3B: Ahmad Mudaafi' (2)

Q1) Why is it relevant for every Victorian to be global-minded?

 

A1) As Victorians, one of our school values is global-mindedness and to be a good Victorian we must adhere as closely as possible to the school values. In fact, by being global-minded, Victorians are able to keep up-to-date on recent events that may soon affect life in Singapore. This characteristic is actually very valuable to have as Victorians participate very actively in different activities that require these general knowledge such as debates, essays, oral examinations as well as content for various narratives. Essentially, global-mindedness is something that is very relevant to each and every Victorian simply because it gives an enormous advantage over those who do not have this global-mindset.

 

Q2) How may global-mindedness in you be evident to your friends?

 

A2) As we climb up the education ladder, projects turn from a local context into a global sort of scene. As this projects appear throughout the year, I will be forced to form into a group with my classmates and friends and because of the global context in these projects, if I have global-mindedness, I will be able to throw out different ideas as well as know exactly what to look out for. This is gained by the wide variety of things going around the world which can be easily picked up by being global-minded. Simply put, it will be very obvious whether I am a global-minded person when a project based outside of Singapore is given out and I am able to relate well and help my group significantly to both understand and accomplish our goal.

 

Q3) What do you think best fosters global-mindedness in a person?

 

A3) In context with the technology of this era and how easy information can be accessed nearly anywhere around the globe, I believe the most significant factor in fostering the global-mindedness trait is simply curiosity. Everything is easy to access via television, newspapers and, of course, the internet and the simple feeling of wanting to know what is going on around you and what is happening in other parts of the world, is the one defining quality of most globally mindful people. Its that simple urge to find out more about what is going on in the world today that will foster a sort of global-mindedness in a person.

 

Q4)" A global mindset combines an openness to and awareness of diversity across cultures. It respects how different countries do things and has the imagination to appreciate why other cultures do them that way. But, a global mindset is also incisive  --- to push the limits of one's own way of doing things."

 

A4) The comment is very logical actually. By being global-mindedness, you will have access to different cultures from different places around the world. However, I will have to disagree slightly on the respect part of the comment. Fair enough, some people do admire and give respect to the different cultures however, in this age, racism very much exists. A person may have a global mindset and everything but he may also be sort of cynical and unfair to different cultures just because he feels that his way of life is much better than whatever cultures he has read up on. This is very much possible and it is not for certain that respect and appreciation always goes with a global mindset. Finally the last part of being incisive and challenge your own way of doing things, the first thing that comes into my mind is probably gaming. In a game such as League of Legends, you have different gameplay styles in different countries. The American & European teams I feel did not fully research on Russia's gameplay style which resulted in the Russian team completely dominating in the Intel Extreme Masters Global Challenge at Kiev since they caught everybody of guard with their extremely aggressive playstyle.