 Article & Photography: Logan Lee ’23 Every week on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday during sit-down lunch, we hear the chink of cups, silverware, and dishes. The sound that fills the back of the kitchen and even the entire dining hall comes from the dish crew. People who are not on the dish crew only know a glimpse of what it entails but have not seen the close-up of the whole story. While everyone’s sit-down lunch starts at 12:15, dish crew members get up to the dining hall as soon as their classes end. They can get their food earlier than others because they need to finish their meal and get ready to work between 12:20 and 12:30. There are different roles in the dish crew. The front workers empty the remains of cups and plates and sort cups, silverware, trays, and dishes. Behind them are loaders who put sorted items by the front workers in the dishwasher, a big conveyor belt that automatically cleanses items. Behind the machine are loaders, who put items back in their places or put them back into the washer if it didn’t wash the items properly. Finally, there are inspectors who do the jobs alongside and provide guidance to the new, inexperienced workers. According to Joe Muslu ’23, who has worked for 4 years and is currently an inspector in the back of the machine, dish crew is a unique and highly recommended work-job as the crew “works as a team, gets to eat early, listens to music during lunch period, and gets catered in food once a term.” However, the dish crew would not be recommended for people who don’t want their nice clothes to get dirty or who want to participate in sit-down lunch. The hard-working efforts of dish crew members enhance the enjoyment and convenience during sit-down lunch. So if you hear someone breaking a plate in the kitchen, “do not clap”, notes Ms. Pouy, but “pass with silence.” The Bell SUFFIELD ACADEMY’S STUDENT PUBLICATION Close-up of Dish Crew | The Bell Detail (suffieldacademy.org)
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At the ‘2019 International Forum on the comparison and analysis of Korean·U.S·Japanese policies for the elderly with developmental disabilities,’ sociologist Seok-soon Shim, an expert in social welfare and social policy, asserted that the “reality of the welfare system regarding the elderly disabled in Korea is too embarrassing to tell you here [forum].” The gravity of this problem becomes only more pressing by the fact that according to a 2018 census, 87.6% of the disabled population in Korea was over age 40, and 77.3% was over age 50 (Chung, 2019). This indicates that the majority of developmentally disabled people in Korea are either part of the elderly generation or experiencing premature aging, which happens around the age of 40 amongst people with developmental disabilities. As contentious as it is, Shim’s claim is easily corroborated by examples around us: when I volunteered at the ‘group home’ facility called ‘Simeon’s House’, all four of the intellectually disabled people living in the facility were over 45, placing them in the early aging generation with disabilities. However, there is currently a dearth of attention given to this phenomenon, especially in the field of governmental policies or reforming existing systems. As severely intellectually disabled people need special care and lifelong support from either their families or facilities, improved governmental policies are crucial in better accounting for the aging population of intellectually disabled people. This research examines three systems of support that governments mainly use or can possibly use in order to respond to the aging population of intellectually disabled people: financial support, institutions such as rehabilitation centers for intellectually disabled people, and group-home service. While governmental financial support is the most widely conducted form in various countries including Korea, it does not provide solutions for the fundamental causes of the lower average income of families with severely intellectually disabled people (Yoon 2019). Institutions for disabled people such as social welfare facilities are placed in peripheral districts instead of urban centers, which makes it difficult for them to secure manpower. Furthermore, they also struggle financially as they are allocated only a minimum budget. The ‘group home’ is a relatively small-scale local residential facility established to support the community-based independent life of the intellectually disabled. With the group home system, the caretaking obligations of the family members are re-distributed on a more social level. Bigby et al.(2010)’s surveys in five countries—the U.K, Australia, Canada, the U.S., and Ireland— have shown that group homes could be an effective method to support both the aging population of intellectually disabled and their families. However, they also claim that “group homes appear to be feasible but hampered by the absence of firm policy commitment and defined programmatic strategies such as the provision of flexible funding”. As such, this research will further discuss the reason why the group home system potentially appears to be the most helpful among those three methods and propose suggestions on how to improve the small but existing deficiencies in the group-home system. Keywords intellectually disabled people / group home / facilities for intellectually disabled / aging of intellectually disabled / financial support Works Cited Bigby, Christine, et al. “A Five-Country Comparative Review of Accommodation Support Policies for Older People with Intellectual Disability.” Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, vol. 7, no. 1, 2010, pp. 3–15., https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-1130.2010.00242.x. Chung, Jeewon. “'걸음마 단계' 고령장애인 정책 문제점 수두룩.” Ablenews, 2019, http://www.ablenews.co.kr/News/NewsContent.aspx?CategoryCode=0022&NewsCode=002220 190923183127387572. Yoon, Sangyong. 최저소득보장을 위한 장애인 소득보장 법제 개편의 쟁점과 방안, 2019 Accessed 2022
 ARTICLE & PHOTO: LOGAN LEE ’23 Crew is a high demanding sport that Suffield Academy offers as a Spring interscholastic activity. This article provides basic information about Crew for anyone considering trying the sport. Additionally, Ms. Evans, one of the crew coaches, highlights the benefits of the aquatic sport. Positives of Crew Crew is a great way to learn important life skills. Teamwork and communication is the core foundation of a crew team. In sweep rowing [where each rower only holds one oar], no single rower has control over the boat’s behavior. This indicates that when things are not running smoothly on the boat, the entire boat needs to work together to fix the problem. While this aspect may seem like a great obstacle, it can improve the accountability and communication skills of the team, as everyone on the boat must work together to solve the issue. This is great practice for situations in life where honest group conversations are necessary to solve problems. Additionally, as a physically demanding sport, athletes must repeatedly undertake strenuous workouts. They are taxing and challenging but eventually lead to improvement. In her three years coaching crew, Ms. Evans has seen many student athletes learn “how to focus on long term goals and make short term sacrifices to achieve those goals” through rowing. Crew can also be a great way to disconnect from the stress of school. When you’re rowing, your only job is to pull your hardest and row your best stroke together with your boat. The coxswain handles all the decision making and steering, allowing you to focus all of your energy on your movement. Crew Workout Drills The crew team uses a variety of workouts to increase rower fitness. This includes sessions on the ergometers, tanks, and on the water. On certain days we focus on aerobic fitness (longer steady state pieces) and on others we work on anaerobic fitness (sprints and shorter pieces). Each drill develops a different aspect of the stroke. Learning to feather the oar with only the inside hand is an example of a specialized skill. Some drills focus on teaching rowers to fix their timing. For a boat to be fast, it isn’t enough for each rower to have a clean and efficient stroke. In boats that are truly successful, every rowers’ timing must be precisely synched and each part of their stroke must be performed as one unit. As a result, both teamwork and developing prowess in applying different rowing techniques depending on the various situations are overall the basic goals of the workout drills. Cautions If you harbor a fear of water or getting wet, the unpredictable weather patterns and undulating river waters are inseparable aspects of crew that may mean that the aqua sport is not for you. We row in most weather conditions unless there is thunder or large waves. This means that it can get really cold, wet, and windy on the water and some people will be severely put off by these unpleasant conditions. A sense of adventure is an integral personality trait for anyone considering dealing with these slight inconveniences. The Bell SUFFIELD ACADEMY’S STUDENT PUBLICATION The Bell - Suffield Academy ARTICLE: LOGAN LEE ’23
In memory of the brutal deaths of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and many other lost black lives, this article explains how Suffield Academy has been supporting the Black Lives Movement. The callous deaths of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Ahmaud Arbery led to the worldwide protest for BLM and steered attention to the longstanding systems of racism. Thus, the Suffield Academy community swiftly responded to the tragedies of the summer and exhibited support for the Black Lives Movement in several ways. Through communications with members of the institution and substantive work on campus, related to analysis and alterations of course content, Suffield Academy has been able to build more robust professional development initiatives related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the faculty and staff council. Additionally developing new courses, such as Black Lives Matter: Understanding the Movement on Literature, Film & Music; Current Black Voices: Race in Popular Culture & Media; Good Trouble: Black Agency and African Studies, has been an intentional step in educating the students of Suffield Academy. The nature of the faculty’s work to further the community’s education in DEI—led by Mrs. Warren, the Cultural Diversity Director, academic deans, and academic department chairs—is perpetual. Suffield Academy is relentlessly committed to dismantling racism and hatred and firmly opposes systems that devalue black lives. This movement in Suffield Academy demonstrates that the institution’s foundation rests on respect, diversity, tolerance, inclusion, and sensitivity. The Bell SUFFIELD ACADEMY’S STUDENT PUBLICATION https://www.suffieldacademy.org/campuslife/thebell/detailpage/~board/current-issue/post/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-at-suffield-academy ARTICLE: LOGAN LEE ’23
Broomball is back and promises to be better than ever. During last year's winter term, the Broomball tournament was an exciting, special, and fun event available for a limited time. The 2021 winner of the tournament was Mr. Cahn's team (#1 Seed). Mr. Van Dam's team ($500Boyz) was the runner-up. The purpose of Broomball is to provide more opportunities for having fun and enjoying the outdoor winter weather, as well as adding a little bit of excitement and competition to this unprecedented season. Teams get very competitive in Broomball tournaments, making the games more enjoyable. Each team fields six players, including a goalie. Each tournament game consists of two 10 minutes halves with a 3-minute break in between. A 3-minute overtime (OT) golden goal period is given if the game is tied at the end of the second period. Unless the game is the playoffs, it will end in a tie after OT. This year’s broomball tournament started on January 13, 2022, and will run until February 20. The tournament consists of two parts: pool play and the championship tournament. Pool Play will take place before a long weekend, with the top 8 teams advancing to the tournament play on 02.17.2022-02.20.2022. The Bell SUFFIELD ACADEMY’S STUDENT PUBLICATION https://www.suffieldacademy.org/campuslife/thebell/detailpage/~board/current-issue/post/broomball-season-2  ABSTRACT
Since the advent of COVID-19, our daily lives around the world have been limited by the restraints that the virus has brought us. Instead of face-to-face external activities that can be enjoyed with multiple people, such as traveling, watching performing arts, or going to the theaters, online activities have become most of what people can do. As such, the usage rate of media devices such as smartphones, TVs, personal PCs, and tablet PCs has increased by more than 20 times compared to traditional media (magazines, books, paper newspapers, etc.) in South Korea (Kim 2020), and the film industry has experienced one of the biggest changes due to the coronavirus. Viewers have become accustomed to enjoying movies and entertainment at home through OTT services rather than going to the cinema, and distribution of content has been shifting towards streaming directly to consumers. In addition, it will not be an exaggeration to say that the traditional production system has almost come to a halt due to the fact that production companies have stopped doing theatrical releases. The coronavirus has had negative effects on the media industry in Korea (Op Cit., Kim, 2020) as OTT services have encroached on the domestic paid service market. Although the domestic OTT industry has been growing every year, domestic media companies have been lagging behind in competitiveness compared to global media conglomerates, representatively Netflix. The companies that have become rapidly popular in Korea have been producing various Korean content while recognizing the poor production environment of Korea's cultural industry and investing in the name of huge subsidies. But also, most of these services create more avenues for global companies to enter the domestic market rather than foster smaller domestic companies. The study will focus on examining the social and cultural impacts of the global OTT services in the Korean media industry, and furthermore, formulate a survival strategy for the Korean cultural industry that takes a holistic and long-term view with the competitiveness of global OTT services in spite of the coronavirus crisis. Firstly, this study will define OTT services and introduce both notable Korean and global OTT services; secondly, it will describe the effects that the entrance of global OTT services have had on the production, distribution, and content models of Korean media; thirdly, it will discuss the criticized ‘monopoly’ of Netflix in the Korean media market, and assess if it is true. Lastly, it will propose positive measures for nurturing the ecosystem of Korea's cultural industry in light of our findings.  Article & Photo: Logan Lee ’23
 ARTICLE & PHOTO: LOGAN LEE ’23
Spotlight on Hanseo Lim ’24 Art Special is an afternoon activity that allows students to express their artistic character. This activity seems to be popular among students that want to create their own art through various technics while utilizing our impressive facilities housed in the Tremaine Art Center. Hanseo Lim ’24 showed his talent as a photographer and photo editor at his art exhibition this winter. At the exhibition, he provided deep meaning behind his photos; his personal thoughts on photography are also apparent. In a one-on-one interview, Hanseo stated that he categorizes photography as a tool allowing him to interact with the community, and express his thoughts in a rewarding, yet creative way. Hanseo depicts the ambiguous atmosphere of winter in his photos by using two colors: blue and red. Hanseo edited his art by adding a visual effect and color filter to the photos. Hanseo intended on showing the frigidness of winter with the use of blue, and the warmness, or comfort, that still exists in the middle of winter with the use of a red filter on a portrait of Ashely Parrow ’22. He explains that the diverse, personal, and different reactions many people share with him when viewing his photos consistently motivates him to continue to create art. Art special provides a new opportunity for students who have their own ambitions to share their works and creations with our supportive community. The Bell SUFFIELD ACADEMY’S STUDENT PUBLICATION The Bell - Suffield Academy ISSCY PUBLICATION_ ONLINE JOURNAL
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