We just had our meeting after close to a month of not having meetings. We are almost done putting the final touches on our eBook on Goodman and Shruti asked us if we wanted to stay on with this project or stop. Initially, I thought I would stop this CAS project and move onto something else, but when I reflect deeper, I think that I haven't really been putting in my full to this commitment and I feel committed to at least see through another project well this time.
If I reflect more on my initiation with the SMP eBook project, it was not as if I wasn't doing anything. I was doing things, but it was probably the bare minimum that Shruti or Hsin Yee was asking from me. As I look back on this, I don't think that I was doing anything wrong. I did what was allocated to me and I did finish it in the end. The problem is, I don't think I was doing the task at hand to the best of my ability and taking this project as far as I could to help out.
That is probably something I should change, because this endeavor, to collect Singaporean History and our local history is something that is very important to me. I also think that it is something of great value to preserve the stories of the past so that the future generations have something to look back on.
People have asked me before why I study History and why do I feel so strongly towards our local history. I will admit that it may not really provide people with a 'better life' like the furthering of science and medicine, but history does have it's importance.
I remember that Mr Yeo gave us a Theory of Knowledge lecture on History and said that the importance of history is that it gives everyone a greater sense of belonging. History itself, provides people with roots and at this juncture where were are so undefined and constantly speaking about a being a country that has no roots. It should be important to document and protect our national stories. Because it provides the people with important anchors that allows them to have a sense of belonging.
It makes me think about the fact that more and more youths do not have very strong nationalist sentiments towards Singapore and feel no qualms against leaving as compared to other countries like Philippines or Vietnam. It may be due to the fact that we don't have much history together and that's maybe all the more reason why this project is important.
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