Tuesday, March 10, 2009

ST Reflection 2009 – Secondary 2NA/Exp

Ketamine (In Control pg 3)

Q1) what are the different forms of ketamine?

Q2) there are ketamines that are the different in form and they are no more than the Ks or special k and kit Kat
Q2) what would you do if you knew your friend took ketamine?

Q2)I would stop him from making the terrible mistake of consuming ketamine by asking him to stop abusing the drug as he could quit eating them .The reason why I would do that is because ketamine is an abusive drug, it is used for its effects are attractive to people who wants to enjoy experiences that nothing more than its desirable side effects ,one of its effects is that it makes a person feel being separated from their bodies, another makes the addict experiences a terrifying feeling of almost complete sensory detachment that is likened to a near-death experience and this why in Singapore it is banned as it is addictive and the drug addict not just experience the side effects , he also gets his health taxed from consuming them , long term use can lead to impaired attention , delirium, amnesia, impaired motor function, high blood pressure, depression, and potentially fatal respiratory problems. which could affect work and studies , retard or reduce learning ability or deteriorate the addict’s memory and I don’t want to see my having difficulties focusing, being forgetful, land himself in hospital with multiple respiratory failure or problems or even get himself transferred to special school due to permanent brain damage because of eating ketamine. It also lands him in hot soup if he gets caught red handed, and the law sentences him to jail and fine him. He could even drug rape a person after he consume it as the drug destabilize an addict’s mental condition causing him to be unable to control himself. The victim could also sue him for rape. The drug is very costly and I doubt anyone could pay for it for long. My friend would start committing crimes if he couldn’t pay for the drugs and soon, one day he would get caught and punished by the law.

Sunday, March 8, 2009

ST Reflection 2009 – Secondary 2NA/Exp

Q1) in the last line, what did the writer mean by suggesting that “he may have found more porcupines than rats?”
Q2) what’s worth giving up your life for?

Q2) I would rather devote my life in accomplishing my dreams than defending the country itself. I admit that I myself is one of the “rats” who are scared of dying while defending my country, but I have my reasons .Firstly, I do not have any confidence in Singapore’s armed forces as we Singaporeans are not big in numbers and if any countries invade us , all of us wouldn’t hold our ground for long , so why bother defending our nation when it is ready to fall apart when an invasion occur and turn our nation into a fiery abyss when you could immigrate to a better environment and enjoy long lasting peace?. Another reason is that I think war a waste of time as it can occur for months, or even years. If you chose to leave the country, maybe you already had a successful career. By the time the war had ended, it left families broken and sorrows. The biggest reason why I would decline fighting for my nation is that war is time of destruction, you may have thought that we just go to the war and shoot the hell up the invaders or get shot at, but actually war was more than a time of killing. Every time you aimed an enemy during the war and pulled the trigger, the bullet doesn’t just hurt him and killed him, it also destroys his family and his future. Since the governments are the one who decides to have war then tell them to go to war instead, we are the one who suffers under the government who decides to have war and I think that since they are the one who are responsible then they should bear the consequence, I am not stating that Singapore government should go to war but the government who is responsible for war example if there is one.

Sunday, March 1, 2009

No Loitering After School (IN! pg 7)

Q1) Why Coral Secondary School forbids students to idle around near their school in their school uniform?
Q1) the principle of the school thinks that students idling near their school is a waste of time and wants the students to cultivate a positive habit in utilizing their time appropriately, therefore they forbid their students from loitering outside the school after school for their interests.
Q2) Do you agree with this rule? Explain your answer.
Q2) in my opinion, it is right to forbid students from loitering outside the school after school has ended as this prevents them from mixing with the bad company like hooligans, drug peddlers, rapists and bullies and syndicates that trade drugs and loan sharks. As most of the bad company would always loiter around the school, hoping to prey or convince the students to become part of their syndicate or gang, thereby leading them astray. This rule forbidding students from loitering outside the school also serves as a form of good time management as if the student wishes to go out with their friends near the school, they have to go through the trouble of going back home to change their clothes and some lived far away from the school and they travel to school by MRT or buses, this rule would force them to drop the idea on loitering or hanging out near the school as most would think that it would be troublesome to go back home and come back again. This hereby allows the student’s parents to put their hearts to ease about worrying that their child would hangout with bad company or commit crimes.