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.

MASTER OF ONE(LIFE PG4)


1)what was jackneo's vocation when he is serving the nation?

1)he was a quarter master back then and a platoon commander at an infantry unit,he was posted to singapore armed forces's Music and Drama company where he drew cartoons to pioneer magazines which was published by the Ministry of Defence for its troops.

2)"hard work lead to sucess" do you agree?

q1)2) Yes. Hard work always leads to success ,it is common to fail after a few attempts but that doesn’t mean that you would never succeed in doing what you are trying .take jack neo as a role model, he practiced his acting skills ,hosting ,scriptwriting even though without proper educations to these skills. When he was asked to serve national service, his hard work paid off as he was transferred to the SAF's music and Drama Company and contributed cartoons to pioneer magazine, published by the ministry of defense for its troops. pioneer later interviewed him and he became an actor and a host of TV shows, he was later employed by the music and drama company working as a drama director and now his an actor, emcee, comedian .He also owns a semi detached house and a massive black Toyota mpv although he did not even enrolled into university not even junior college but look at him now a rich man with a promising carrier and a great family this is because he preserved and he was resilient .Jack neo's success proved to us that hard work always lead to success, it may not happen in your first, second, third tries but it will only happen if you preserve.

THE STRAITS TIMES

Q1:how did the teenagers transpassed the singapore island courntry club?
q2:is underage drinking correct? explain your answer

answer for qs1: one of the teenagers’ girl friend told the reporters that she and her friends were walking in the machriche reservoir to watch the monkeys after having a night drink at vivo city.They tried to find a way out of the forest when they stumble upon a golf course . as there were no signs indicating that the golf course was a private area, they went in and the fight erupt after a while.


q2:No.underage drinking can result in the persecution of the law and as we are young and do not know that alcohol has an effect on us .We might end up drunk, disorientated and start to hurt people all around us ,saying hurtful language and lossing control of ourselves .Alcohol is also a health hazard when we consume it.It can lead to alcohol poisoning if over consumed and slowly death. alcohol also leads to addiction even it was for pure enjoyment or experiments and drinking it might get more than what we bargained for .Alcohol is also quite expensive and I doubt anyone can drink it everyday using their pocket money, teenagers running out of money may ask their family members for money by lying to them and when their family members dont give them they steal either from them or others which is a crime. Addicts can ask their family members for help in assisting them on quitting on drinking or they can talk to their close friends to help them and support them to over come the addiction .They should resist temptations caused by their friends and stay away from them if they are encouraging the consumption of alcohol .I hope that many of us do not consume alcohol and teenagers like us should go for talks on alcohol if we are not aware of the cons of alcohol.