Term 3 wk3

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3 Cheers for the Team

1. (a) Why is cheerleading an expensive sport?

(b) What makes cheerleading such a tough sport?

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

Ans1 (a)the reason why cheerleading is an expensive sport is due to the expensive clothing , hair dressing products, pom-poms, gymnastic classes and workshop, medical insurance(especially for those who are a klutz),nutritional supplements ,shoes ,and training mats. The main purpose of cheer leading is to motivate the cheer leader’s team in the competition in order to make sure that they do not lose confidence or go to “panic mode”, and therefore exquisite clothing and hair products(especially the tailored costume which cost a bomb to make as having outdate costumes make your school out while others are in) is essential because no one likes cheerleaders dressing simply as instead of being motivated they lose morale rapidly and get distracted, in the end, they just increase their vulnerabilities, screwing up everything in the competition. Medical insurance cost a painful amount to purchase and maintain especially for those who perform like clowns and always being a klutz. Instead of being a benefit for the school the clumsy personals of some cheerleaders they make it painful for others and themselves by performing mistakes and injuring others by accident, in the end, the school pays more than what they get. the shoes and tights(maybe not imported) of the cheerleaders are expensive in terms of price as they are imported from united states and Taiwan. the training mats that cheerleaders jump on makes the person who is paying for the cheerleading equipment miserable as while the cheerleaders are jumping happily on the mat, they have to pay for the costly mat replacements. Worst still, the amount and the price for the mats they need during competitions can drive the person who is paying for them berserk. Together these costly equipments have the school at its mercy when it comes to the price tags! Oh I almost forgot the whole thing cost an astonishing price of about 10,000 to 20,000 dollars.

1(b)”Gaah! I hates it!!!,this is soo harsh!!!, what the hell is this!!” are the speeches most probably heard from new students who wants to obtain fame from cheerleading but forgot or did not reconsider the harsh training they are going to battle against when they join cheer leading.Cheer leading itself is a physical taxing activity as most would probably get bruises and wounds at first try, or worst! Concussions,head injuries temporary memory lost ,fractures you name it.In the end everyone looked pathetic on the outside by that time can you still get your so called “fame”?

2) Bleah!! No thank you! I don’t wish to join such a CCA that jeopardizes my health during practices, if I remain there for a sometime, I would most probably end up as a nut case due to all the stress and nervousness. There are other reasons for my uncanny hate for cheerleading. Firstly cheerleaders serve more of a distraction than a morale retainer as male competitors would most probably be gazing at them during the competition, thinking of how pretty they are. secondly the expenses for cheerleading is atrocious as even a training mat cost $50 a piece, and most probably i could not afford them or even want to part with my allowance for it.thirdly, im not an active person and would probably faint during the practices,further more I wouldn’t want to get myself into the hospital because of an accident.

Businesses are still big on doing good

Question 1
What are big companies doing in order to be more socially responsible?
One of the companies, SingTel, plans to carbon emission and reduce paper wastage as they do not want their company to contribute to global warming and also, they wish to cut down business cost. International company, Mc Donald’s has come to a decision whereby, the company will not purchase cattle meat or any food from rainforest or recently deforested rainforests as they do not want to endanger the animals there , as if mc Donald’s wish to buy food there, more animals would be killed.
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?
A socially responsible company would not conduct activities that would led to the harming of populations in the area of its operation.it also helps the company earn more profits, more successes , sustainable supply chain, environment , community and other internal and external company factors.

Save the planet? This is a job for school kids…

Question 1
What are some of the things that schools in Singapore are doing in order to take care of the environment?
Q1) Schools in Singapore are teaching their pupils of the importance and ways to save energy and the environment so as to allow a deeper understanding of how human activities and our lifestyles are affecting the environment and energy sources. Schools also require students to bring their utilities bill to school so as to warn them about how wasteful they are in terms of electricity and water supply or to compliment them on their environmentally friendly behaviour. Schools like commonwealth secondary school bought their students out to wetland to test on the waters cleanliness which is used to treat bathroom waste waters. They also went their to observe how the animals and plants are affected there. other schools are not fare behind either, Elias park primary contributes by using organic waste for example fruit peels to be reused as fertilisers for plants and also, Nan yang high banned cardboard food takeaways as they are non biodegradable.

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?

Q2)I agree that a person’s effort in reducing, reusing and recycling will make a difference. Firstly, practicing environmentally friendly habits in front of the public would inspire them to follow you in practising these habits as usually, most of us do not want to be the odd one out by practicing environmentally friendly lifestyles. Secondly, although you may think that by reusing things, reducing electrical and water wastage wouldn’t make a difference in helping the environment as one man isn’t going to save the world. Actually if you practice these lives style everyday, maybe for a month or a week, you actually recycled and saved yourself from using a huge amount of electricity, water and throwing away rubbish, which is quite a big deal . Emphasising and practicing environmentally friendly skills would positively influence a child’s reaction and behaviour when it comes to practicing environmentally friendly habits. Why? The reason behind it is that when parents practice good or bad habits, they would usually follow as they are still immature and cannot think for themselves yet. If you practice bad habits like throwing litter in the public, they would most likely follow, and when they have grown up, it becomes a habit and they would continue to repeat it until they recognise it was wrong to do that, usually painful lessons like fines were needed to make them cut the habit. Sometimes being environmentally friendly doesn’t mean that you have to do get your hands dirty and sweat like a pig. If you own a company or if you have a small business, you or your designers can design environmentally friendly products or you can use, or import environmentally friendly materials to produce your supplies or to make items to sell. Owning a big company would definitely improve the environment if your product is environmentally friendly. lastly, I hope that everyone contributes positively to the environment to make it a better place to live, work and play.

Reforming sex offenders

Question 1
How does the treatment programme of the Singapore Prison Service help sex offenders?
Q1) it corrects the negative thinking of sex offenders which made them commit sex crimes. The program was also conducted to help them overcome the regrets, shame, and any negative thoughts of their sex crimes which might cause them lose hope in society. It was also designated in helping the offenders to devise a method in overcoming the urge to commit sex crimes.

Question 2
Do you think that sex offenders should be given a second chance in the society? State your reasons.
Q2) I strongly agree that offenders should be given a chance in society even if they commit sex crimes many times. Firstly sex offenders are humans and like every one of us we are fallible and sometimes we commit mistakes .don’t you think we should forgive them like what we did to others who have commit mistakes too? And why must it be sex criminals that we cannot accept? They are like other criminals who have crimes , is it because of our human nature? Secondly, we, humans have sex hormones in our body flowing through our blood stream to parts of the body to start up changes like puberty and sexual behaviours and sometimes these hormones acts on one’s brain and cause him or her to have an urge to rape others who are sexually appealing to them. Thirdly, others like bala kappusamy who have committed sex crimes are also ought to be forgiven too. Why? Because unlike any other sex offenders who raped others out of urge, he may have a reason like anyone of us for doing things . And because we don’t know of it doesn’t mean that we can make stupid comments like” oh this is the guy who raped a girl how pathetic and retarded, I think he should go to hell”. It is true that we too are afraid of being his next victim but we should not shun him and give him awful comments about what he had committed, imagine yourself in his shoes , you would not want to be like him being unaccepted In society right?.
Finally I hope that everyone gives a chance to sex offenders for them to rise and shine like everyone of us.

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.

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.

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.