Litter bugs, the criminals of Singapore

Litter bugs, as we all know, are people who throw rubbish everywhere without showing concern to the environment's cleaniness or beauty. They destroy the reputation of an area, and are regarded as serious offenders in public. The problem of litter bugs are most common in Singapore, the garden city.

Its pretty ironic to me, that Singapore was nicknamed garden city while people have been going around throwing litter. Simply Ridiculous. Litter bugs, to me, are considered the worst of human nature. How could people be so lazy and unthoughtful towards the environment, of which our ancestors have worked so hard to beautify. We should show respect to Singapore and our ancestors by preserving the nature instead of polluting it. We should observe our actions at all times and we must put in mind that we should not dispose rubbish everywhere but in the bin.

I do not know what or why people wanted to litter on the floor. Why do they want to do such a despicable action? Do they have a purpose? I always ask myself. I figured out that most of the time is that people could not find rubbish bins at the crowded areas and have no idea where to find, and hence they litter. However, we should not only think about ourselves, but we must care for our nature. Singapore was once really a garden city, with trees and flowers blooming everywhere. Human actions such as littering had caused our country to end up in this state. We should not dispose litter anymore. We should observe our manners at all times and protect the environment, preserve it, to enjoy it.

Litter bugs are a big problem of Singapore. It ruined our reputation as a garden city. However, we could still revert back to our nickname, garden city if we work harder in the future, preserve the environment and do not litter!

Home learning 2 : Interpersonal intelligence

Interview with mother on her views on prejudice and discrimination.

(Translated from chinese into English)

Me: Mother, what do you feel about prejudice and discrimination all around the world? Do you think it is acceptable? Or do you think it is not allowed?

Mum: I feel that prejudice is not acceptable as every man or woman born into the world cannot change their looks and appearance no matter how much they wish for it. Everyone must accept thier skin colour, body size, appearance etc. No one can change their looks. Everyone is equal from the very start. That is why i hates discrimination and prejudice. Who said that blacks are ugly, fat people are stupid, white people are clever and good size people are good? That is only a presumtion. I have this thought that everyone is special in his or her own way and nothing you do can change the way they look. I white man may be stupid and a black man may be clever. Discrimination would let the innocents feel pitiful and sad for themselves. No one is superior and no one is inferior. Prejudice makes people feel discouraged and lonely. People discriminate only because they do not know what it feels to be discriminated. Although i was not discriminated when i was young. i saw how badly treated the discriminated people were. I felt pity for them. That is what i think.

Me: So when you were small did you encounter any discrimination or did you hear any news about it/ If so, how did you react?

mum: As you know, i lived in China and therefore had little interacts with white bullying blacks. However, there wre prejudice against fat people and nerds. Fat people were often ostracized and bullied. When i saw what was happening, at first i was afraid it would happen to me. Then, i felt pity for those people and went out to lend a hand. I simply could not stand the sight of the innocents getting teased around. I as very small at that time and did not understand a lot of things.

Me; Thank you.

Home learning 1 : Intrapersonal intelligence

Diary entry for Scout Jean Louise On the first day of school:

Today was the worst day of my life. It was not fun at all. Who knew that school could be so tiring...... It was so much different from the days where i could play with Jem and Dill. Sigh......

It was all because of Miss Caroline! How could such a pretty person be so scary and frightening? She was so mean towards me that i lost all my courage to speak! She even said that my father does not know how to teach! She did not want me to be literate! I am so confused. I thought Atticus told me that knowledge is good? Is reading in the first grade really that bad? I never imagined school to be such a scary place. I think i should check this out with Atticus. Then they would quarrel and... and... I would be the victim. Did i do anything wrong? I always gained new knowledge when i read with Atticus. And when she said damage, did she mean i read the wrong things?Or is it...... Argh! I do not understand. I don't know! I just don't know...... And i also cannot write? What kind of place is a school? I always thought school is to teach us how to read and write, but why is Miss Caroline teaching us how to not read and not write? If that is the case, i will rather not go to school...... And what does Jem meant by a new system and we need to learn about cows? Oh man ......

Things just get worse and worse after that. Did Miss Caroline even cared to know each student well? She does not even realize who a Cunningham is! And when i told her that A Cunningham only lives with what they have and that she is shaming him, she whipped me! hauled me up to the front of the room and whipped me! That was very pain. Did say something wrong? Did i offend her? Why is she being such a difficult teacher! I was just trying to explain the facts to her. Why would she whip me? Did she mistake me for offending her when i said shaming him? I never knew school was so painful and hard. She whipped on the first day of school! I was so humiliated in front of everyone! I did not feel i deserved it. I have a feeling that she is not going to like me as a student. This is going to be a tough year. I wonder what will happen tomorrow? Will i again get scolded by her? I hope not.......

Multiple intelligence test

I just took a multiple intelligence test but i could not post the results on my blog because of technical reasons.

In my learning profile, musical and kinaesthetic aspects of me are my strong forms of multiple intelligence. Music being my top form of multiple intelligence is not surprising as i often listen to music and i could detect music easily. I was quite surprised that kinaesthetic is one of my best intelligence. i was not particularly body smart some time ago. I was also quite shocked to see my logical intelligence low as i am always quite logical and number smart.

Based on the results of the test, i felt that multiple intelligence test is very useful as it helps you to know your weakness, strengths and areas you need improvement on. It tells you about your various intelligence areas so that you will be aware of that and choose your paths according to that. I personally felt that this test is quite accurate as it gathers most possibilities in a person's life and try to find out your multiple intelligence.