Straits Times Reflection
Term 3 Week 9
2E/NA

Home Section page B6
Call us, helplines urge troubled teens


1a) List two reasons why teens are reluctant to call helplines despite the promise of anonymity and professional help.
- Teens are reluctant to call helplines because they are not really comfortable talking to strangers. Talking to someone about our problems will be very wierd for us. Talking to friends or teachers about our problem is calm for us . Secondly , teenagers are stubborn . We will keep our problem to ourselves . They don't really like to share their prob;ems with others .

b) According to Ms Lily Chu, how does Touch Leadership and Mentoring prefer to help troubled teens?
Touch Leadership and Mentoring prefer to help teens and youths through more direct, effective, means, such as educational workshops in schools, face to face counselling and home visits.

2) Have you confided in your friends or family members about the problems you face in school/ life? Why or why not?
Yes. I would usually talk to my friends and my mother about my problems . They are really understanding . It is much more comfortable talking to them than talking to counsellors because we barely know the counsellors. My friends wold understand as they had encoutered the same thing i am going through. It is also common for teenagers to seek for their friends help when they face a problem. For my mother, she was a teenager once so , she would understand what i am going through .

Have you been betrayed by your friends before? If yes, how? (You may change the names of the people involved for privacy)
Yes, it was about trust . They think that we are like their maid . Doing this for , that for her but in the end , she forgets you just like that .

Home section page B3
PM's basic Rules for Religious Harmony!

1a) What are the 4 rules for religious harmony?
- All group have to exercise tolerance and restraint.

- Keep religon separate from politics

- Government must remain secular

- Maintain the common space that all Singaporeans share

b) In your opinion, how can we maintain a common space in schools?
We have to respect other cultures, religion and differences to make sure everything is calm in school .

2) Do you respect other religions? Why or why not?
Of course I do . It is very important to respect other religion . Like the national pledge , regardless of race or religion . Having friends of other religions make me more respect them . Although we are different religion , we along really well . (:

Home Section page 1
Elderly Falling Prey to 'Volunteer' Ruse (trick)


1a) What is the modus operandi (method of operating) of the con artists?
The modus operandi is faking and posing as a volunteer from one of the welfare organisation on a project to spruce up the homes of old folks. By doing this, it will lessen the amout of old folks getting trick by these con artists. Usually, the theif will go into their houses, pretending to be a volunteer. We will take a chance to steal the old folks money when the old folks aren't paying attention to them.

b) What are the Lion Befrienders planning to do to ensure the old folks do not get conned again?
The Lion Befrienders are planning to let an experienced or a full time staff to introduce the new volunteers to the old folks so that they will not get conned again. Since the old folks recognised the new volunteers, they will know who are strangers and who are volunteers .

2) Do you like doing social work? Why or why not?