Unico-thoughts

Linden

and people know my name

Linden.is my name
BLAH BLAH BLAH

Gayle

I'm redeemed and loved by God so high

I'm Gayle!
a Man told me i'm called to live life differently
that i'm not meant to live for myself,and that i have a destinty and a purpose here on earth
i do and am blessed (:

Jiayi

Just be Yourself

My name is Jiayi
I'm quiet by nature which makes people think that I'm a boring person.
But I love to be myself and I believe that girls can be better than guys.
And, I LOVE S.H.E!

Christine

The Food-Lover

Christine,18
Studying in NYP.
Simple Love Korean/Hongkong dramas.
Love Chicken Rice. YUMMY!

Desiree

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true

Me; I indulge in good food, spending quality time with my family and enjoys travelling. :)

Jiayi's view on article: Suicides of 2 JC girls (Friday, August 6, 2010 / 12:31 AM)

Why are Singaporean students keep committing suicide, I wonder. The main reason for this question may be due to the stress that they are facing. Beside stress from school work, there may also be stress coming from homes. Some parents may have very high expectations on their children, wanting them to become this and become that. But they never really understand what their children really want, how are they coping in their school work. This is very saddening, because as a parent, they should show concern to their children and spend more time chatting with them, understanding their problems and giving them pieces of advise and not stressing them and tensing them up.

As some students do not want to disappoint their parents, they also set higher expectations for themselves, so as to do their parents proud. While some can handle and work well with stress, there are still a number who cannot work well under stress or pressure. This will cause them to be overly tense up with minor things and once they cannot handle their stress any longer, they may do foolish things. This is when the tragedy happens, they commit suicide. This is because they do not have anyone to confide to, and they do not wish to approach their parents as they fear that they will disappoint and get a scolding from them if they do not excel in their studies. The constantly accumulating of stress will cause them to do foolish things such as what the 2 Pioneer students did, committing suicide over the slightest thing.

Thus, I feel that parents should not give their children anymore stress and should allocate more time to chat with their children to prevent further tragedies from taking place in the future.