In today's film class, we had a slight change of lesson plan. Instead of spending the lesson shooting the remains of our film and beginning with the editing, we had a member of the Hong Kong Society of the Blind come and give us a talk about blindness and equality. The name of the speaker is Billy and he is a victim of blindness. Having lost the ability to see at the young age of two, he has learnt to adapt to the environment using his other functioning senses. The purpose of this talk was to raise awareness of how blind people were being treated. Not only that, but we were asked to enter an online film competition, in which we would create a film relating to blindness and equality.
The IB learner i thought i was today is an inquirer. This is because i was curious in how a visually impaired person could do things normal people do. One of the many things i found fascinating was how they could know time. The solution to this was that they had a watch which the cover would flip open and the user could feel the hour and minute hand with his fingers. This was, he would know the time like anyone else. Another thing that i found interesting was how he was able to walk without bumping into anything. He then went on to explain that he uses a walking stick to navigate his way around the environment. He then gave a demonstration on how the walking stick is used.
All in all, i found the talk today very inspirational and i believe our group would make a great film on this subject. This has been a very influential experience and i enjoyed it a lot.
Good reflection Ran, but where is your homework (a written paragraph on what visual impairment means to you)?
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