ST Reflection

Straits Times Reflection
Term 3 Week 9
2E/NA
Home Section page B6
Call us, helplines urge troubled teens

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

Answers:
Q1a)They would prefer not to confide in strangers and they think that it is wimpy to call.
Q1b)They prefer to help youths through more directly such as educational workshop in schools, face-to-face counselling and home visits.

Q2)Yes.Because they are the once who atand by me and love me.No

ST Reflection

Straits Times Reflection
Term 3 Week8 2E/NA
Home Section page B3
PM's 4 BASIC RULES FOR RELIGIOUS HARMONY

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?

Answers:
Q1a)Rule 1:All groups have to exercise tolerance and restraint.
Rule 2:Keep religion separate from politics.
Rule 3:Government must remain secular.
Rule 4:Maintain the common space that all Singaporeans share.

1b)By not making fun of each other.

Q2)Yes.Because to gain respect, you must first respect others.I think that they are being very disrespectful to their parents that has been looking afer them since they are born.

ST Reflection

Straits Times Reflection
Term 3 Week 6
2E/NA

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.