Literature is one of the most interesting and significant expressions of humanity. If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.

One of the other ASAs I signed up for this year is “The Advocate”. It is a literary magazine that is organized by the school. Every year The Advocate holds a literary competition under three categories namely “Poetry, Photography, and Prose”. Each submission is judged by a board of experts formed by the teachers of the L&L section at OSC. The best are then published either digitally or manually. Our advertising was done mainly through emails and the morning bulletin board. We also displayed posters around the school. With constant reminders, the students submitted their creations at the start of the October break.

The posters for the Advocate competition

In total, we received about 50+ submissions from all categories. The submissions were then judged by the teachers and three winners were selected from each category.

This was a really good experience as we, The Advocates, planned everything together with the help of Ms De Jong. We are currently working on the awards for the winners. There are some limitations as we are unable to spend a lot of money on gifts but nonetheless, we are doing our best to appreciate their talent, hard work, and dedication.

Us, The Advocates working on the advertising for the contest.

So far, through the Advocate, I learnt how to organize a competition. What the basic necessities are for such a competition and what supplementary areas should you focus on etc. I learnt how to discuss with the other members collectively before arriving at a decision. And most of all I met a lot of new people at school. So, I hope to work with this ASA group for the rest of my school years spent here.