Interview+Transcripts+&+Survey+Results

Surveys 1. Have you been affected by the birds at all? **57.1%**Yes 45.2% No 2.If yes, how? -they "poullute" my food... -**.**Birds have come close to my food. Once, it was going to peck at my food but luckily I shooed it away. -**.**Birds are always coming into my house and dirtying it up. **-.**got a bit frightened when a bird landed near my soup, and spilled some hot soup on my hand **-**I would have to shoo the birds away -I accidentally touched bird poop -I saw birds shit on the table and it nearly landed on my food -once a bird almost ate my laksa and another time, it almost pooped in my food -never been affected myself but seen others affected - Bird Droppings almost falling onto me (although never) Bird eating my food (once) - I saw eating my food I eaten halfway while I was coming back from the restroom. - I was not affected, but I saw a bird shit on my friend's food. - Eating my food,disruption,shitting all over the place. - Stole my food at the canteen - It ate my mee pok when i went to get a drink :( - attacked, snatched food - they came into my house and stole our food; mainly fruits, but it has grown more ambitious and they are starting to eat everything - they always try to steal my food, but never succeed - they ate my maggi mee. >=( - Food eaten and the worse is its poo drop into my food - Bird eat people's food ~All others put no… 3. Have you seen others' food being eaten? 19.0%**Yes** **83.3%**No 4. What are your opinions on this subject? - something should be done... - If the table has no one, let the birds eat! - I like some birds, and hate others. - We, as humans, have invaded their territory. We should not smash or kill them. - they should do something about the birds - Must find ways to stop bird - If the cleaners were to be swifter, such could be averted, and the MSG and what-nought in our food harms the birds... - Some of the pupils are careless but some of the pupils of the pupils are afraid of the birds and do not dare to scare the birds away. - It might cause food contamination - We should be doing something to stop them! - I think that something should be done to stop the birds - Something should be done, kind of irritating when bird poop is everywhere. - Bird should not be allowed in the canteen. - stalls to provide a cap to cover your food when you bought your food, put it on the table and went to buy something. Students may wish to or not for it. - Birds are just eating so we can't blame them but we cannot just let them come and eat our food just like that. - We should not leave our food unattended and it is really annoying when I see the birds flying around the canteen and have to watch out for my food. - the birds in the canteen are absolutely hideous and unhygienic cos they carry diseases and they feed on garbage including poop - I do not mind any birds at all. - People should not leave their food unattended. Occasionally, some irresponsible pupils "force" others to "look after" their food while they scoot off, leaving the other party no chance to object. - To keep the place clean so no birds will come - Not a very nice one - I find that only pigoens will affect us, but seldom do other birds. - It is unhygienic as the birds may contaminate the food. - some birds like mynahs can be very noisy especially when they are in a group. Pigeons and crows can spread diseases - Something needs to be done....but what can we do??? - its sort of cool... - KILL THEM! - The problem needs to be dealt with - Piang eh... - Urgh! - Perhaps the school can design something that can stop the birds from flying into the canteen or set some rule to prevent others' food to be eaten by the birds. - The birds should be kept under observation or trained. Our houses should also be bird-free or something. - Birds are cute. - they are very annoying - I am very very angry with the birds. lols. okok. FINAL ANSWER: I think that the school should try to keep the canteen clean so that less birds will frequent the canteen. - Spray bird cyanide - Disgusted ~the others all put stuff like NIL 5. Have you noticed when the birds come most frequently? 47.6%**Yes** 54.8%No 6. If yes for the above, when? - often after recesses or lunches... -  - When there is salty food around. - When there is food on the table. - whenever I look round the canteen - Probably around the time during recesses. - When the birds see a big crowd of people buying food, I think they will become more alert for food not being watched over by. - In the morning. - At recesses or rainy days - during recesses, lunch break or when nobody is around. - During recess - Usually during meal times (eg recess) - I had been affected by the birds when I was eating....................................................................... - Usually between the recesses. -  - when people feed them with food or when there is food lying around eg at coffee shops - The birds come usually when there is food lying on the table and there's nobody around. -  - normally during recess. -nil- they come at different periods of time. -During recess where people leave their food on the table. -during lunch -Canteen ~some skipped the 2nd pg and others put things like Nil 7. Do you feel that there is any other factor affecting the birds presence? Please elaborate if possible. -when there is rain? or a hot sun? -Not really, but I think that the no. of people round does affect it... -the canteen is built higher above ground. -Smell of food Students' disorderliness (ppl don't bother to put back plates, or they drop things on tables), (not sure but...) Lack of things 4 birds 2 eat outside. -food? -If we leave food with no one watching over it I think it will try to go and eat the food. -The weather? The colour of the table? The smell of the food? The humidity? The amount of people? P.S. These are just POSSIBILITIES, I do not know for sure... -Yup, security guard feeds them. -Smell of food, presence of people -Yes, some students purposely attract the birds with food while some careless students may have dropped their food and leave it there, so the birds may come and eat it. -open air so mayb attract the birds lor... -the smell of food, the number of ppl present, the amount of food present and the weather -Food, dirty or clean... -Food only. No others -Yes, the factors are whether the place is enclosed or not, and whether the place has food or not. ...................................................................... -Maybe it is the time and smell of food. -loss of their natural habitat and natural source of food due to cutting down of trees. -They are present because they need food. If there are other food sources, they probably would not be around the canteen, -just food, i think. -canteen being on 4th floor -The decreasing presence of food in the environment. -I think the smell of the food attracted the birds -Food. Birds, just like any other animals, need food to survive. So if there's food in a place, of course they'll be attracted to that place and there will thus be birds present there. -hunger? dirtiness of the canteen? -Yes, if there were more people, the birds wouldn't come -Yeah. People too rich. Leave food lying around ~some skipped this question, others out things like Nil again 8. Do you have any other suggestions for us? -try a scarecrow... -put netting around the canteen. you can keep out the birds and mosquitoes at the same time -I think we should alert the pupils about being more careful because once the birds eat the food, the food has to be thrown away and it becomes a waste of money. However if no one spots or alerts the owner of the food and if he eats it he might become seriously ill. -Put a wire mesh surrounding the canteen? -have more teachers around to scare them. use the fierce teachers to scare them and employ nice teachers to teach us. -Yes, to ask the hawker center vendors to be more hygenic, and not let the birds to have a chance to eat the food by clearing up the leftover food immediately after a family left the table so that the birds would not ever want to go to that hawker center to find leftover food to eat again. ...................................................................... -Advise people not to feed the birds and coffee shops to clear away plates of half-eaten food as soon as possible. -What can you do to reduce the number of birds present in the canteen? What has already been done to reduce the number of birds? What else can be done? -i am not sure if you have done so but you could try asking the canteen vendors -put bird-proof fences around bird invested areas. -Perhaps you can design a device to stop the birds from entering the canteen. -Suggestions for what? How to attract birds? How to keep birds away? -well maybe you can organise a campaign. To get all the rosyth students or maybe rosyth GE students or something to like clean the canteen and maybe give prizes for the cleanest table... -Tell people donate the money away for more useful means ~The one above was from the same person who said that people were too rich and leave their food lying around in a previous question. The rest either skipped or put no.

Interviews Interviews: Through all these interviews and the survey results below, we can see through their actions whether they dislike, like or are indifferent to the birds.
 * 1) Garett Tok, Peng Yu xiang, Fong Wei Cheng (514)~Play “catching with the birds.
 * 2) Peng Yu xiang(514)~Told Alex not to eat food but Alex ate anyway
 * 3) Justin Hou(514)~Orientation in P1~Momeating noodles then went to buy something, came back and saw birds eating the noodles.
 * 4) Crisann(514)~saw birds eating Andres’ noodles.
 * 5) Natalie Chiu(514)~shoo birds, guards food for others
 * 6) Zerita wong, Melissa Phua(502),Gwendolyn Tan(501)~when there are birds, they chase them away.
 * 7) Sophia Yew(502)~saw birds eating other’s food, shoos them away.
 * 8) Chua Pei fang(502)~says birds never come because there are no people at their table.
 * 9) Choy Chor Ying, Jaclyn Tan(501~birds eaten their food before, now they chase birds away.
 * 10) Joanne Tan(505)~says birds never come
 * 11) Choong Kai Xin(514)Saw birds eat other’s food,shoos birds away
 * 12) Melissa Ng(513)~says no birds came~ perspective:birds are poor, they have to steal(solution: provide a bird corner for the birds)
 * 13) Lisha Yeo(505)~Saw birds eating other’s food
 * 14) Sophia,Alicia,Anonoymus(p3)~birds ate their food
 * 15) Hannah Chi(514)~saw guard feed birds,rekons he gives them a taste of canteen food-these birds are pigeons
 * 16) Anonymus(p6)~birds shitted on his oral book
 * 17) Ng Xin(514)~saw birds eating a boy’s noodles
 * 18) Giresh(514)~saw bird eating other person’s food
 * 19) Justin Hou(514)~In p3,witnessed bird eating someones’ rice
 * 20) Benjamin Teo(507)~drank his coral blue…
 * 21) Nicole Chew(614) Sees the birds .Alot go to their table. A bird helped itself to her magi mee when she was off buying drinks. She came back to find it nibbling on her food!Nowadays, she shood the birds away and brings her food with her wherever she goes.
 * 22) Sarah Tay(613)~Have seen the birds but they don’t go to their table.Her friends look after her food for her when she is not there.
 * 23) Chantel Chua, Naomi Tan, Jilane Neo, Faith Teo(506)~birds never come
 * 24) Nur Dina Liyana(204)~have seen birds, does not do anything to protect food,birds do come to her table.
 * 25) Jacqueline(203)~Have seen birds, do come to table, does not do anything to protect food.
 * 26) Amanda Lok(302)~birds come to table. Birds ate her maggi mee, friends protect her food and vice versa.
 * 27) Laura Ng(302)~birds come to table, nearly ate her spaghetti. Does not do anything to protect her food.
 * 28) Chan Shu Fei(303)~saw birds in canteen eating someone’s noodles, shoos the birds when they come, birds have not eaten her food before.
 * 29) anonymus(110)~never seen birds
 * 30) Adele Seah(211)birds never come to table but have seen birds.Birds not affected her
 * 31) Natalie Chan(513)~-perspective-very unhygienic-birds dirty,they carry diseases and she thinks something should be done.

Interview with **Nicole C, 6 GE** Interviewed By: Lyss, on the 25th of Feb 2008

//Part A: A - Hi! My name is Melissa. May I interview you, please? Some of my friends and I are doing a project on Community Problem Solving and right now we are trying to find problems in our school that we can improve. B -// **Okay. Hello, I am Nicole Chew. and I am glad to be able to have this opportunity to be the interviewee in your interview.** //A - Thank you. Can you name some existing problems in our school that you want to be solved? B -// **I feel that, as a student, our school SHOULD install air-cons in the hall every monday during silent reading, as all the students are sweaty or hot. This is actually because of the fact that the MPH is very stuffy and warm. b.)i also find that one problem is the teacher's staffrooom bell because it is not working, we have to slam our knuckles against the door, banging and banging, yet careful not to make any scratch on the glass door.** //A - What would you like to see if we were to use your solution? B -// I **would like to see... um.. ah... I would like to see students taking care of the doorbell, and students whose knuckles are not red after finding a teacher and for the MPH, I would like to see students that are not so sweaty (including me) and smiling faces.** //A - How long do you think this problem would take to solve? B -// **1. MPH - i think it will take about 1-2 weeks, considering the amt of aircons needed to fix 2. Doorbell - i think it will take about 1-2 weeks also, considering having contractors come etc**//. A - Who does this solution involve? B -// **Cooperation of students, Mrs Ng's understanding and care for the students, people who fix the doorbell, teachers** //A - Do you think this problem occurs in other schools/places as well? B -// **I think this problem may occur in other schools, and they also don't pay attention to it. However, we students have rights (talk about students rights and their knuckles hurt).**

Interview with **Rebecca T, 6 GE** Interviewed By Lyss, on the 26th of Feb 2008

Part C, Backup Plan 2: Behaviour of Schoolmates (for all students): A - Do you think there are any existing problems concerning the behaviour of your classmates/schoolmates? (eg. Bullying, Verbal Abuse, Depression, Fighting, Insecurity, Prejudice) B - **Yeah, Insecurity** A - How do you think this problem should be solved? B - **We should have more AE lessons to let them feel betterabout themselves.** A - On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate the difficulty of this problem ? B - **7.** A - Do you think that these people want this problem to be solved? B - **Yeah, duh...** A - When do you think this problem started? B - **Beginning of the year or last year or the year before the last or something...** A - How long do you think this solution will take to work? B - **A few months.** A - Do you think this problem applies to other schools? B - **Yes.** A - Does this problem involve teachers, parents? B - **Yes.** A - Does this problem involve counseling (eg. teacher-student, student-student) B - **Yes. Student-Student.** A - Did you try to do something about this problem? B - **Ya.** A - Did it make the problem better, worse or remain the same? B - **Better!** A - How do you think this problem started? B - **It started from people hurting them.** A - Why do you think this problem should be solved? B - **Other wise, they will grow up and become insecure adults and this will cause psychological problems to the way they live their life.** A - What do you think will happen if this problem is not solved? B - **It will lead to a group of a very very sensitive group of adults.**

A- Can you name some existing problems in our school that you want to be solved? B- **Yes. Class Unity.** A- How would you like this problem to be solved? B- **Have some class-bonding activities.** A- What would you like to see if we were to use your solution? B- **I would like to see a united, regardless of gender.**

Interview with **Sophia Y, P5 (Mainstream)** Interviewed By Lyss, on the 26th of February 2008

A- Okay, do you think there are any problems in your classroom (eg. arguments over seating arrangements, people not doing their classroom duties (eg. floor, furniture) B- **Yeah, the boys want to reserve seats.** A- How would you like this problem to be solved? B- **Um... have extra seats?** A- What would you like to see if we were to use your solution? B- **Less noisy class, better concentration for others.** A- Do you think this problem applies to most of the classrooms in our school? B- **Yes.** A- Do you think this problem applies to other schools as well? B- **Probably.** A- How long do you think this solution will take to work? B- **Instantly.** A- When do you think this problem started? B- **Opening of our school.** A- Whom does this involve? B- **All students.** A- Does your solution involve adults to take care of the issue? B- **Yes, to get the seats.** A- How do you think this problem started? B- **Not enough space.** A- What do you think will happen if this problem to be solved? B- **It'll keep on disrupting lessons**.

A- Okay, do you think there are any problems in the IBC/MPH (eg. littered, classes don't sit in two lines where they are supposed to sit in the mornning)? B- **Latecomers don't have any place to sit.** A- How would you like this problem to be solved? B- **Dunno.** A- How often does this problem occur? B- **Every morning.** A- Do you think this problem applies to other schools as well? B- **Yes.** A- When do you think this problem started? B- **Opening of our school.** A- Whom does this involve? B- **Everybody.** A- How do you think this problem started? B- **Um...** A- What do you think will happen if this problem is not solved? B- **A human traffic jam.**

Part D: Conclusion A- Thank you for your participation in this interview. We greatly value your contribution and hope to see you again. Bye!

Combined Interview with **Jack S (P6), Jonathan G (P5), Jerome L (P6), and Ken S (P5)** Interviewed by Lyss, on the 26th of Feb 2008

A - Hi! My name is Melissa and this is my friend Kang Hui. May I interview you, please? Some of my friends and I are doing a project on Community Problem Solving and right now we are trying to find problems in our school that we can improve. B - **Uh huh.** A - Thank you. Can you name some existing problems in our school that you want to be solved? B - **Prices in the canteen have gone up.** A - How would you like this problem to be solved? B - **Lower the prices, lah! These questions are weird...** A - What would you like to see if we were to use your solution? B - **Um...** A - How long do you think this problem would take to solve? B - **Dunno...** A - Who does this solution involve? B - **Stallholders...** A - Do you think this problem occurs in other schools/places as well? B - **DUH!!!** A - Why do you think this problem should be solved? B - **Coz' we don't like to pay more.** A - What do you think caused this problem? B - **Uh...**

Interview with **Gladys S, P6** Interviewed by Lyss, on the 26th of Feb 2008

A - Hi! My name is Melissa. May I interview you, please? Some of my friends and I are doing a project on Community Problem Solving and right now we are trying to find problems in our school that we can improve. B - **Oh, sure!** A - Thank you. Can you name some existing problems in our school that you want to be solved? B - **Hmm.... Put in air conditioning in classrooms and the canteen like Kopitiam** A - How would you like this problem to be solved? B - T**he canteen and the classoom fill with air-con, lah!** A - What would you like to see if we were to use your solution? B - **Dunno...** A - How long do you think this problem would take to solve? B - F**ew months to put in air'cons for the whole school** A - Who does this solution involve? B - **Students and teachers.** A - Do you think this problem occurs in other schools/places as well? B - **Yes, because Singapore's too hot and I want the IBC ang the HALL to have air-con too!!!!**

A - Okay, do you think, as a student leader, that there are problems concerning discepline? B - **Students always don't listen to us until a teacher walks by and we report what has happened. (She's a prefect.)** A - How would you like this problem to be solved? B - **More teachers to be stationed at various prefect duty areas.** A - What would you like to see if we were to use your solution? B - **Pupils listening to our warning** A - When do you think this problem started? B - **When Rosyth School first had student leaders.** A - Do you think this applies to other schools as well? B - **Yes.** A - Do you think this applies to other student leaders as well? B - **Yes.** A - How do you think this problem started? B - **When pupil's manners began to "fall".** A - Does this apply to teachers as well? B - **Yes.**

Interview with **C Kee Yong, P6 GE (Joined in time-to-time by his friends, the only one recognized: Stanley T** Interviewed by Lyss, on 27th of February 2008

A - Hi! My name is Melissa and this is my friend Kang Hui. May I interview you, please? Some of my friends and I are doing a project on Community Problem Solving and right now we are trying to find problems in our school that we can improve. B - **Okay, fine.** A - Thank you. Can you name some existing problems in our school that you want to be solved? B - **Well, a lot of water coolers around the school are broken and the school attendents don't fix them.** A - How would you like this problem to be solved? B - **Fix them lah.** A - What would you like to see if we were to use your solution? B - **Water coolers working...?** A - How long do you think this problem would take to solve? B - **I don't know.** A - Who does this solution involve? B - **The people that come down to fix the water coolers.** A - Do you think this problem occurs in other schools/places as well? B - **Yes.** A - Why do you think this problem should be solved? B - **Because water coolers are a big part of our school.** A - What do you think caused this problem? B - **I don't know.**

A- Okay, do you think there are any problems in your classroom (eg. arguments over seating arrangements, people not doing their classroom duties (eg. floor,furniture) B- **Mm... (meaning yes... (mouth was full)). Oasis- the PCs are broken.** A- How would you like this problem to be solved? B- **Fix it. (Added in by one of the boys: You're asking seriously retarded mundane questions... (x2) )** A- What would you like to see if we were to use your solution? B- **Working computers.** A- Do you think this problem applies to most of the classrooms in our school? B- **In RITZ, no.** A- Do you think this problem applies to other schools as well? B- **I don't know.** A- How long do you think this solution will take to work? B- **I don't know.** A- When do you think this problem started? B- **Uh...** A- Whom does this involve? B- **People who misuse the computers, obviously.** A- Does your solution involve adults to take care of the issue? B- **Yes.**

Interview with **Emily L, P5** Interviewed by Lyss, on the 1st of March 2008

A- Okay, do you think there are any problems in your classroom (eg. arguments over seating arrangements, people not doing their classroom duties (eg. floor,furniture) B- **Um, uh... seating arrangement.** A- How would you like this problem to be solved? B- **Let the girls sit with the girls, boys with boys.** A- What would you like to see if we were to use your solution? B- **More talking.** A- Do you think this problem applies to most of the classrooms in our school? B- **Yes.** A- Do you think this problem applies to other schools as well? B- **I dunno.** A- How long do you think this solution will take to work? B- **I dunno.** A- When do you think this problem started? B- **Since 19-something.** A- Whom does this involve? B- **Students.** A- Does your solution involve adults to take care of the issue? B- **Yes.** A- How do you think this problem started? B- **When the teacher placed the seating arrangement.** A- What do you think will happen if this problem to be solved? B- **Arguments.**

Interview with **Rebecca K, P6** Interviewed by Lyss, on the 1st of March 2008

Part C, Backup Plan 2: Behaviour of Schoolmates (for all students): A - Do you think there are any existing problems concerning the behaviour of your classmates/schoolmates? (eg. Bullying, Verbal Abuse, Depression, Fighting, Insercurity, Prejudice) B - **Yes, verbal abuse.** A - How do you think this problem should be solved? B - **The teacher scolding them.** A - On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate the difficulty of this problem ? B - **4.** A - Do you think that these people want this problem to be solved? B - **The people abusing: No.** A - When do you think this problem started? B - **Pri 4.** A - How long do you think this solution will take to work? B - **I dunno.** A - Do you think this problem applies to other schools? B - **No.** A - Does this problem involve teachers, parents? B - **Yes.** A - Does this problem involve counseling (eg. teacher-student, student-student) B - **No.** A - Did you try to do something about this problem? B - **No.** A - How do you think this problem started? B - **Um... I dunno.** A - Why do you think this problem should be solved? B - **The people will grow up to be in jail...?** A - What do you think will happen if this problem is not solved? B - **Same thing.**

Interview of a school attendant: a friendly indian one (b) Interview by yours' truly:Heidi and Natalie (a)

a: Good afternoon auntie, this is Natalie and I am Heidi. We are doing a school project and we would like to ask you some questions. b: Sure. Go ahead. a: When you go around the school cleaning, do you find the school dirty? b: Yes. The classrooms are the dirtiest. Usually filled with litter. The toilets too. a: Sometimes do you feel that your job is too tiring? Or too tedious? b: Yes, sometimes it is too tiring. That's why I am resting lah! (jokingly points at herself resting) Sometimes it is a bit tedious too! a: Thank you for your time and answering our questions. b: Sure, no problem. (smiles and waves bye to us)

Interview with **Phyllis P, P6 GE** Interviewed by Lyss, on the 1st of March 2008

A- Thank you. Can you name some existing problems in our school that you want to be solved? B- **Bullying.** A- How would you like this problem to be solved? B- **Group counselling with the bully and the victim.** A- What would you like to see if we were to use your solution? B- **Better school/class unity.** A- How long do you think this problem would take to solve? B- **6 months-1yr.** A- Who does this solution involve? B- **Teachers and students.** A- Do you think this problem occurs in other schools/places as well? B- **Yes.** A- Why do you think this problem should be solved? B- **Erm... 'coz it is a serious problem. In the newspaper there are reports of people commiting suicide 'coz of bullies.** A- What do you think caused this problem? B- **Lack of self esteem in students.**

A- Okay, do you think there are any problems in your classroom (eg. arguments over seating arrangements, people not doing their classroom duties (eg. floor,furniture) B- **Yeah, duh... arguments over seating arrangement.** A- How would you like this problem to be solved? B- **I dunno.** A- Do you think this problem applies to most of the classrooms in our school? B- **Yeah.** A- Do you think this problem applies to other schools as well? B- **Yes.** A- How long do you think this solution will take to work? B- **I dunno.** A- When do you think this problem started? B- **Erm...** A- Whom does this involve? B- **Everyone in school.** A- Does your solution involve adults to take care of the issue? B- **Yes.** A- How do you think this problem started? B- **I dunno.** A- What do you think will happen if this problem to be solved? B- **Fights and arguments.**

Interview with the Principal: Mrs Celine Ng (b) Interviewed by yours' truly: Heidi and Bijou(a)

a: Good afternoon Mrs Ng, she is Bijou and I am Heidi. Our friend Natalie Chiu could not make it to school as she had sprained her ankle. b:Oh dear, how is she? See lah, next time if she knows that she is no strong then don't play...so, what do you want to ask me? a:Just a brief summary, the project that we are doing is Community Problem Solving,in short, CmPS. CmPS is to look for significant problems in the CC and find/do ways of solving it. As you can tell, the perpose of doing this project is to help the community. We have started brainstorming some ideas and solutions,but we jaust wanted to see if we have either missed out or over looked. We have prepared a list of problems,you might want to take a look at it. (hands over the list of problems, she looks at it) (problems listed are-ROAD SAFETY:jaywalking,running,playing on/near the road,croosing when the light is red. ENVIROMENTAL ISSUES:wasting of paper,littering,dirty toilets,vandalism. BIRDS IN THE CANTEEN. HACKING OF COMPUTERS.BIASNESS FROM TEACHERS.) b:Why do you say biasness from teachers? a:Because some teachers are bias towards certain students. b:Maybe it is because that certain student needs more attention. so would you call that biasness? a: (Smiles and fakes a laugh) b:So... my main concern is students who do not feel inclined towards studies. like that boy outside lah! (before the interview, she was scolding a boy because he was wearing half uniform with a mix of homeclothes) a: oh...so has the school taken any action or done anything so far? b: of course! we have installed smart boards like the one in your Oasis for the Aspiring classes, given them a more variety of teachers, given them more games, more IT equipment. the IT equipment was very expensive, considerig that we had to but laptops etc. a: So how did the school get more money ? b:We wrote in for more awrds and we managed to win some. Some awards that we won gave us as much as $100 000. a: Wow. b: We even try to talk to the parents every Saturday. This week we will be talking to P5 Aspiring parents. Last week was P3 Aspiring. Having CCA is also quite beneficial, especially sports CCA. At my previous school, there was one year, when the team, girls team of table tennis, they trained very vigourously,about 3-4 times a week, and during their PSLE year, they all scored a minimum of 270 points! a:oh. Wow! How long do you think that this problem wil take to solve? b: Oh, it will take a very long time. a:Moving on to the next problem. We, our team of 12 people, find that the canteen problem with the birds are getting quite serious. Some birds, when the consumer is not looking,just starts to help itself to the food! b: Really? a: Yes, That's why my team came up with a few suggestion. Maybe we could have some food covers so that the birds will not be able to steal the food. b:That may be a good suggestion. But what you may also do is to, bring a giant zip-block bag, and if you should really need to go and buy something else or go to the toilet, you can just slip the whole dish or plate inside and zip it up, that way the birds can't attack your food! And speaking of which, the bird problem was even worse before i came to this school. if you had noticed, before i came, there were all this round, multi-coloured disc plates. i found out that this was one of the things that attracted the birds, that's why i took them all down. a:oh...how about air-conning the school hall? it is usually so hot, and many ppl become sweaty. b:yah. as we said, we are trying to find ways of raising the money and it will take about half a million as we need to actually change the windows, change the microphones and make everything arcoustics. a:oh... b:well, anything else? a:um... not really, (stands up) thank you for your time. we really appreciate it.
 * Note to reader: from this point on... there were no more things related to CmPS except for some friendly chit-chat. i will not be putting them down 'cause it has nothing to do with CmPS...all i can say is that it was very fun!!! =)**

__**Interview with Phua Wan Cheng**__ By Kang Hui, 3rd March 2008 (A- Kang Hui B- Interviewee) Part A: A- Hi! I am Kang Hui. May I interview you, please? Some of my friends and I are doing a project on Community Problem Solving and right now we are trying to find problems in our school that we can improve. B- okay A- Thank you. Can you name some existing problems in our school that you want to be solved? B- Birds in the canteen A- How would you like this problem to be solved? B- Put netting A- What would you like to see if we were to use your solution? B- A cleaner canteen A- How long do you think this problem would take to solve? B- Not that long, maybe about 1 month. A- Who does this solution involve? B- The students A- Do you think this problem occurs in other schools/places as well? B- Not really, other schools' canteen are usually on the first floor. A- Why do you think this problem should be solved? B- For the hygiene of the pupils. A- What do you think caused this problem? B- Inconsiderate students and the canteen being on the fourth story A- Are there any more problems in our school that you think should be solved? B- Yes, Ritz Lab. Sometimes when you ring the bell, the technician doesn't hear you. A- How would you like this problem to be solved? B- Put a sign, and ask someone to sit outside and watch the door A- What would you like to see if we were to use your solution? B- No more pupils or people stading outside the Ritz Lab A- How long do you think this problem would take to solve? B- Quite fast, about 1 week? A- Do you think this problem occurs in other schools/places as well? B- Possibly A- Why do you think this problem should be solved? B- So that people won't have to stand outside the Lab. A- Ok, Are there any more problems in our school that you think should be solved? B- No. A- Ok, thank you for your participation in this interview. We greatly value your contribution and hope to see you again. Bye!