After the introductory class for Academic
English class II, All of us were asked to draw a map of the world. There were
no additional requirements, and limitations. I suppose to start drawing very
quickly, but my pen stopped at least 30
seconds. It is not only because I am generally not good
at drawing, but also because I do not know what was the world map usually
looked like. Finally, I used last 10 seconds just draw some circles and rectangles
to represent continents. As soon as I walked around the classroom, I found some
similarities and differences according to other students drawing.
For
the similarities, firstly, most of us drew countries and continents as the main
content. Also, we tend to drew countries which we are familiar with, such as the
country we came from, countries we are interested in or had been to more detail.
Following, all of us drew the map of the world in two dimensions, we put world
in oblong shape. On the other hand, there are 2 differences from the drawings.
The first difference is that our centre lines are different. Some put Japan in
the middle but some of us were not. In addition, it seemed that some students
really know about the world, their drawings were very specific and detailed
even for the small islands. In addition, some of us attached each country’s name
in order to make their drawings much clear and easy to understand.
Carrying
on, all of us started to think about what was missing from the drawings we
drew. “There were no timeline on the drawings, there were no North Pole and
South Pole”, students spoke out what they have found from drawings. Then, we
were told to draw another map of the world and also walked around to see others
drawings. I realized that everyone’s drawing changed slightly after listened to
the suggestions from our classmates. Compare with the previous drawings, I
classified them into 3 groups. The first group people drew the similar drawings
from the first one, however, they take the suggestions from other students and
drew the second drawing based on their first drawing and seemed to be more perfectly.
Secondary, a number of students like me drew a completely new drawing of the
world. There was no connection between neither first drawing nor suggestions
written on the blackboard. Thirdly, a small group of students left a blank
piece of paper.
To
conclude, what I have learned from the first drawing were that all of us came
from different countries, backgrounds, cultures and a diversity of the
education systems we have result in the different kinds of drawing in the
class. However, our drawings were alike in general. Although we are generally
different, it is better if we can still believe that we are all the same. It is
nature and normal if we have distinct ideas, to understand and respect the
differences
is essential and necessary. Also, I started to think that the world is much
bigger than I used to imagine, I know nothing about the world and surroundings.
From the second picture, I thought it showed the character and personality. It
showed how each individual digests new things and in what way they show off it.
I am not confident with the understanding of second drawing. Hopefully I will
find out and know more about my classmates gradually throughout this term.
Zheng Jie
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