Friday, July 13, 2012

Friday, 13th July 2012

Friday 13th arrived o.o
Scary day.... For my class, not me lol
Still okay for me

Today's Communication Practice, a relief teacher came in.
Miss Thomas had to present something, thus she was busy.

My class was kinda pissed off because they had to choose how to present the solution.
60% feels that the solution should be done in PowerPoint, while 40% feels that it should be present in terms of report.
Some of my classmates are also confused by the problem statement


The problem statement is "How to present it visually?"



CAMPAIGN FOR STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Alex Ashley, Bella Bosch, Charles Cassidy and Daisy Dextor were in the race for the top position of Student Council President.

Alex Ashley is a 1st year student pursuing a Diploma in Aerospace Avionics.  Alex enjoys reading and playing chess.  He lives in Seng Kang.  He campaigned on the platform of getting school administrators to consider air-conditioning all the canteens on campus, instituting a peer-mentoring system where higher grade students can tutor those with a lower grade for free and creating more artistic activities for students.

Bella Bosch is a 2nd year student pursuing a Diploma in Business Application. Bella enjoys roller-blading and spends most of her free time at East Coast Park.  She lives in Potong Pasir.  She campaigned on the platform of introducing more activities for students, improving the flow of information from school administrators to all students, getting school authorities to introduce a greater variety of food on campus and creating a skate park on campus.

Charles Cassidy is a 2nd year student pursuing a Diploma in Civil Aviation. Charles enjoys track and field and swimming.  He represents the school in swimming competitions and has won the gold medal 5 times in the past.  He lives in Sembawang.  He campaigned on the platform of making one hour of exercise each day compulsory (so as to improve the health of all students), revamp the menu at all the canteens to include more healthy dishes and improve the equipment at the school gym.

Daisy Dextor is a 3rd year student pursuing a Diploma in Design for Interactivity.  Daisy enjoys watching movies and shopping.  She lives in Woodlands.  She campaigned on the platform of getting school administrators to beautify the school with sculptures and paintings, implement a shorter school day, creating more opportunities for all students to get together and socialize and having weekly screenings of blockbuster movies on campus.

Votes for each of the candidates were collected on 3 separate occasions (one from the ballot box in the Student Wellness Centre, another from student volunteers who went around collecting votes in person and the third from a ballot box at One Stop Centre).  The number of votes for each candidate is as follows:  Alex (Student Wellness Centre collection = 70 votes, Student volunteers = 155 votes, One Stop Centre = 115 votes), Bella (Student Wellness Centre collection = 40 votes, Student volunteers = 190 votes, One Stop Center = 10 votes), Charles (Student Wellness Centre collection = 18 votes, Student volunteers = 39 votes, One Stop Centre = 25 votes) and Daisy (Student Wellness Centre collection = 92 votes, Student volunteers = 95 votes, One Stop Centre = 34 votes).

Each candidate was allocated a campaign budget based on their campaign proposal.  Alex was given a budget of $200, Bella was given a budget of $100, Charles was given a budget of $150 and Daisy was given a budget of $180. 

Alex spent $150 of her budget on printing flyers and $50 on a campaign banner.  Bella spent $60 on a campaign banner and $30 on printing flyers.  Charles spent $70 on a campaign banner and $80 on printing flyers. Daisy spent $150 on printing flyers.

Bella and Charles have run unsuccessfully for the position of Student Council President in 2010 and 2011.  Bella spent $120 on the campaign in 2010 and $80 in 2011.  Charles spent $150 in 2010 and $100 in 2011 on the campaign.

The total expenditure for campaign budgets in the last 3 years is as follows:  In 2010, $525 was spent.  In 2011, $420 was spent.  In 2012, $610 was spent.


















Edited version :


STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT CAMPAIGN REPORT

Four Student Council President Candidates were in the race for the top position of Student Council President.

Alex Ashley is a 1st year student pursuing a Diploma in Aerospace Avionics. Alex campaigned on the platform of getting school administrators to consider air-conditioning for all the canteens on campus, instituting a peer-mentoring system where higher grade students can tutor those with a lower grade for free and creating more artistic activities for students.

Bella Bosch is a 2nd year student pursuing a Diploma in Business Application. Bella campaigned on the platform of introducing more activities for students, improving the flow of information from school administrators to all students, getting school authorities to introduce a greater variety of food on campus and creating a skate park on campus.

Charles Cassidy is a 2nd year student pursuing a Diploma in Civil Aviation. He campaigned on the platform of making one hour of exercise each day compulsory (So as to improve the health of all students), revamp the menu at all the canteens to include more healthy dishes and improve the equipment at the school gym.

Daisy Dextor is a 3rd year student pursuing a Diploma in Design for Interactivity. Daisy campaigned on the platform of getting school administrators to beautify the school with sculptures and paintings, implement a shorter school day, creating more opportunities for all students to get together and socialize and having weekly screenings of blockbuster movies on campus.

The pie chart below shows the total amount of votes of each candidate collected from 3 separate occasions (One from the ballot box in the Student Wellness Centre, another from student volunteers who went around collecting votes in person and the third from a ballot box at One Stop Centre).





























Votes that Alex obtained: (Student Wellness Centre = 70, Student volunteers = 155, One Stop Centre = 115)

Votes that Bella obtained: (Student Wellness Centre = 40, Student volunteers = 190, One Stop Center = 10)

Votes that Charles obtained:  (Student Wellness Centre collection = 18, Student volunteers = 39, One Stop Centre = 25)

Votes that Daisy obtained:  (Student Wellness Centre collection = 92, Student volunteers = 95, One Stop Centre = 34).





















Each candidate was allocated a campaign budget based on their campaign proposal.

The bar chart below shows each candidate’s total expenditure and their budget as well.


Alex spent $150 of her budget on printing flyers and $50 on a campaign banner.  Bella spent $60 on a campaign banner and $30 on printing flyers.  Charles spent $70 on a campaign banner and $80 on printing flyers. Daisy spent $150 on printing flyers.




Conclusion :
This is my first time doing graphs, of course made some mistakes. Teacher expects 4 infographs, I only gave 2.
The candidates biography should be made into a table, to compare their abilities and achievement.
The results for total votes, should be made into a bar/column chart. Although % is easier for me to compare, but that's my viewpoint as a programmer.

Overall, it was a fun experience learning there're different types of infographs in our life.
Even MRT map or periodic table.


Thursday, 12th July 2012

Forgot to post this on Thursday, but my memory kinda fresh so I'll just post now before I forgets x.x

I did the programming problem statement beforehand and went to help my classmates with their codes.
Some of them had to rely on external sources in a bad way, I'm also not sure how to guide them. Feel kinda sad that 8 people got lesser than D in programming UT 1, I hope none of my classmates have to stay back just for programming module.