Weekend assignment Term 2 Week 5

Students should be given more freedom in deciding school rules.' What are your views?

Students nowadays, are getting more and more daring, flouting school rules almost everyday.The reason? Because they feel that some school rules are redundant or are to restrictive. As a student, I myself feel that some school rules in my school are redundant, and that we should be given more freedom in deciding school rules.

In my school, ankle socks are banned. The school says that we will have a negative appearance when we visitors, or members of the public see us in ankle socks, and that we have to maintain a good appearance. However, how many people in the school are actually abiding this rule? I have observed that more than half of the school population, especially the upper secondary and secondary 2 students, are wearing ankle socks. I personally feel that ankle socks do not promote a negative image of ourselves. As the saying goes, "do not judge a book by its cover". Even if a person is wearing ankle socks, but he has a good character, people will like him, and not dislike him due to his ankle socks.

Students of my age are also getting more and more rebellious, due to puberty. Many have tendencies to defy certain school rules. They feel that those school rules are redundant and are of no importance and thus carry the "rules are meant to be broken" attitude. In my school, every student's hair cannot be longer than his eyebrow and the back cannot touch the collar. Students at this age, care a lot about their appearance and want to look cool, trendy and nice. I have also observed that many students, especially the upper secondary students, sporting hair and shoes which flout school rules. If they get caught, the discipline master will give them a "haircut", embarrassing them, and also give them demerit points. Because of this punishment, those who have gone through it will dislike or even come to hate the school.

If students are given more freedom in deciding school rules, they can propose some leniency in certain rules. For example, to allow ankle socks, but socks must at least be visible. Or hair can be longer then your eyebrow, but must never touch the eye. However, the rules must never be too lax. Of course, school has to have to the right to reject a unreasonable proposal. This way, the students will instead of hating and disliking the school, come to enjoy school life.

Thus, I feel that students should be given more freedom in deciding school rules because it will help them come to enjoy school life and not disliking school. By enjoying to come to school, it will also help them in the future as they will learn more if they enjoy schooling instead of dreading school and not learning anything.

1985, Chernobyl. Now, Fukushima , Japan. How many more times must history repeat itself, then can mankind realise the dangers of nucleur energy? 1985, Chernobyl suffered the nuclear meltdown, due to a failed experiment. And Japan suffered from a nuclear meltdown due to natural disaster. The consequences of both disasters were dire.

In 1985, Chernobyl was hit with a severe nuclear meltdown, which resulted in more than 200 deaths. Within a week, 40 firemen and personnel were killed, all diagnosed with acute radiation syndrome. All citizens within a 30 km radius had to be evacuated from their homes. A large portion of a pine forest was wiped out. All the pine trees also suffered from acute radiation.Many dead carcasses could by found lying around the streets. Many animals and plants suffered deformities. The aftermath of the disaster was just like the end of the world.

In 2011, Fukushima,Japan was hit with a 9.0 magnitude earthquake as well as a 10m high tsunami wave which wiped out the entire city by the seaside. A airport nearby was also badly damaged. Dead bodies and debris littered the city. This triggered a meltdown in the nuclear plant. The water cooling system was unable to curb the spike in temperature in the plant, leading to 3 explosions in 4 nuclear plants. People was stranded hopeless and homeless on the streets. Marine life and animals were all killed, wiped out totally. As a result, 50 patriotic sacrificed themselves to stay behind in the plant to try to bring down the temperature. It is said that the cooling down process will take a few years time. It was just like the 1985 Chernobyl.

Two such nuclear disasters have already happened, but now, many countries are still trying to build nuclear plants, just to save some money. Many alternative energy sources out there are available. For example the solar energy. Those sources of energy are much safer and eco-friendly, but they cost more. People should not be blinded by money. They should consider about the safety factors as well as the life of animals and plants.

I feel that nuclear energy does not have a part to play in the world. People should stop using nuclear energy and switch to eco-friendly energy sources. By using eco-friendly sources, people's lives and the environment will not be endangered in the case of a nuclear meltdown.

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221-1 Tsunekunishiro Hamamatsu Shi
ToyamanaKen, Japan 57211193
4th April
Dear Aunt Arisashi,
A tsunami has wiped our the entire Fukushiima district. What left is debris and homeless people. Rescue efforts have been carried out and most homeless people have already taken refuge in the temporary shelters. Saito-kun and I have also settled down in the shelter.

Although things have calmed down pretty much here, what I am fearing most is that the Fukushiima Nucluer Plant will not be able to contain the heat and cause a nucleur meltdown. If that happens, everyone here will be dead within seconds. The lucky ones will live to find themselves deformed or heavily injured due to the radiation. I pray at every moment that that will not happen. I really do not want history to repeat itself again.

Is it well there in Singapore? I hear that there are not many natural disasters there. However, Saito-kun and I have already decided, we would not abandon our country no matter what. We have assisted some rescue workers in the rescue operations and will continue to do so. Please pray for us in these times of disaster. We will truly appreaciate it.

Yours Sincerely,
Saiga Tosugara