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Your school holds a Graciousness Campaign as a post exam activity and this year, your class has decided to have one of your classmates as one of the masgot. Which of the thougtful me character would you reccommend he be

Goals / Objectives- 1. To help Singaporeans / locals be more gracious
a. It is more difficult to change people from the inside
b. Motivation, reason and purpose all need to be present before someone can really make a change
c. Easier way: Change the actions of the people

  1. To improve Singapore's image internationally
    a. Use of Tool #3: Icebergs
      i. Ripple Effect & 
      ii. SG's International Image
    

Existing problems-the label 'ugly singaporeans' was formed decades back when singaporeans gained fame in an embarrassing manner when we travelled and behaved badly worldwide

  • greedy
  • selfish
  • even resort to stealing
    • airplane blankets
      
    • serviettes from retaurants and public toilet
      
      1997: PM Goh Chok Tong launched the 'SKC' campaign, in hope to help singaporeans be more refined and cultured.
      On the public transportation modes, this ugliness also reared its head and made many commuters suffer with our lack of graciousness.
  • These are issues that create ugly situations that tourist and foreign media will catch on and further bring shame to singapore's international public image
  • These definately needed to be dealt with, fast

proposed solution( already launched)-to change the actions of the commuters, 3 charactes and now 5 were intruduced to the thoughtful bunch

  • characters of these characters and first names
  • start with the same letters
  • easier for singaporeans to
    • identify the problemss in public transport
      
    • fiure out the solution
      -  to move in
         Move-in Martin
      -  to give up a seat
         Stand-up Stacey
      -  to give way to others
          Give-way Glenda
      

major transportation types-to ferry the masses to and fro their places of residence and work/school=the daily comute

Singapore-the singapore image is renowned internationally but so is our weather

  • hot
  • humid
    our public transport system has now evolved such that all the buses and the MRT are equiped comfortably with air condition
  • escape from the hot weather
  • want it fast and again, this is possibly due to the fear of loosing out a.k.a kiasu-ism
  • this affects us as an international level as well
    • all dirty linen will easily be washed in public, and here, it is the international stage we are refering to
      
  • all the more, we need to have the thoughtful bunch canpaign work
  • othewise, our image suffers internationally
  • what used to be done by reporters, is now done by commoners
  • self publishing is made possible by Youtube

the public busses -these probably can ferry 30-40 passengers, seated, and up to 70-80, with some standing, packed

MRT system-the MRT system was introduced to pack and ferry hundreds and thousands more in the same amount of time

possible ground for graciousness- there are many channels for us to display graciousness and be thoughtful of others

possible grounds for graciousness-similarly, there are ways in this transport made for us to show terrible lack of grace and consideration for others

At the bus stop-a lot of anxiety can take place in the hearts of an ordinary commuter, but a lot more stress and duress will flood into the minds of the people who are needier than others as they anticipate every stage of their trip with the greater need they have when compared to an average passenger

in the busses- right from the start, at the entrance, a lack of graciousness can occur, right till the commuter steps off the bus and onto the bus stop platform

in the bus ride-the needier will really need seats at this stage of the journey because of the instability and rough movement of bus

alighting- the anxiety here is if we miss our stoop and the competition begins yet again and for the elderly, this stage is really dangerous, and even more dangerous than stage 1 and with weak knees and joints, the elderly can easily falol, and falls can be fatallity

boarding-the anxiety here is in how the commuters will make it up the bus, if we are even able to move the the back, as we are worried about alighting from the bus, and missing our stop. Selfishly, we will then choose blck the way and hang around near the exit door of the bus and pretend that this isn't happening,