Wednesday, July 2, 2008
I'm a foreigner. My parents are away from me. Most of the time I hardly reach them. So, I seldom discussion on the small matters with them. But I always consider their suggestion. Eventhough I sometimes doesn't like it, I know that the want the best for me. I seldom argue back as most of their suggestions are useful and reasonable for me. By right, every parents wants their children to have a better future or some of them want their children to be better than them. From this point, we could tell that parents will give a good suggestion but not the best. We run our live and that means we are the one who can control ourselves. We could take parents' suggestion and modify them to suit our way of live. However, Singapore lifestyle makes both parents and children have more time together. Saturday and Sunday is a day-off. In other country it may not be the case. I think by spending more time together, parents should already understand their own son or daughter.
In other view, parents' obsession will make them to overdo their children. Many of the parents have regrets in their past and do not want their son to repeat it. It's also the parents' proud if their children do well. In this case, we should discuss the matter together if you think their suggestion is too much for you. I believe that parents will understand our rebuttal.
Children, especially teenagers, are not comfortable to discuss personal matters. They are more comfortable to discuss it with friends. But I believe that parents will try their best to solve our matters. In fact, most parents are willing to know more about their children and if they couldn't get, they are willing to find out. So i believe family are the best friend.
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Parents Know Best. Do they? The bad thing about parents being parents always think for whats best for us. They think for us, like we have no sense of judgement. They think for us, like we don't have a mind of our own. They think for us, like we are not individuals. They think for us as if we, the humans we are, have no right to choose our fate. On the other hand, they were the ones who raised us. They raised us like we are their most important part of their lives. They raised us like they couldn't live without us. They should have the right to tell us to do things. They should make decisions for us. They should do what parents are supposed to, to think of what's best for us. We might be too immature to them to make our own decisions. And its true teens these days are somewhat immature. Some of us make rash decisions like take drugs from irresponsible adults/teens. Some of us get into relationships that might change their lifestyles. Some of us paid the price with freedom or worse, death. Not getting what we want is always disappointing. Since teens are maturing each day, we usually overreact under these circumstances. We scream at our parents, we give them bad attitude, we might even be some sort of sadist and watch them suffer. Even so, our parents will always forgive us for our wrong doings.
Personally, I feel that my parents know me well. I get to talk to them everyday, they talk to me everyday, not those simple "Studied already?" or "Eaten already?" kind of conversation, we really spend time talking to each other about everything we want to talk about. I think many teens mistreat their parents because they haven't got to know them best yet, which would explain teens thinking that their parents are overprotective over them.
After all, how can we be the person we are now without the help of our parent's guidance?
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Parents. They are the ones who gave us life. They are the ones who raised us. They are the ones who guided us as we were being developed intellectually and emotionally. Who dares disagree? We, children, are the products of procreation between our parents. However, that does not in anyway prove that parents know best. We may be the immediate descendants of our parents, but that does not show that parents know what we want in life. Respect will be given when respect is due. I am not saying that we should not form any sort of rebellion against our parents, but what happens in the instance whereby a child is in fact more intellectual than the parent? What happens when a child truly is a aware of what he or she is dong? Simply because parents have spent more time in this world than us, does that really show that their actions are ultimately the most beneficial for us.
Many of us have the mental stereotype of the fact that parents are at least twenty years our senior and therefore whatever they say is right. This is where i disagree. What parents say are merely what they think is morally correct. However, at the end of the day, everything comes down to each and everyone of us being an individual, with our own set of morals, in many occasions, a set that has been influenced by our parents. Where is the individuality in us when are just following what our parents instruct? Where is the sense of originality in us when we are simply imitating our parents? It is said that those who outstand are the one that progress. With the current mindset of the fact that all parents know best, what progress will each individual make in society?
Do you communicate well with your parents? Well, at least five out of every ten children in Singapore do not. I believe that communicating with your parents is not an issue of whether or not you have the time, but whether or not you are willing to do it. I am sure that we all spend at least an hour everyday with our parents be it at the dining table or in the car, but honestly, is there interaction going on at these times? Most of us dare not or are unwilling to approach our parents for advice. Why is this so? Possibilities are that our parents may get suspicious of us sprouting a very random question out of no where, or perhaps we are guilty conscious of having done something without seeking our parents' advice beforehand. As a result, many of us fail to see the fact that what has been done has been done, and that we cannot turn back upon it but instead we should use it as a learning point. Yes! I know, the sentence i just used sounds awkwardly familiar, almost as if someone of the previous generation used it once. It is a condolence that every parent would want to use on their child when he or she has made a mistake, but how are they supposed to offer any form of encouragement when we do not even approach our parents to plead guilty?
In actual fact, every parent cares for his or her child and would definitely want the child to strive for the best. However, it so happens that sometimes when decisions are made, by our parents in particular, the right decisions may not be favourable to all, but the popular decisions may also seem to be going against our moral values. So, towards such problems, is there a solution that will benefit everyone?
-Darryl Ong
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Do parents know best?
From the time you were born, until the time you went to primary school, until the time you went to secondary school, who were always with you all along? Who gave you money? Who took care of you when you are sick? Who lent support to you when you need help? Who give you love? Without parents, do you think you will be what you are today? Well of course, all these contributions comes from our parents and they always wanted to give us what is best for us.
For me, parents are my everything. As i mention earlier, without parents we are nothing. Cherish your own parents, don't regret when you lost your love ones. If i see a gap in between me and my parents, i will try mend it. They tried their best to understand me, i should also play my part in trying to understand them. Sometimes parents does make decision for me. Even though i don't like it, i try to appreciate their care towards me. They want to give us the best, not the worst. They will never intend to harm us.
Many teenagers will think that parents don't know them, don't understand them. But think back, did they voice out what they want? Not many will. They will think its so 'uncool' to voice out what they want from their parents. The only time they will start to ask for what they want is when they are short of money. Teenagers nowadays spend more time with their friends than with their parents. That's shows why parents do not get what their child wants. Of course, we can't put all the blame on teenagers. Parents still make mistakes. In this new era, many parents put their work first before their children. But these parents think that if they earn more money, they can make their children even happier.
Be rude to parents is intolerant. I always find no reasons why should we be rude to parents. We are living organisms, we have brain, we can think, and we always have a choice to choose for. But why choose to be rude? Can't we solve it peacefully? It's so easy. Just relax and sit down together with your parents and talk over it nicely. There is no need to shout, scream or scold. Building relationship between us and parents are easy too. Parents can do their part by getting home early and have a family dinner together. We can also do our part by spending more time with parents than with friends. Public holidays are the best for family activities. So why not plan some activities, like going swimming together, go for movies together or even go for a family picnic.
As teenagers, most of us are unable to share or discuss personal issue with our parents. Most of us will rather discuss it with our good friends or cousins. But we can always treat our parents as our best friends. They will be glad if we could share and discuss our personal issue with them, and they will be always be helpful too. What they go through in life and what their experiences in life are even more than the rice we eat, of course they will give us the best solutions for our problems. So in conclusion, i think that approaching our own parents is the best choice to make and they will always give us the best solution.
BenjaminOoi stepped on your garbage at
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Blogs are online journals that many of us who have internet access keep. The minority of blogs a are popular, owned by who we know as 'Online Celebrities'. On the other hand, the vast majority of blogs are kept 'underground', meaning that they get little or no publicity and are kept as diaries to a personal level. On to the topic of whether blogs should be used as a teaching tool for students, the approval of usage of this internet-based tool would definitely be a way of how we, humans, welcome the twentyfirst century.
All blogs are created, maintained and customised on the world wide web, meaning that those deprived of internet access will be denied the ability to blog. Back to the topic, this means that students who are not granted internet accessibility will be unable to embrace this new platform for learning and thus cause them to be at the disadvantage. However, at a local context, we can access the internet with ease, given the magnitude of hotspots available and not to forget the librairies in our neighbourhood. This shows that it would be to no avail to say that using blogging as a teaching tool will be ineffective due to the lag of internet access.
The whole point of having a blog as a teaching tool, i suspect, is the convinience of having the world at your fingertips as you blog. At the end of the day, we will certainly have to hand up the work in which we have completed, so why shouldn't we simply clump our work up on a blog (as i am doing) and publish it as a post? Furthermore, submitting our works on a blog would also enable your teachers, friends and more or less everyone else to view what you have done. This would be where convinience would come into the picture. Posts on blogs are actually rather similar to essays we write on paper filled with potrait horizontal lines. Both allow you to have words on, both allow you to share your work among your friends, and both of them would obviously allow your teacher to go through your work. The only difference is that since majority of us Singaporeans have internet access, including our educators, they will no longer be required to thug a four-inched stack of paper home just to imprint red diagonal lines on. Of course, the use of blogs will also be proved beneficial to the ones being educated. Imagine having to borrow individual scripts from your classmates and compare that to having all your schoolmates' essays on the flat panel screen infront of you. Needless to say, the later would be more convinient.
In conclusion, i feel that it would be wise to use Blogs as a teaching tool and must not be subjected to a personal freedom of choice as we have already moved on to an era where bulky casette tapes have been shrinked to thumb-sized memory chips and we have to learn to adapt to the fact that 'analog' is the past tense of 'digital'. I am in full favour of using blogs as a tool for teaching as it will not only benefit students academically but also create a positive social impact.
-Darryl Ong
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Friday, June 27, 2008
Blog (also known as weblog) are commonly used as an online dairy which you can post your says, videos, pictures and even musics. The actual use of blogs are to let people share their different thoughts and ideas with the others. Its simple and free! Just look up for websites that blogs can be made, sign up, and proof! You had become a blogger. In fact, blogging has become a popular trend. People around the world are sharing their thoughts and ideas now.
Can we put blogs and studies together? Of course! If relevant videos, pictures, and infomation were posted onto a class blog, it will be better for both students and teachers. Students can escape from the punishment of forgetting to bring their homework; they can avoid the losing of their notes. Teachers can save time on chasing and punishing over homeworks; papers can be saved as teachers need not print any notes for students. See, it have become so convenient. Notes can be posted up, homework can be hand in by posting, projects can be summited by posting, friends can work together online without meeting up, ideas can be shared among from posting of new infomations or from commenting. It is also another way of saving the earth by not using so much papers.
But blogs may also be a disadvantage. Why? Anonymous criticizing starts. Yes! Blogs were used to share thoughts and ideas, but is criticizing one of sharing thoughts, or ideas? In order to blog, internet access is needed. Although life has become better day by day because of new technology, there is still people without internet access. This had pulled them away from blogging. Although technology are so advance nowadays, there is still some mistake. Computer lags, internet lags, websites error. These made us unable to reach the blogs.
But i do not think this would affect us much. If there is a problem with the internet or computer, think of the library, internet cafe or even a friend who can help. In any situation, there is will always be a way to solve it. So there is no excuse for not reaching the blog.
In conclusion, i think using blogs as a tool of studying is really a great idea. Technologies are improving everyday, life is improving everyday, so why not use this great invention that can save us so much trouble.
BenjaminOoi stepped on your garbage at
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Blogging is now a trend in youngster. There are thousands of blogs, millions of posts and hundred of comments daily. In Singapore itself, 70% of teenagers have their own blogs. Blog are used for dairies. People post their daily experiences or interests.
People could also upload videos or music into their blog. It may be useful for a tool of studying. We can just upload some relevant information regarding study subjects and let others read it. Teacher might also let the students to practice writing in the blog daily. This could plant a habit of writing in the students.
However, many of us do not know or not like blogging. Study has proven that 30% of the blogger will turn to become less social. They are too concentrated about their blog as it is a competition between bloggers. They spend their time to improve their blog so that more people will visit it.
I also think that blogging is an alternative to avoid direct conversation. I would prefer to talk face-to-face to exchange thoughts rather than secretly criticizing people.
Blogging my by good as tool of studying for certain people but not for me. I choose the old-fashion and everything in this world is made for reasons; the reason why paper is produced is for us to write on; it should not be changed with computer.
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