Not only at shopping mall, bus-stop, coffee shop or even at one’s mail box, flyers could be seen everywhere. However, these leaflets are handed out on the street and dropped on the pavement. From my observations, I realized that people do not really read the content of the flyers. They just take it for the sake of taking and throw it into the bin nearest to them. It is also the one piece of trash that apparently no one has an issue with tossing directly on the ground. This is because nobody speaks up about the issue, thus one might feel it is alright to just drop it on the ground Due to this mindset that everyone has, the issue of littering leaflets has gotten way out of hand. It has become like a chewing gum where people just conveniently throw it wherever and whenever they like. It also causes a bad effect on the environment due to excessive printing. I think that companies should stop giving out flyers and promote their stuff through online or through advertisements. Not only will these actions help the environment, it also keeps the country clean and green.
I do agree that teens nowadays are lack and are in need of proper etiquette. I suppose most, if not all, of us would have personally encountered and heard about an encounter with teens behaving like hooligans in public. Examples of their ‘ugly’ behavior, they litter indiscriminately even if the dustbin is just next to them, swear loudly in dialect or even not giving up seat on the bus for the elderly or for people who need it more. Teens nowadays are being more self-centered and inconsiderate. However, who is it to be blame for the lack of etiquette? Though teenager seems to be the main culprit as they are responsible for their own actions, parents and school are also to be blame. Parents not correcting or setting a good example for a child since young might affect the young minds. They might think that littering, vandalizing or any other ‘ugly’ behavior is alright and normal. School does not provide any lesson regarding ones’ behavior in the public or basic manners. Thus as a child grows up, they get more arrogant and rude. This issue should be handled quickly before it gets way out of hand.
Flyers. First thought of it, you would feel that its a junk mail or something that is used as spare paper. Nowadays, at mrt stations, underpasses or almost anywhere crowded you would be able to see people giving out junks of papers which you do not even bother taking unless they shove it infront of your face. Even as they shove it infront of your face, you would just take it as basic courtesy and just throw it at the next rubbish bin you see. Or worst, just throw it on the floor.
When you open your letterboxes, what do you do when u see flyers? Throw them away. From informative pieces of paper to junk mails. If only it can be deleted, then all of us would not be guilty of littering. I think that they should be banned as people takes it for granted and printing flyers would be just wasting papers. killing the trees and so on.
Companies should go to the environmental friendly approach by posting advertisment on their websites, or on their stalls where people would be able to see rather than printing flyers. Flyers may be cheap, but if people just throw it away, it defeats the purposes of printing it. Company should rather invest on advertisment on televisions and Internet.
What do i normally do whenever i opened up the letterbox? The usual. Unlock, review letters, throw away flyers and lock back the letterbox. Hold on, did i really type out the 'throw away flyers' part? Whoops, guilty as charged! Yes, i am one of those 'criminal'. I must admit, i always have the perception that flyers are just junk mails. But come to think of it, it can be my junk and may be another's treasure.
I might not want to sell my house, but who knows others are searching high and low for potential agents. I may be alright with my own complexion, but what about others who are desperately finding for a good skin care product/treatment for their bad skin condition?
You see, i don't need to give more examples to prove flyers are not junk mails. Its just that sometimes, topics like this, will make you think twice about it. To sum it up, if you do not want these 'junks' to be stuffed in your mailboxes, lock the flap. What better way is there? Therefore, in this case, no, they should not be banned.
Are Teens in need of Social Etiquette in School? [Yuan qi-102830Y]
Are teens really in need of social etiquette classes? From my own observations in public, most of the teens are relatively well behaved. On a train, you can see teens giving up their seats to the elderly and in school lectures, many would automatically switch their phones to silent mode to avoid disturbing others.
For now, it is only a minority of the teens who seem lacking in basic courtesy and social etiquette. However, it is this small group of black sheeps that have gotten the attention of the media and is tarnishing the overall image of the teens in Singapore. Looking at this group, it will be more difficult to correct their errant behavior now as compared to if we have done it earlier. As the saying goes, it may be futile to fix the fence after the wolves have broken in. We should be fixing the problem before it happens.
For anyone, good social etiquette stems from the cultivated practices since young. Parents and school play a very important part in the development of an individual. Social etiquette lessons should be introduced into the school curriculum at the early primary levels to provide the necessary directions for our young. At home, parents should reinforce the learning and correct their child’s wrong doings immediately to prevent them from forming into bad habits.
With this, our young can mature into well-mannered teenagers, one who can respect others and be responsible for their actions.
Singapore Wins Table Tennis Championship- Is there any Glory? [Yuan Qi-102830Y]
Cheers and roars were resonating through halls of the Olympic indoor Arena in Moscow, when Singapore got to win its first ever Gold Medal in the history of Table Tennis World Team Championship – a competition that dates back to 1924.
This is a stark contrast to the lukewarm reception that the winning team is receiving back at home. Singaporeans questioned if glory really does exist in the first place when the winning players are not even locally borned nationals. The championship team consisted of all imported talents from China and many felt that in the final match, they were looking at a game of team China versus team China.
Does Singapore really lack Sports talents? The answer is No. We do have sports talents too like in any other country. So what is the root of the problem? It simply boils down to the fact that we are living in a very materialistic society that only acknowledges and recognizes certificates and status.
How many Singaporean parents would want to sacrifice their children’s future in exchange for a few years bonds with the Sports council? No one can guarantee that they can get a chance to represent Singapore despite the many hours of vigorous training. Furthermore, even if they get to represent Singapore but are not able to win any medals, ultimately their contract with the Sports council would be terminated. The amount which they receive during their bond years would never be enough to compensate for the loss years that they could have spent developing their career. It is a sad but harsh reality.
This is the main reason why Singapore has to resort to scouting for foreign talents as there is simply a lack of local athletes who are willing to embrace the uncertainties that they will be facing face throughout their sports career.
This leads us to the second issue - why aren’t everybody basking in joy since our national team has brought back the gold medal for us? The national players who represented us have all given up on their China citizenship and have made Singapore their home. They have fought for us and they have won. Why aren’t everybody cheering for them?
What kind of society are we like? Do we want to be seen as a society that is full of criticisms and self-irony - one that had jeered at its own national football team in a local match versus Liverpool? Do we want to be seen as one that is narrow minded and discriminating towards new citizens who have been living a hardworking and honest life? Or do we want to be seen as a warm and gracious society which welcomes its new citizens with an open heart and embrace them as one family?
As a nation we should reflect on ourselves. If we were to accept the newly converted Singaporeans as one of us, we should have been cheering and feeling elated for them as they clinched the Championship for Singapore.
From my point of view, Singapore deserves all the glory in winning the table tennis gold medal. We have done a marvelous job in bringing in the unpolished players and refining them into world class champions. Shouldn’t we at least feel proud and give ourselves a clap?
Singapore table tennis team wins championship: Is there any glory? There have been a lot of mixed reviews over Singapore paddlers’ recent win over China in the Moscow tournament. Many Singaporeans felt proud of the win as Singapore finally wins something on an international level. However, there has been debate over the issues as not many local Singaporeans think likewise. They felt that it was a match between “China VS China” not “Singapore Vs China”. Hence, regardless who wins the benefit of glory still goes to china. Other countries might also perceived Singapore in a bad way. They might think that even though we won, we did not win it with our own talent and strength. Unlike them, they groom their own talent. They might think that we “cheated”. There is no pride in buying foreign talent to represent Singapore. Most of them were selected from China’s reserve team. Not only were born China, they spent most of their life there and only spent a few years in Singapore. When they represent Singapore and hold our flag up high do they really feel the bond with us or they did it for the prize money. Some even say that they are Singapore’s China “B” team. All in all, honestly I do not feel proud of their win,i think only someone who grow up in Singapore is more suitable to represent us.
Done by: Theresa Lee (103573T)
Singapore table tennis team win championship. Is there any glory?
Three cheers for team Singapore table tennis who had just clinched the championships for the World Table Tennis Championships. But wait, what are we exactly cheering for? Are we cheering for the team representing Singapore or are we cheering for team China with the exception of their name being changed to team Singapore?
True enough that our team Singapore consists of China borned people. They might have represented team Singapore but do they represent our country as a whole? Chinese National representing Singapore. How ironical. Shouldn't they just represent their own countries? It's fair enough that Singapore has been putting in efforts in attracting foreign talents so that Singapore itself can grow even further. However, whats the point of attracting them when we ourselves are losing out in our own citizens iof Singapore. Take for example, Li JiaWei. She is a Singapore borned citizen. Yes, she made name for Singapore for the past years because of her amazing talent in table tennis. But look at where she is now. She is in Beijing, representing them for the China Table Tennis Super League. It may be a golden opportunity for her, but why is she representing other country instead of Singapore? Here we are, twelcoming foreign talents with open arms but on the downside of it, we are also letting Singapore based talents out of the country.
Just imagine, in 10 years time or maybe even sooner, what if Li Jiawei left Singapore and wanted to migrate to China. She will then be representing China. This will definitely made it out to the headlines in the newspapers. A bad one that is. Wouldn't that be a shame. Some might consider that is practically fine because the foreign talents can just take over her spot. But what if the foreign talents had a change of heart? They might miss their homeland and would want to move back. So, what does this show? It shows that Singapore was just a mere platform for them to get recognised and blossom their talents. A platform for them to showcase their talent and to make their name well-knowned. As compared to their home country, they can't do so because of their stiff competition. But now that their name are world renowned, most definitely their country would want to take them into their team. And what are we left of? Nothing. Yes, nothing.
Therefore, i'm on the fence regarding this topic. I can be supportive and yet, i can also condemn them. Each and everyone of us have our own opinions, but whatever it is, congratulations to team Singapore.
Singapore table tennis wins championship Is there any glory? [ MENG CHAO ]
Singapore table tennis wins championship, Is there any glory?
Recently Singapore won the World table tennis championships in Moscow. Congraluations to the Team Singapore which won it for us, revenging for their lost during the Beijing Olympics last year. However, There has been spectulation going on saying that the Team Singpoare team is made up of foreign talents from China.
It is said that they are outcasted from their own country, that is why they had to come to Singapore to be famous. Some even said that they use Singapore as a stepping stone to become famous. There should be glory as they manage to beat their country's top players and not known as a outcast anymore. Some Singaporeans thinks that only pure singaporeans team should win the champions for Singapore to be truly glorified.
However, I think that we should give every races and foreigners a chance to be in Singapore. As Singapore Pledge says that Regardless of races, languages or religeon. We should be happy that they chose to come to Singapore to be permanent citizen. So i think that there is glory.
Confession time. How many of you have offered your seat to an elderly? I'm sure most of you don't. But on the upside, there will always be a slight portion of you who would. But thats just my own judgement. Some might agree with my opinion and some might rebut defensively.
Well, this are all interlinked to teen ettiquette. In my opinion, your ettiquette can define you in many ways. It defines you through culture, mindset and etc. Take for example the article posted on stomp. It is reported that teens behaving like hooligans and even placing their feet on the bus seats. In this kind of cases, it proves to us that they are being very inconsiderate and purely, rude. Come on, are placing your feet on the bus seats even necessary? With this, there is always solution; teen etiquette class.
Thats the least a school can provide in order to improve on one's etiquette. Its true that most would suggest that parents should be the one to inculcate them with valuable life lessons. But school should also play a part too. In conclusion, i believe that schools should adopt this measure so as to prevent the teens for lacking of culture because in the end of it, teens nowadays will represent our country and they should be good role models for the future generation. Therefore, actions should be taken before it is too late.
