Blog Prompt 31-1

Hi all!

Today, I shall be talking about having friends from another race.

Well, I do not have a close friend from another race, but I really do want to have some.

It is important and necessary to have friends from another race, so as to learn their culture and religion. I personally think that having more variety of friends makes you more exposed and aware of the world we are living in currently.

I know that there are some people that are racist against a certain race. It is easy to spot some of their actions, but it is definitely not easy to stop your own actions. Sometimes, our words and actions would be indirectly signalling that we are discriminating them.

Although the majority of the people here in Singapore are Chinese, however, since Singapore is a multiracial society and has its official language of Mandarin, English, Malay and Tamil, we should understand each other and make out the best of both worlds, or maybe the best of all worlds.

Comic Strip

Hi all!

This is the comic strip that I have done about discrimination.

Have fun reading!

Mindmap on the Civil Rights Movement

Hi all!

Here is the mindmap on civil rights movements

Blog Prompt 27-1 (Why Chinese Mothers are Superior)

Hi Readers!

Today I will be sharing with you what I think about the recent newspaper article "Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior".

I agree with the issue that Chinese mothers, although very strict, are very effective too. The article states that there are requirements, although more like rules, that the children have to meet in order to please their parents. If any of them were not met, they would be reprimanded. Yes, this is true, as I myself was and currently is one of these children. My parents are strict, and although not as strict as the writer of the article, they are effective too. When I was Primary Six, my mother set rules for me to obey so that I could do well for my PSLE. I obeyed, and I did reasonably well for my PSLE. Although I know some of these do not apply to some people, but at least I know that this method is quite effective.

There are some children who attempted to disobey they're parents, and even if they have successfully disobeyed their parents, they would most probably mix with bad company and end up doing bad in their studies.

Some parents set requirements for their children because they do not want their children to walk the wrong path in their lives.

However, others do that so as not to embarrass themselves. Some parents always like to compare their child with other parents' child. And when their child loses in the comparison, they get mad and their child would have to face the music. Must some children suffer this kind of fate just because of their parents face? I think not. Parents should realise that their children are not things that you use to compare and compete with others. Thankfully, this is only the minority of the parents population in Singapore.

Overall, I think that majority of the parents lay rules for their children to abide and set up requirements for them to meet as they think that their children has to learn the hard way in order to ace their future career instead of becoming useless in the society in time to come.

Blog prompt 20-1

Is it better to have never known something than to have known something and to ultimately lose it later?

Well, I think it would be better to know something and lose it later. Well, if you never want to know something, it would mean that you would never find out what that thing would be, and it will eventually be a loss to you, as people would know one more interesting thing that you don't. However, if you know something positive, and lose it later, even if that thing will never return to you ever again, you could still adapt to the new surroundings and continue with life, as time heals everything. Moreover, you may, from time to time, try to remember it when you are feeling down if may make you happy.

That is what I think. Comment on this post to agree or disagree on what I think. You can also voice your own opinions. :)

Prompt 19/01/2011

Yes, I have. When I am a CIT in Ortus Council, I remembered that during the Secondary One Orientation, as I wasn't really in charge of that event, I was made a station master instead of a buddy. Moreover, my contact number and email wasn't recorded and hence I did not get to have a SOO T-shirt of my own. Hence, everyday my attendance wasn't marked, and when everyone was in their SOO shirt on the first day, I was the only few wearing PE attire. I wouldn't say I was treated very badly, but I find that the event wasn't really well planned when it comes to manpower. I was taken as an 'Extra'. However, I really enjoyed myself overall, as I found the cheering very refreshing and exciting, and the group I was temporarily with was extremely enthusiastic and they cheered their hearts out.

Prejudice, Discrimination, Stereotype, Biasness

Hi readers!

I will be explaning the differences between the four words mentioned above.

Stereotypes are formed when a person notices another person is a small group of people who has a quality ( positive/negative ) and assumes that the rest is like him.

This will lead to the person being bias. When a person has stereotypes of two different groups, one better than another, he will be bias against one group, and towards the other.

When the person is bias against a group, prejudice takes place. He would try to avoid them and spread rumours about them to other people.

Discrimination takes place when a person directly offends another whom he was prejudiced against.

Thats the differences between the four words.

Acts of Prejudice

Hi all,

Today, I am giving you all some examples regarding acts of prejudice.

1. An act of prejudice would be when a white discriminates a black, without any valid reason.

2. A good student and a mischievous student failed to hand in their homework. When the teacher reprimands the mischievous but not the good student, this is an act of prejudice.

3. An example of an act of prejudice is when white collar workers look down on odd job workers.

4. A teacher queued up behind a student to buy their food from a canteen. It is an act of prejudice if the vendor serves the teacher first.

5. It's an act of prejudice if normal people look down on the mentally disabled.

Targets for 2011

Hi readers!

Well, this is a new year and there will, of course, be new resolutions.
I have already set targets for the year 2011.

You may ask me, what have I done well last year? It's not much, but well, I will just tell you.
Apparantly, I prepared well for poetry and hence scored well in that section.

However, there are stuffs that I went wrong too. The worst was comprehension. I did not really know how to answer the questions properly, and after the teachers' explanation, I still didn't get it. Therefore, I did not do that well for this section.

What are my targets for 2011? It's simple. First, I shall try my best in improving on my comprehension. Afterwards, I need to improve on my other sections. Finally, I need to maintain my standard for poetry.

How do I work towards these goals? I would have to work hard to improve my different sections, but work harder on comprehensions. I would also need to frequently revise on my poems so as not to neglect it and end up unexpectedly doing badly for it.

I really hope to achieve at least most of these results, to make myself and everyone else around proud :)

Thats all for now,

Marcus Neo