the talk featured some wonderful videos about cyber safety, while the other was conducted by a rambunctious teacher from Singapore which lightened up the tense atmosphere in the theater by talking about Facebook and Formspring, which we can easily relate to.
The case study is a concocted story that Ms Suzy made up. This is a pretty good job as it made me realise that cyber-bullying is the last thing that you'd want to be involved in.
1. Who is the perpetrator in this case? Who is the target?
At first, Nazar was the perpetrator as he manipulated others into 'unfriending' Chong Wei. However, Chong Wei was in the wrong later on when he created a facebook group 'Why I hate Chong Wei' and accused him of things that CW never did. CW never knew the existence of this site yet. When this launched a heated debate among their friends, their friends who made their own accusations and suggestions on how should Nazar should be treated was also involved in cyber-bullying as well.
2. What acts of cyber-bullying has happened? How serious would you rank them?
CW: engaged in singling and excluding
Nazar: Why I hate CW- harassing and targeting
Accusations about CW- insulting
Other members: suggestions- insulting
I think I would rank Nazar's actions as the most serious as he engaged in many cyber-bullying acts. He did not just stop after creating the group. He continued to insult and post fabricated shocking 'revelations' about CW without his permission or knowledge. CW would come in the next as he pressurized others in unfriending Nazar. The last would be the other members who participated in and was aware about what was happening. They shouldn't join in the conversation and make 'incredible' comments and suggestions about how Nazar should deal with CW.
All in all, I think CW bears the same responsibility as Nazar because he initiated this whole terrible event. A domino effect it seems, as Nazar won't commit into cyber-bullying if CW did not pressurize others into unfriending him. This is wrong and nobody should do that.
We live in a world where technology rules all. For the better or the worse, cyber-bullying should be last in the list to restrict our internet, social networking sites in particular. We live in a digital world, make it civil.
Nicole
The case study is a concocted story that Ms Suzy made up. This is a pretty good job as it made me realise that cyber-bullying is the last thing that you'd want to be involved in.
1. Who is the perpetrator in this case? Who is the target?
At first, Nazar was the perpetrator as he manipulated others into 'unfriending' Chong Wei. However, Chong Wei was in the wrong later on when he created a facebook group 'Why I hate Chong Wei' and accused him of things that CW never did. CW never knew the existence of this site yet. When this launched a heated debate among their friends, their friends who made their own accusations and suggestions on how should Nazar should be treated was also involved in cyber-bullying as well.
2. What acts of cyber-bullying has happened? How serious would you rank them?
CW: engaged in singling and excluding
Nazar: Why I hate CW- harassing and targeting
Accusations about CW- insulting
Other members: suggestions- insulting
I think I would rank Nazar's actions as the most serious as he engaged in many cyber-bullying acts. He did not just stop after creating the group. He continued to insult and post fabricated shocking 'revelations' about CW without his permission or knowledge. CW would come in the next as he pressurized others in unfriending Nazar. The last would be the other members who participated in and was aware about what was happening. They shouldn't join in the conversation and make 'incredible' comments and suggestions about how Nazar should deal with CW.
All in all, I think CW bears the same responsibility as Nazar because he initiated this whole terrible event. A domino effect it seems, as Nazar won't commit into cyber-bullying if CW did not pressurize others into unfriending him. This is wrong and nobody should do that.
We live in a world where technology rules all. For the better or the worse, cyber-bullying should be last in the list to restrict our internet, social networking sites in particular. We live in a digital world, make it civil.
Nicole
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Rank 'em
Hello Geeks,
1 = Totally acceptable and appropriate
2 = Possibly wrong, but no action needs to be taken
3 = Wrong, and school authorities or Internet service providers should take action
4 = Wrong, and civil action could be taken by the target or the target’s parents
5 = Wrong, and criminal charges should be pressed
1. A student posts a negative review of a concert given by another student’s band. The review focuses on the band members’ skill as musicians and the quality of their music.
2 = Possibly wrong, but no action needs to be taken
4. A student writes a letter to the school administration stating that a teacher has used improper discipline in class.
1 = Totally acceptable and appropriate
5. A student finds that photos of her, which were taken by her (now ex) boyfriend have been uploaded to his Facebook page. Then they were copied and reproduced in many more places, including photo-sharing sites. Her ex-boyfriend says that he is not responsible for what was done with the photos after he uploaded them.
3 = Wrong, and school authorities or Internet service providers should take action
6. A teacher asks students in her class to help write holiday greetings in a variety of languages for the school’s Web site. Without the teacher’s knowledge, one of the students’ contributions is a false and insulting statement against another teacher.
3 = Wrong, and school authorities or Internet service providers should take action
7. During an instant messaging session with several participants, a student accuses her boyfriend of cheating on her.
1 = Totally acceptable and appropriate
8. A student creates a Web site in which she criticizes school policies and suggests that several teachers, whom she names, are overly strict in their discipline.
3 = Wrong, and school authorities or Internet service providers should take action
9. A student creates a Facebook group in which he states that one of his teachers is a space alien who is scheming to abduct students and take them to her home planet.
1 = Totally acceptable and appropriate
1 = Totally acceptable and appropriate
2 = Possibly wrong, but no action needs to be taken
3 = Wrong, and school authorities or Internet service providers should take action
4 = Wrong, and civil action could be taken by the target or the target’s parents
5 = Wrong, and criminal charges should be pressed
1. A student posts a negative review of a concert given by another student’s band. The review focuses on the band members’ skill as musicians and the quality of their music.
1 = Totally acceptable and appropriate
2. A student posts a story making fun of a teacher, suggesting that he is unqualified to teach. The teacher’s name is not used, but he is clearly recognizable to anyone who knows him.
3 = Wrong, and school authorities or Internet service providers should take action
3. A student uploads to YouTube a video of his band performing a song that makes fun of teachers. No specific teacher is named or is identifiable from the song.
2 = Possibly wrong, but no action needs to be taken
4. A student writes a letter to the school administration stating that a teacher has used improper discipline in class.
1 = Totally acceptable and appropriate
5. A student finds that photos of her, which were taken by her (now ex) boyfriend have been uploaded to his Facebook page. Then they were copied and reproduced in many more places, including photo-sharing sites. Her ex-boyfriend says that he is not responsible for what was done with the photos after he uploaded them.
3 = Wrong, and school authorities or Internet service providers should take action
6. A teacher asks students in her class to help write holiday greetings in a variety of languages for the school’s Web site. Without the teacher’s knowledge, one of the students’ contributions is a false and insulting statement against another teacher.
3 = Wrong, and school authorities or Internet service providers should take action
7. During an instant messaging session with several participants, a student accuses her boyfriend of cheating on her.
1 = Totally acceptable and appropriate
8. A student creates a Web site in which she criticizes school policies and suggests that several teachers, whom she names, are overly strict in their discipline.
3 = Wrong, and school authorities or Internet service providers should take action
9. A student creates a Facebook group in which he states that one of his teachers is a space alien who is scheming to abduct students and take them to her home planet.
1 = Totally acceptable and appropriate
10. A teacher discovers that students are being pressured by a popular student to remove an unpopular student from their Facebook “friends” lists.
2 = Possibly wrong, but no action needs to be taken
Nicole (:
Eye of an eagle, perception of a human
1. We are humans, thus we are definitely not perfect. We make a considerably amount of mistakes, whether we know it or not.
2. This brings me to my point that well, unfortunately, witnesses's witness on a particular event cannot be trusted entirely.
3. The reasons being:
(a) ENHANCED by drugs, regular exercise, chilli, coffee, sleep, binoculars, glasses, electronics etc.
(b) DISTRACTED while we focus on something else.
(c) MISTAKEN as we are humans and have our own prejudices.
4. Yes, I do admit that a lot of factors influence our perception, but they cannot be not trusted completely. This is because eyewitnesses' witness are at time in certain cases are the only evidence thus it help polices to narrow down their suspects. Yet again, our perceptions vary too much to be taken in account and they do result in innocent people being dealt with instead.
5. Therefore, I would like to say that we cannot altogether trust eyewitnesses account. We cannot use eyewitnesses as a concrete evidence to prove someone guilty. We need to have concrete evidence that cannot be biased in any way or other in order to prove that someone is guilty.
Selectivity Perception
A child dying in poverty as seen by a doctor, economist, a social worker, the child’s father.
Doctor (Nicole) : Inability for medical aid to reach poor people.
Social worker (Kai Song): We should help those who do not have the ability to support their child/ family. We are responsible to bring them up maybe in orphanages.
Economist (Maxwell) : Economic gap is getting bigger and this is not a healthy thing for a society. We should try to find out ways to improve the social and living condition, by providing mor job opportunities.
Child's father (Bryan): I think that it is very sad o see my child dying in front of my eyes but I really do not have the ability to provide him with what he is entitled to. I felt sorry but I too hope that there will be aid from the society to help the poors.
A sunset as seen by a religious figure, a physicist, an artist, a farmer.
Religious figure (Bryan): Nothing is eternal. Everyone will die one day, no matter how healthy you are, how wealthy you are. Like the sun, it will set one day. Pray, listen to God, and you will have a wonderful life after death.
Artist (Nicole): This is a perfect opportunity for me to express the beauty of nature.
Physicist (Kai Song): *Cough* Listen carefully, this is caused by the earth rotating around the axis. Isaac Newton has discovered gravity.... bla bla bla bla bla
Farmer (Maxwell) : End of a day, I can finally go home, what a hard day!
A tree as seen by a biologist, a logger, an environmentalist, a native from Sarawak.
Logger (Nicole): The forest is a gold mine.*sings* "Money money money, must be funny, in a rich man's world"
A biologist (Bryan): To the logger, please stop cutting down tress as they lock up carbon dioxide.Without tress, there will be a rise in the earth's temperature..... *Continues the 30 minutes lecture*
An environmentalist (Maxwell): We borrowed nature from God and we owed it from the future generation.
There you have it. Our very argumentative group with two distracted souls. The other two are sane, at least. Or not? Who knows.
Tata,
Nicole.
2. This brings me to my point that well, unfortunately, witnesses's witness on a particular event cannot be trusted entirely.
3. The reasons being:
(a) ENHANCED by drugs, regular exercise, chilli, coffee, sleep, binoculars, glasses, electronics etc.
(b) DISTRACTED while we focus on something else.
(c) MISTAKEN as we are humans and have our own prejudices.
4. Yes, I do admit that a lot of factors influence our perception, but they cannot be not trusted completely. This is because eyewitnesses' witness are at time in certain cases are the only evidence thus it help polices to narrow down their suspects. Yet again, our perceptions vary too much to be taken in account and they do result in innocent people being dealt with instead.
5. Therefore, I would like to say that we cannot altogether trust eyewitnesses account. We cannot use eyewitnesses as a concrete evidence to prove someone guilty. We need to have concrete evidence that cannot be biased in any way or other in order to prove that someone is guilty.
Selectivity Perception
A child dying in poverty as seen by a doctor, economist, a social worker, the child’s father.
Doctor (Nicole) : Inability for medical aid to reach poor people.
Social worker (Kai Song): We should help those who do not have the ability to support their child/ family. We are responsible to bring them up maybe in orphanages.
Economist (Maxwell) : Economic gap is getting bigger and this is not a healthy thing for a society. We should try to find out ways to improve the social and living condition, by providing mor job opportunities.
Child's father (Bryan): I think that it is very sad o see my child dying in front of my eyes but I really do not have the ability to provide him with what he is entitled to. I felt sorry but I too hope that there will be aid from the society to help the poors.
A sunset as seen by a religious figure, a physicist, an artist, a farmer.
Religious figure (Bryan): Nothing is eternal. Everyone will die one day, no matter how healthy you are, how wealthy you are. Like the sun, it will set one day. Pray, listen to God, and you will have a wonderful life after death.
Artist (Nicole): This is a perfect opportunity for me to express the beauty of nature.
Physicist (Kai Song): *Cough* Listen carefully, this is caused by the earth rotating around the axis. Isaac Newton has discovered gravity.... bla bla bla bla bla
Farmer (Maxwell) : End of a day, I can finally go home, what a hard day!
A tree as seen by a biologist, a logger, an environmentalist, a native from Sarawak.
Logger (Nicole): The forest is a gold mine.*sings* "Money money money, must be funny, in a rich man's world"
A biologist (Bryan): To the logger, please stop cutting down tress as they lock up carbon dioxide.Without tress, there will be a rise in the earth's temperature..... *Continues the 30 minutes lecture*
An environmentalist (Maxwell): We borrowed nature from God and we owed it from the future generation.
There you have it. Our very argumentative group with two distracted souls. The other two are sane, at least. Or not? Who knows.
Tata,
Nicole.
Monday, March 14, 2011
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