206 Newspaper Reflection.

Call us, helplines urge troubled teens

2009-08-28T11:44:00.001-07:00

1a) List two reasons why teens are reluctant to call helplines despite the promise of anonymity and professional help.

b) According to Ms Lily Chu, how does Touch Leadership and Mentoring prefer to help troubled teens?

2) Have you confided in your friends or family members about the problems you face in school/ life? Why or why not?

Have you been betrayed by your friends before? If yes, how? (You may change the names of the people involved for privacy)

1a)List two reasons why teens are reluctant to call helplines despite the promise of anonymity and professional help.

They do not trust stranger and they would rather trust their freinds and teacher than strangers.
They also feel weird talking to someone they do not know. They prefer to talk to their friends as it is easier to communicate.Oit of 46 students surveyed, 44 of them choose to talk to their teacher and friends and only 2 choose to call the helplines. If helplines want to receive more calls they must know what to expect.

b) According to Ms Lily Chu, how does Touch Leadership and Mentoring prefer to help troubled teens?

According to Mrs Lily Chu, the Touch Leadership and Mentoring prefer to help the youth through more direct, effective means, such as educational workshop in schools, face to face counselling and home visit.

2) Have you confided in your friends or family members about the problems you face in school life? Why or why not?

I have confided in my friends and family members about the problems i faced in school and life as i trust them. i am also not used to talking to stranger i never met and spoken to before. No body have every betrayed me before

Straits Times Reflection Term 3 Week 8 2E/NA

2009-08-28T11:43:00.000-07:00

1a) What are the 4 rules for religious harmony?

b) In your opinion, how can we maintain a common space in schools?

2) Do you respect other religions? Why or why not?
What do you think of children who stay away from their parents' funerals because they believe the traditional rites are against their new religion?

1a) The four rules for religious are:

1)All groups have to exercise tolerance and restraint
We must share this country with other people. Each group of people have different teachings and practice. we must learn to be tolerant and be patient with each other.Hence the rules that apply to only one group of people cannot be enforced
2)Keep religionseperate from politics
Religion in Singapore is different from religion in America and Islamic country.This is tom prevent crash from different religious groups
3)Goverment must remain secular
The Goverment authorities comes from the people and it has to be nuetral and fair.The laws passed by the parliment are elected by people.They dont come from a sacred book. They are not against any religion, they uphold sound moral values.All races are treated equally.
4)Maintain the common space that all singaporean share
The common place we share meals,schools and workplace has to be neutral and secular

1b) In your opinion, how can we maintain a common space in schools?
We must respect and tolerate people of different religion. School must be neutral and secular. Everybody must also have equal treatment.

2) Do you respect other religions? Why or why not?
What do you think of children who stay away from their parents' funerals because they believe the traditional rites are against their new religion?

I respect other religion. I treat all religion equally and respect them. I that the children does not respect their parents religion . These children are also unfillial.

Straits Times Reflection Term 3 Week 6 2E/NA

2009-08-28T11:42:00.003-07:00

Home Section page 1
Elderly Falling Prey to 'Volunteer' Ruse (trick)

1a) What is the modus operandi (method of operating) of the con artists?
b) What are the Lion Befrienders planning to do to ensure the old folks do not get conned again?

2) Do you like doing social work? Why or why not?

Answers:

Q1a) Their modus operandi is to pose, in most instance, as volunteers from welfare organisations on a project to spruce up the home of these senior citizens.Once let into the home, these "volunteers" help themselves mostly to their unsuspecting victims' cash.

Q1b)They sends volunteers out to help lonely senior citizens and have alerted those under its charge about these scamers.

Q2)Yes.Because the senior citizens need our help as they have no one by their side.

Straits Times Reflection Term 3 Week 5 2E/NA

2009-08-28T11:42:00.001-07:00

In Section page 3
A Deadly Business

1a) What are the 2 worrying trends about drug trafficking mentioned in the article?
b) Why are Singaporeans increasingly being used as "drug mules"?

2) What will you do if you find out that one of your friends is selling drugs? How will you react if someone tries to sell you drugs?

answers:
Q1a)One of the worrying trents are teens as young as 14 have been caught for drugs trafficking. Those who are aged 16 and older will be charge and dealt with like adults and this is usually jail, the cane, or even worse.....both. the other worry is that more singaporeans are bing caught overseas.

Q1b)This is because Singaporeans do not need visa for many places so they are less checked because of Singapore's reputaion for being tough on DRUGS.

Q2)I will report him to the police or the NBAs.I will say no and repore him as soon as possible.

Straits Times Reflection Term 3 Week 4 2E/NA

2009-08-28T11:41:00.002-07:00

Home Section Page 1
Hawkers fall prey to brazen break-ins.

1a) Why is it easy for burglers to break into stalls at the two markets in the Kallang area?

1b) What is the Geylang East Central Merchants' Association going to do about the break-ins?

2) What do you think should be done to tighten the security of the markets? What do you think of the burglars who brazenly break into the stalls?

Answers:
Q(1a)Both stalls are open at the top which makes it easy for thieves to get in by the open ceillings, getting a leg up on the pipes or metal bars running down, along the walls.

Q(1b)The Geylang East Central Merchants' Association is planning to met up with the NEA and the town councils to look in to this matter as well as possibly improve the security ahd modifing the stalls layout.

Q(2)i think that security carmers should be put up to try to catch the thieves and other people who will try to earn easy money.i think the the burglars are trying to earn easy money most properly, they are short of money and are forced into doing this but there are also people who do this ypes of things as thought it was there own property.

Straits Times Reflection Term 3 Week 3 2E/NA

2009-08-28T11:41:00.001-07:00

In Section Page 8
3 Cheers for the Team

(a) Why is cheerleading an expensive sport?
(b) What makes cheerleading such a tough sport?

What is your opinion of cheerleaders? If given a chance, would you join cheerleading? Why/ why not?

Answer:
Q(1)most off the time, they have to buy the cheerleading things themselves and most of the items Eg.shoes, clothes are very expensive.

Q(2)all of the cheerleaders have to keep on training to perfect their moves and also their skills as they undertake move new and difficult stunts.

i thing that being a chearleader is a very bold thing to do.No.because it is to tough and expensive.

ST ONLINE REFLECTION TERM 2 WEEK 5 SEC 2E/NA

2009-08-28T11:40:00.004-07:00

Minister questions plans to separate conjoined twins
(Part A – Prime – Page A1 & A6)

Question 1
What are some of the problems involved in separating a conjoined twin?

Question 2
If you were a part of a conjoined twin, would you rather stay together with your twin for the rest of your life or would you risk both your lives to go for an operation? Why?

Answers:
Q1)The brain is a very delicate structure and if it is starved of a blood supply for more than a few seconds, then brain damage is a distinct possibility. Much longer and death will soon follow.So if blood is not suppied properly, the person will die very soon.

Q2)I would rather stay together as it may be dangerous and something may go worng during the operation.

ST ONLINE REFLECTION TERM 2 WEEK 4 SEC 2E/NA

2009-08-28T11:40:00.003-07:00

Businesses are still big on doing good
(Part B – Home Section – Page B6 – The Home Market)

Question 1
What are big companies doing in order to be more socially responsible?

Question 2
How important it is to be socially responsible? And do you think it is still possible to make a social impact during the recession?

Answer:
Q1)Companies aim to reduce carbon emissions and cut down on paper useage. They also have energy saving programes to reduce business cost.
Q2)It is very improtant as it can help make the world a better place.Yes,everyone should make an efford to be more socially responsible even if there is a recession.

ST ONLINE REFLECTION TERM 2 WEEK 3 SEC 2E/NA

2009-08-28T11:40:00.001-07:00

Save the planet? This is a job for school kids…
(Part B – Home Section – Page B3)

Question 1
What are some of the things that schools in Singapore are doing in order to take care of the environment?

Question 2
Do you think one person's effort in reducing, reusing and recycling will make a difference in saving the environment? What steps have you taken in the effort to save the earth?

Answer:
Q1)Schools have encourage students to throw their unwanted food in to the worm compost bin. The food is then turn into fertilisers. Schools are also saving their electicity bills.Students in secondary schools take on an enviroment education module like testing of air quality and test how clean water is treated.
Q2)yes.i have recycle me unwanted products andtry not to waste to much of my paper at home.

ST ONLINE REFLECTION TERM 2 WEEK 2 SEC 2E/NA

2009-08-28T11:39:00.000-07:00

eforming sex offenders
(Part B – Home Section – Page B5 – Law & Order)

Question 1
How does the treatment programme of the Singapore Prison Service help sex offenders?

Question 2
Do you think that sex offenders should be given a second chance in the society? State your reasons.

Answer:
Q1)It heps them to change their ways and turn over a new leaf.And stop them repeating them.
Q2)yes, if the treatment works on them.Everyone deserves a second chance in life for them to change their ways of bad and walk the right path the second time.

2009-03-12T08:15:00.000-07:00

Man and beast face off in Sumatra (World Page A8)

QUESTIONS

Q1) What is illegal logging?
Q2) What can you do to stop the Sumatran tiger from extinction?

ANSWERS

Q1) What is illegal logging?

Illegal logging is the cutting of wood illegally. Illegal logging is one of the main cause for the loss of habitats like the sumatran tiger. Illegal logging has also cause a tiger-human conflict in a Indonesian island of Sumatra. Since Janurary, the big cats has already killed nine people and authorities are preventing illegal loggers from entering the tiger`s habitat. The Sumatran tigers are currently critically endangered, with estimated less than 400 left in the wild. The tigers are not guilty for attacking the people. There are the information for the recent tigers attack:JAN24-A tiger ambushes and kills a rubber tapper near a river in Sungei Gelam district of Jambi province, JAN28- A tiger pounces through a thin roof of a hut, killing a 50 year old man and his 21 year old son who are sleeping in the same area. FEB21-A tiger mauls and kill to illegal loggers also in Jambi province. FEB22-A tiger attack and kills a man carrying logs near an illegal logging camp. march1- A tiger attacks to illegal loggers in their forest hut and mauls them to death. MARCH3-A tiger mauls an illegal logger to death. The authorities believed the death toll would be higher as this some attacks go unreported. Villagers also kill this tigers as they are afraid that they might attack them.

Q2) What can you do to stop the Sumatran tiger from extinction?

We should educate the public of the effect of illgeal logging and consequence of their action. We should also put out sign board to tell the people about endangered animals that they may face extinction in the near future if we human do not stop this illgeal logging.Employ more forest rangers to patrol the jungles and for illeal loggers and preserve their habitat. We should finally lay down some law about this illgeal logging and the price to pay if caught doing so. This will send a message out to the people.

2009-03-10T04:54:00.001-07:00

Ketamine (In Control pg 3)

QUESTIONS

Q1) What are the different forms of ketamine?
Q2) What would you do if you knew your friend took ketamine?

ANSWERS

Q1) What the different forms of ketamine?

Ketamine is an anaesthetic to reduce pain- on both human and animals, but some drug abusers take it illegally. It is also known as K, Special K, Kit Kat. This drug, Ketamine is often taken at nightclubs and dance parties called raves, it is like a "party drug" like Ecstasy. There are a few forms of ketamine, liquid form, powder form or tablet form. Doctors and vets use it legally usually in an indictable liquid form. People consume the drug because they want to get high. Ketamine also come in powder form which users snort up their nostrils. It also comes in tablet form that are swallowed. Drug abusers often get more then they bargain for, because ketamine has several dangerous and unpleasant effects. People who take it could feel unable to move, bleed from the nose be overwhelmed with fatigue or have trouble sleeping. They may also feel confused and experience hallucination. They can also get "flashback" experiencing these symptoms days or week after they take the drug.

Q2) What would you do if you knew your friend took ketamine?

I would advice them not to take ketamine as the aftereffect is terrifying, being not able to move or talk as if you are paralysed, bleed from the nose, be overwhelmed with fatigue or have trouble sleeping. You may also feel confused and experience hallucination and could also get these experiencing symptoms days or week after they take the drug. I would also tell them that it is against the law and if you are found taking it, you can be sent to jail for up to ten years and fined $20,000. If they didn`t listen to my advice, I will talk him into going for drug rehabilitation, if that doesn`t work, I will inform the authorities. But mostly I would talk my friends out before they touches them

THE STRAITS TIME week 4

2009-02-25T22:17:00.000-08:00

Questions

Q1) In the last line, what did the writer mean by suggesting that “he may have found more porcupine then rats?"

Q2) What’s worth giving up your life for?

Answers

1. In the last line, what did the writer mean by suggesting that “he may have found more porcupine than rats?"

Rats are scardy cats who scurry away at the sound of foot steps while porcipine bristle to warn their aggressors away. The writer means that the evidence from this year`s Total Defence campaign suggest that the writer found that when there is trouble, the people who will stay in the country and fight against or warn their aggressors of attackers away with their life`s is more the the people who will flee from the country when their is a threat that will cause their life. The writer describe them as porcupine and rats as porcupine will bristle to warn away their enemys while rats will run away when they feel threatened.

2. What’s worth giving up your life for?

i will defend my life for my loves ones and friends if i have to but I cannot imagine myself laying down my life defending people outside my family circle and friends. I am also willing to give up my life for peace in the country as well as i do not want to see the future generation suffer. I will also defend Singapore with my life as Singapore is my future and is a future worth defending.

2009-02-18T22:56:00.000-08:00

No Loitering After School (16 feb 09)

Q1) Why Coral Secondary School forbids students to idle around near their school in their school uniform?

The reason why CSS forbids students in uniform from idleing around near the school because

Coral Secondary School places much emphasis on inculcating in their students good habits like using time properly also it is because when student hang out around the void deck they tend to get into trouble and get into fighting causing the school to be bad in the eye of the public hence teachers are sent out on patrol around the void deck to catch these student and prevent them from being caught misbehaving in the eye of public.Only the libary is not on the list of fobidden places.they could only go if they fill in a form and get it approved by the Discipline Mistress or Operation Manager.

Q2) Do you agree with this rule? Explain your answer.

I sort of agree with this rule as loitering might lead to unwanted trouble and someone could get injuired. but CSS should not place such a strict rule as some student may want to have lunch at the nearby shopping centre but cause of this rule, they might be mistaken for misbehaving.
Therefore i think this rule is a bit too strict and there could be some amendment done to it

ST Reflection 2009 – Secondary 2NA / 2E

2009-02-14T21:15:00.000-08:00

ST Reflection 2009 – Secondary 2NA / 2E
Term 1, Week 6 (9 Feb 09)

Master of One (Life! People pg 4)
Q1) What was Jack Neo’s vocation when he was serving the nation?
Q2) “Hard work leads to success.” To what extend do you agree with this statement?

Answer:
Q1)he was a quartermaster, then a platoon commander at an infantry unit, posted to the Singapore Armed Forces by signing on with the army as an infantry officer, and got posted to the army's Music and Drama Company.
Q2)I agree with "hard work leads to success" as without hard work there will be no success so i agree with this statement. Take Jack Neo as example Although his 'O' Level results were not qualified for junior college not polytechnic, but his willy-nilly knowledge and skills were acquired and he learnt step-by-step as he produce films and acting.

Term 1, Week 5 (2 Feb 09)

2009-02-05T01:59:00.000-08:00

Golfers, youths in brawl on green (HOME, pg 1)
Q1) How did the teenagers trespass into Singapore Island Country Club?
Q2) Is underage drinking correct? Explain your answer.

1)The teens were just finished drinking in Vivo City and while The group of teenagers were trying their way out of the forest to go back home without knowing they wandered onto the golf course.

2) Q2) No it is not correct. It is against the law and they might end up getting addicted to drinking and then grow up drinking. When they are addicted they will not be able to focus on studies and even become easily angered. Hence, i think it is not right.