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In January, Middle and High School students “spoke” to Holocaust survivors Pinchas Gutter and Olga Horak through artificial intelligence (AI). Through extensive interviews with survivors, the University of Southern California’s Shoah Foundation built AI software to answer questions about the Holocaust. This created a wealth of stories and experience for participants to explore: Students face a screen with video of the survivor, and ask questions into a microphone, and watch as their questions are answered. This creates what feels like a genuine conversation between the survivor and student.
The results are moving: Because students ask questions that are authentic to them, they receive answers that felt personal. This is far from a gimmick, but rather led to students feeling some of the emotion of the experience. On top of that, because the students are steering the conversation, it becomes a personalized learning experience. The Shoah Foundation explains that learning about the Holocaust this way is more profound because the student is delving deep into what resonates most to them: “It’s about you, about what you want to know. Conversation allows you to learn in a way that most suits your interests, and that’s where the deepest learning takes place…The questions that students have is what’s driving the learning experience, and so we know that this is important, because we are going to enable them to learn through their own curiosity.”
Thank you to the Hong Kong Holocaust and Tolerance Centre for bringing this impactful experience to HKIS.
Anita Qian
Katy Wan
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“I think it’s very important to learn from people who have been through historic events because it shows the severity of the war. When learning and reading about wars it’s so easy to only look at the number, but numbers can’t express how much despair and tragedy occurred. Behind every number is a person, who has a mother and a father, siblings, family, friends, and a future that was robbed of them. It is especially important to learn about events such as the Holocaust because there is still so much ongoing prejudice and racial hate that occurs today. Knowing about events such as the Holocaust is crucial to one’s learning as it gives them more context to why it’s so important to support movements such as Black Lives Matter and Stop Asian Hate. Everyone must understand the roots of this hate to know the signs of genocide, to act as a whistleblower to make sure events like the Holocaust never repeat themselves again. “
Faith Yih
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“The Holocaust happened decades ago, and it’s important that stories like these are not forgotten. Even though I have the privilege where I could never say I endured something that severe and traumatic, I still believe that it is essential to humanity that we have first-hand accounts of events like the Holocaust because it is important that we ensure our world keeps changing for the better. And because every person that was murdered in the holocaust is an individual. Imagine taking an individual human life. It is ultimately for the better of the world that we remembered events like these.”
Nicola Wong
Harold Kwong
Donald Ng
Tolerance Centre at www.hkhtc.org.
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Oh the Drama! - Theater Shines at HKIS
The theater program at HKIS carries on the longstanding tradition of storytelling and creative expression that attracts students year after year.
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Student Boards: Wellbeing and Sustainability
Discover how students at HKIS empower each other through participation in the Wellbeing and Sustainability Board.
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Dragon Testimonies: Brennan Lee '23
Brennan Lee ‘23 encountered Jesus during a difficult time during 10th grade. His friends invited him to a lunchtime hangout in the High School Spiritual Life Office. Here, students had interesting conversations about faith and life with Church of All Nations youth worker Kevin Kong. Through the support of his Dad, he embarked on a journey of Catholic Confirmation at the age of 17 and continues to learn more about the faith through his church, FISH Club, and Alpha at HKIS.
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Dragon Testimonies: Theresa Lovelin
For Theresa Lovelin, coming to Hong Kong and to HKIS was part of an intricate plan by God. Theresa arrived in Hong Kong in June 2017 when her husband Dave Lovelin became High School Principal. While there, she met Jesus, became a committed Christian, and was baptized at the Church of All Nations. Looking back, Theresa sees the seeds planted throughout her life and can confidently say that HKIS was an important stepping stone in her lifelong journey of spirituality.
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Dragon Testimonies: Alan Zhou '31
Alan Zhao ‘31 didn’t like to miss out. It was his good friend Emmanuel who invited him to church, and when Communion took place, Alan wanted to know what he had to do to take part. The two friends joined JOY Club, the Christian after-school club, and continued to attend church together each week to learn more about the Bible. Friendship, support from his family, and God’s prompting have been Alan’s greatest gifts this year!
