Afterthought
Admiring “IfKids Theater Company”
I was very nervous when our teacher told us we can join the cyberfair contest at grade six. I really wanted to join this contest, but then I’ll need to quit the choir. But after my parents’ propose, I decided to join this cyberfair contest.
I remember how excited I was when I first watch their rehearsal, because not everyone can watch their rehearsals, and I am very lucky to have this chance. I thought the leader of IfKids Theater Company, Mr.Chao would come, but I was a little disappointed when I knew he wouldn’t come. Because he is very famous and I only met him on the television before, and I really wanted to meet him in real life and know how did he made his company so successful. During the rehearsal, their costumes and their actings made me exclaimed “How did they do that?”. But I found out the answer when I saw the director. Everytime when the actors didn’t act well, the director will correct them, and he will even teach them by acting it himself. That’s why they can train them to such a great actors. After the rehearsal, I really admire them.
We went to be a volunteer after, it was really fun! It was alwayd other people serving me, and this was my chance to serve other people. Also, this is a rare experience so I need to take chances. I found out how difficult it is to serve people after boing a volunteer. Then we went to interview the actors. I think I am very lucky that I interviewed the actress. But this was my first time interviewing other people so I am very nervous, I cant even talk !
We went to interview the leader, Mr.Chao at last, and I was really excited and happy because finally I can meet him! Now I think I did the right choice to join this cyberfair contest. Although it was a hard time, but it was also fun, and I learnt a lot during this contest. 《Kelly》
Realize Ours Dreams
Since participating this Cyberfair activity so far, has been for four month, in this activity, we do a lot of preparation, also experienced a lot of setbacks, like every time need to think a question, it will spend a lot of time, but from start that don’t know the IfKids Theater Company, still now I know the IfKids Theater Company’s history.
In this activity, we have three time interview; the first time is to saw them to rehearse; the second time is go to be the volunteer, on afternoon we will go to see their drama, finish looking their drama, we will go to interview; the third time is in a school day’s afternoon to interview Mr.Chau and a staff. In those three time interview my most favorite is the second time, even though the other two times is very good, but I like the second time most, because this time let us to experience firsthand is a volunteer’s hard, every time I take some leaflets and if not be careful it will fly out, and the costumer one and one come in, let me confuse much. So to greet the costumers is not an easy thing. And other times to see them rehearse and to interview is also fun.
《Kris》
IfKids After Thoughts
In this semenster, I can luckily jion the International School CyberFair. Throughout the process, our teacher taught us how to research. Our final destination is to join the International School CyberFair competition, and everyone learns a lot.
At the beginning of the semenster, in order to join the International School CyberFair, I lose my chance to go to another club. But the chance is valuable, so I must do some forgo.
Afterwards, we use two period club time per week and some midday rest time to complete it. We started to understand this activity, and we decided to pick”IfKids Threater Company”as our topic and plan the events. We also need to spare time for regimental commander visiting, ask about things about IfKids that can help writing our research and web page. His opinion and idea of events let me deeply impressed, also have proved IfKids` outstanding!
Writing webpage seems like a terrible hard work, maybe it will sacrifice my holiday! But actually, almost every part of the writing can be complete at school. I tried hard to finish works at school.
In the writing process, the translating job is impressing. At first, I want to find a translater a IE that can translate the whole paragraph on IE, but I can`t find one. The translaters can only translate vocabularies or phrases, they can not distinguish different meanings of a vocabulary word and the grammar don`t make sense. The best thing I can do with them is to find a better translater and fix its sentences, but it is not faster. When I translate, I think my english is not good enough. It is lucky for our english teacher can fix our problem, and we can learn from them.
Whether we success on the competition, we got a valuable lreaning experience, the most important thing is to do our best. I wish the International School CyberFair can bring us gain. 《Tina》
A Perfect Show
At the beginning of the research, we love the research subject, Ifkids Theater Company, very much. We love it because the theater company is very close to the children, and they are fun also. But when we are searching the information of the Ifkids Theater Company, for example, we can’t find their detailed information, keep diverge from the subject, not enough information, etc. Fortunately, the theater company agrees to give us a chance to know more about the actors and actresses, so we can get more correct information.
Because of the interview and the visit, we learnt that how a perfect show was built by the people that have the patient and morale like flame. They plan, discuss, try, improve and amend.
First, we visited the rehearsal of Ifkids Theater Company’s show, Starry Garden. In this experience, we watched how the staffs helped the actors and actresses change costumes, arrange background and transmit orders. In the whole rehearsal, the ‘flying’ part made me felt surprise the most. I admired the idea of the company and the bravery of the actresses. We watched the show first, before the actual show; moreover, we saw the situation in the backstage. Although the rehearsal didn’t have any beautiful sound and light effect, but it is very interesting.
Next, we joined a show’s front stage work. This experience let me directly felt the particularity of every job. For example, I helped to sell the souvenirs, this job need to introduce the commodities clearly, and we also need to attract the clients skillfully so they come and buy the souvenirs.
During this time, we did an investigation to the forth to sixth graders in our school. The investigation includes the feedback of their shows, favorite characters, how frequent you watch their show, etc. I learnt how to clearly express our purpose of the investigation and give out and collect the questionnaire with order. After the investigation, we need to key in the result into the computer, so I work with another classmate; one read the answer and the other key in the result. I promote my ability to use the list, and learnt the importance of group cooperation.
Later, we interviewed the Starry Garden’s actress, actor, director and the leader, Mr.Chao. During the interview, we noticed how the actors and actresses train, act and keep their voice loud and clear. We also know how the director direct the show, and of course know how the leader way to lead the company. Through the interview, we as though have a trip in their inner worlds and deeply learnt the work of every job, their patient and their expectancy according to the theater company.
After every experience, we started to write the paragraph. The information sources were so different, including interview transcribe, internet information and experience report. When we were making the SWOT analyze, the teacher taught us how to list Ifkids Theater Company’s strength, weakness, opportunity and threat. Because it’s hard to think of so many thing by two people, so our teacher even find us a brain trust!
This research improve my ability of searching information, express thought, arrange result, analyze and thinking. Of course, I have cognition of the research: not only knowing how to find information, and also use every tool well, moreover, the cooperation with the teammates. I learnt many thing during this experience, it’s really interesting. 《Joyce》
The Brand-new lesson
This is the first year in this class, all the people were working for the Cyberfair. But at first, I’m really confused what to join, is to go to the chorus or monographic study? Is to end the emotion to chorus? Or to try the new one, monographic study…… I’ve join chorus for 3 years, so I want to try new things! But I’m not regret on my decision. My teacher weren’t the one that only wants to train us, but here, he puts patient on us; because it’s not the boring class that only looks at the boring textbooks, because it’s interesting. Many people think we are lucky students that can do things with computer; but we aren’t, we need to repeat doing things that are same, it isn’t lucky, but we enjoyed in that. The first time we interview the actors, they talked a lot, but we all think that is wasting time. But the second time is to interview the leader of IfKids Theater Company, Mr. Chao, who was very experienced, who doesn’t make us think that is wasting time. This is an interesting experience, my friends may only focus on their subjects, and my teacher will be very angry at me if I ask a lot question as time goes by. 《Jennie》
Cyberfair Experience
The reason that I want to do this competition because I want to get this award and have an own website and give everybody to reference. From the beginning because I did the Monographic study before so I think this is very easy, but apparently not, because when we needed to decide the topic and Sub-themes, only these two as we already as very tired, when we finally decided the sub-themes and questions, we needed to move the topic, and decided the new questions, totally I changed the topic three times, I feel so vexed. Finally I was assigned to the Education Unit my responsible part is to introduce the IfKids drama school and the beginning of the IfKids drama school because a lot of us needed to interview so, we concentrated on November fourteen, November twenty-fourth, and December fourteen, at the first time we went to IfKids drama company at the 6:00pm we went there to learn how to rehearsal and I knew a good drama need a lot of time and it was a very hard work, second time we went to be the Volunteer, we have a lot of career, I was the fat profiles and performances the next directory, I am at the door by the stairs so more people my best with other students grades, I issued a total of nine overlapping Introduction, the next two hours we are at rest, because the main event to be coming, and that is the theater, we have to look at the starry garden, after reading Actor access, we get a lot of knowledge, such as actor usually want to exercise, not often spicy food, or to do physical measurement practice, also nonstop back lines very hard, and so on ... The last time we went to the theater classroom visits and access Mr. Zhao, the beginning, we first asked Mrs. Wang , and later asked the head of, we asked the head of a dozen questions, I found him quite a sense of humor and loves to make us laugh, after the Cyberfair I learned a lot of collating information, but also learn to write verbatim know more website pages. 《Howard》
The difficult part is not writing , is don't give up
At begin I don’t do anything ,to now we are already finish making website .I think begin is easier and than the work is harder and harder, to the end we need to translate ,writing content and many work.
At begin I thought the work would be hard ,but the true is it is easy so I do not work very hard .To the middle the work is to many so if I have time I always typed the computer and my hand because work to hard it is so left hand can’s take pencil .
`To now all writing is finish , think my writing would put on website , I think it is worth .This time’s cyberfair I have many setback but I have many experience too. 《Edward Syu》
The competition that Inprove my life
The reason why I am praticipate this competitionis because of trophy, not to enhance myself, I thought my other teammate have the same thought with me. Of course if you always think about trophy you will not get a good score in this competition. So, I always think about the price andi don’t care anything about the competition, after a period of time I discover out that my progress rate is behind other teammate, they already finish two article,but I am still writing the first one, so I feel very afriad about this because I will harm my teammate by didn’t finish the article if I don’t finish the article we will be eliminate, concequently I feel terrified at that time I am regret I participate this competition. After a period of time I change a way to look at this competition, before I thought that this competition is very waste time but I am wrong, now I thought that do anything need to hve some reason or it doesn’t make sense so do anything need to learn something no matter islearn a new thing or your specialty become better, so I learn that do any thing need to be concentrate and try hard, but not don’t care about the thing that tou are doing.
I also learn lots of thing from the Executive Director of Ifkids Theater Company, Chao, Tzu-chiang.for example he told us that how to be happy and turn the obstcle into power and become better. I am very rejoice that I participate this competition that is because I learn lot of things from this competition no matter is opinion of life or learn new skill, this all need to thanks the teacher that help me!
《Dennis》
Rare Experience
During the first semester of six grades I attended in the Cyber Fair with my classmates. In the first lesson we discussed about our topic of the Cyber Fair. At last, we decided our topic by voting and it would be “Ifkids Theater Company”.
We had visited “Ifkids Theater Company” for three times because of the competition. The first time was on November 10th, we went to watch the rehearsal from IfKids Theater Company.
The second time was on November 24th, we went to the Metropolitan Hall to watch a children’s drama “The Starry Garden” from the Ifkids Theater Company. Expect of watching the play I also had a volunteering job at reception. The play was interesting. After watching the play we separated into several groups to interview. Our group interviewed the director. That day was an extraordinary experience for me. When we got back school we typed the interviewed into script.
The third visited was in the afternoon of December 14th, we went to the drama classroom of Ifkids Theater Company to interview the Executive Director, Mr. Chao. I felt excited about the interview because I never seen Mr. Chao before. Mr. Chao had never seen our questions before but he patiently answered them in detail.
It was an unusual chance to attend in the Cyber Fair competition. I learned a lot during the competition such as I learned how to type a script. Cyber Fair was really an entertaining competition. 《Jessica》
Special Event
The first day I became grade six, our teacher told us there was a competition called cyberfair .So I choiced the club that was doing this competition at the first semester of grade six. The first class of the club we choiced the topic that we wanted to write about, each of us all had many ideas ,so we voted to choice the topic .Finally “Ifkids Theater Company” became our topic .Because of this competition we had visited Ifkids Theater Company for three time. The first time we visited Ifkids Theater Company was to see the new drama rehearsal that was played by them. The drama was about the war between to tribe, even though it was a rehearsal, it still was very interesting .When finished watching the drama, I really looked forward to the formal play .The second time we visited Ifkids theater company, we were the volunteers to serve audience, and we also watched the formal play of “The Starry Garden” that day.The third time we visited Ifkid Theater Company was to interviewed the leader of Ifkid Theater Company,Mr.Chou .Mr .Chou was a very nice person we had a good interviewed time with him. Doing this competition was a very special experience to me and I wouldn’t forget it forever. 《Joanna》
Fulfillment after working hard
I am very happy that I can join the Cyberfair Contest. On the way, I learned many thing. I have seen many Ifkids Theater Company’s shows. At first, I am talking about the leader, Mr. Chao. He is adorable, which make children feel happy. He is good at acting and telling stories. Then, I would like to talk about the shows that we have seen before. “The Starry Garden” is a great story. It has cool musics, fancy backgrounds, funny actors, and nice contents. I like the contents very much. It’s talking about a little girl called Lily. She lost her father and many friends because of war. Also, she and her mother are kicked out by the people beside them. At last, they found a place to live, and with the eltves help, they build up a paradise to live and they live happily ever after. Next, I am talking about a worker in Ifkids Theater Company. They told us that works in Ifkids is very happy, you wont know what would happened next . it is cool. Right
Ifkids Theater Company is a cool company, I am glad that I can see their shows, work at there. I have learned many things like working together, using computers. Wish I can do it again. 《Ian》
THE COMPETATION WHICH LET US BECOME GOOD
It is winter vacationnow,I have to start transplalating articles written by our teammate. We have been to interviews look at the rehearsalmany times and be volunteer. It is most impress me is to visit the IfKids theater company’leader-Mr.Chao. we have heard many interesting things about the theater and understood the process and set back the suffered. We have gotten a lot of valueable imformation,and we are so lucky to visit Mr.Chao. In the second process, we learn how to treat the audience, you need to be polite, you can't let the guests unhappy ...... so on. In that visit, we heard an astonishing thing, it is that someone accidentally hurt before the performance start, so the director must tell other peopleto play in the show. So it makes me learn not just the director and other staff to prepare a lot of things, and also the actor,need to be careful.
Until now, Cyberfair's process had been over several months, we solve setbacks and difficulties can also be overcome. So I think as long as you can continue to work hard, using the information we have and cooperate together, and we diviced to translate the article, do not because of lazy or must change the article to let you want to give up, if we can complete the mission, we will be able to continue to move forward smoothly. I hope the CyberFair work can continue to step forward recently! 《Edward Chen》
The lesson that changed my thoughts
This time I went to the Cyber Fair,the topic is Ifkids Theater Company. I learned a lot of things and also learned Mr. Chao's thought. My improvement was big.
We had an interview of how Mr. Chao cross the obstacles on his road. In the interview, he talked about his way to now. When he was a student, he went to act in the hospital. He saw the child's face suffering with cancer. He want to let the kids feel happier. He founded "Fruit Grandma", "Fruit Sundae" and Ifkids Theater Company. He had lots of frustrations the past few years, and he had success before. Today, he still want to let the kids happy. I learned that there are lots of frustrations in the way of a life. Even though the problem is very big, you still need to cross it, or you will never success.
I learned a lot in this Cyber Fair, and I changed my thoughts. Before I get in, I thought that frustrations are just little things. When I went to the interview, I learned that frustrations are big problems that needed to cross over. Life has a lot of frustrations, and if you don't cross it, you won't success, and it will be a frustration, too. Sometimes things go wrong, and you need to do something to get it in the right track. This is how life works.
This time, I learned their thoughts, experiences and target. I learned and improved a lot from them. 《Kevin》