This is a challenging period. But we should never let the negativity get to us. For those who are taking important exams this year, there is a lot of ground that you can cover during this period when you are at home. Do not let your spirits fall. Make use of all available resources and cover as much ground as you can.
Category: Education
Life during Covid-19: Getting into the right frame of mind!
The Spanish flu pandemic affected around 500 million people and killed about 20-50 million. It is worth remembering these things today as we are faced with COVID-19. As of 16 April 2020, more than 2 million people have been infected by the virus and more than 130,000 have died.
There is a light at the end of this tunnel!
The number of COVID-19 infected patients, as well as the deaths due to the pandemic, are increasing at an alarming rate. As we all know, many nations have gone into lockdowns, asking their citizens to remain indoors for weeks or months. Singapore has announced our own quarantine period from April 7 till May 4.
Holding hands in the time of COVID-19!
Within a couple of months, our Instagram and Twitter hashtags have changed from #ChineseNewYearCelebration to #StayHome and #StaySafe. As we all know by now, coronavirus has changed the way we lead our day-to-day lives. In a few countries, things are slowly getting back to normal. However, in most nations, the virus is spreading rapidly at an exponential rate and a nation-wide lockdown has been called for.
Surviving the coronavirus – can we truly beat this?
For more than a month now, the world has been discussing only one thing – COVID-19. The coronavirus pandemic has brought life to a standstill. The virus which made its appearance in China in December 2019 has conquered the globe over the past few months.
Social media: friend or foe?
It has been less than two decades since social media announced its appearance on the world stage. Within such a brief span of time, it has penetrated into most aspects of our life. How many of us are not on social media today? Both Facebook and YouTube have more than 2 billion active users across the globe. WhatsApp has around 1.5 billion. Is this good? Or is this mass following a threat?
Online education – the solution to the COVID-19 educational disruption!
Have you felt that your life has been restricted over the past few weeks or months? All over the world, people have been overwhelmed by the Coronavirus pandemic. At least 166 countries have been affected by the virus [as of 20 March 2020, according to the World Health Organization (WHO)]. The effects are visible across different sectors. Borders have been closed, travel restrictions have been put in place and economic activities have been hit hard.
Nature or Nurture – Picking your CCAs!
Should we focus on nurturing new skills or just try to build and improve the ones that we naturally possess? Do we face this same issue while choosing and trying to get into Co-curricular Activities (CCAs)? Since we are taking a break from our CCAs now due to Covid-19, let’s take a dive into whether Nature or Nurture of skills and talents matters more.
Reading – Are you doing it the right way?
We all know the benefits of reading – improved comprehension skills, enhanced knowledge about various subject matter, the list is endless. The real question to ask then is – How many of us actually read? No, we’re not talking about reading comics, or tabloid news on social media platforms. We’re talking about the actual pick up of the novel, read and thumb through each page type of reading. There you have it, most of us are guilty of not reading as extensively as we ought to.
How should we choose our jobs – Passion vs Practicality?
Based on the early findings of a 2016 survey on emigration carried out by the Institute for Policy Studies, 58.3% of Singaporeans between the age of 19 and 30 believe that emigration is inevitable as Singapore becomes more competitive and stressful.
