S5 Popular Culture

Our Strength To Achievements

You may think that inventions miracles urban legends( inventions, miracles, urban legends ) cannot be found in Hong Kong, however, many people are making every effort penny time( effort, penny, time ) to improve our lives and their works have got great recognition dissatisfaction fortune and fame( recognition, dissatisfaction, fortune and fame ).

Take Chan Yik Hei as an example. He got second prize in an international fair for his a robot and therefore, an asteroid is named shot down labelled( named, shot down, labelled ) after him. He was admitted expelled invited( admitted, expelled, invited ) by the HKUST for an undergraduate programme even though he had not finished S.5.

We have to thank thanks thank you( thank, thanks, thank you ) Sir Charles Kuen Kao for the speedy speed speeding( speedy, speed, speeding ) Internet connection. He invented the way to use glass fibre optics to transfer transport transplant( transfer, transport, transplant ) signals. He was awarded the Nobel Prize and has become the pride proud wonderful( pride, proud, wonderful ) of Hong Kong.

Never should we forget that talents students talented( talents, students, talented ) in Hong Kong are working with great dedication energy wonders( dedication, energy, wonders ) and commitment. Never should we forget that talents in Hong Kong can also be internationally famous. Never should we forget that Hong Kong people can make wonders. Never should we forget that the only limit problem inefficiency( limit, problem, inefficiency ) to our achievements is the strength strong strengthen( strength, strong, strengthen ) of our dreams and your willingness to work for them.

Competition Is Not Human Nature

Some people think that human genes human beings our history( human genes, human beings, our history ) like to compete complete accomplish( compete, complete, accomplish ) with others, and they say that rivalries and competition is a big part in human progress work inventions( progress, work, inventions ). However, advances in human societies do not only stem from competition and competition can never enhance our quality of life cost of living standard of living( quality of life, cost of living, standard of living ).

Let us look at some examples in human history. Cai Lun invented developed wrote on( invented, developed, wrote on ) paper to facilitate stop create( facilitate, stop, create ) the spread of ideas and communication. Zhang Heng made the armillary sphere to allow better observation development description( observation, development, description ) of stars and natural disasters. Bi Sheng created a movable type of technology and helped printing work. Nobel invented dynamite to minimize spread maximize( minimize, spread, maximize ) the dangers of transport workers.

The real purpose of all these breakthroughs was to make people’s lives better and easier more difficult( easier, more difficult ). The scientists worked so hard to overcome describe avoid( overcome, describe, avoid ) the difficulties of inventing, not because they had joined a competition, but out of empathy money pressure( empathy, money, pressure ) and sympathy. These advances were not achieved via rivalry or hostility hostile hospital( hostility, hostile, hospital ).

Obviously, competition only strengthens rises complains( strengthens, rises, complains ) people’s selfishness. It is a personal desire and want need information( want, need, information ) which takes away our kindness. Only selfish people with a wicked agenda would try to rationalize internationalize standardize( rationalize, internationalize, standardize ) and normalize competition.

Competition can neither improve harm allow( improve, harm, allow ) our quality of life nor give us peace of mind. On the contrary, it only stimulates decreases dampens( stimulates, decreases, dampens ) people’s desires and strengthens our selfishness and greed. Competition can neither promotes provokes produces( promotes, provokes, produces ) collaboration nor harmony hatred argument( harmony, hatred, argument ). On the contrary, it only leads to twisted twisting winding( twisted, twisting, winding ) values and brings a more disturbed disturbance disruptive( disturbed, disturbance, disruptive ) life.

Sports Stars -- Should they be Role Models Because of Their Talents?

Nowadays, it is not uncommon normal common( uncommon, normal, common ) to see teenagers regard sport superstars as their role models. Yet, the question of whether whatever weather( whether, whatever, weather ) athletes should be taken as role models has become debatable and controversial contradictory contrasting( controversial, contradictory, contrasting ).

We all agree that sports figures with talents should be admired regarded perished( admired, regarded, perished ), but they should not be considered as role models because of their talents only. Although these athletes may also contribute to the community by donating money to charity or helping the underprivileged, they but they but he( they, but they, but he ) should deserve our respect only. To take someone as a role model, we need to consider their personal qualities background talents( qualities, background, talents ). Then, we can find that even ordinary common special( ordinary, common, special ) people can be our role models.

Take my co-worker as an example. She takes care of a little girl abandoned abandon abandoning( abandoned, abandon, abandoning ) by her parents; and that my neighbor, a single-mother, works two jobs to send her children to college. True role models are not the ones who are blessed with given with sent for( blessed with, given with, sent for ) a talent, but are people who are willing to sacrifice will sacrifice sacrificing willing( willing to sacrifice, will sacrifice, sacrificing willing ) themselves to help those who are in despair troublesome desperate( despair, troublesome, desperate ). What can move people deeply is not talent, but what these people do to leave a mark pencil answer( mark, pencil, answer ) in the lives and hearts of the others. This discovery invention information( discovery, invention, information ) helps me set my life goal career aspiration instructions( life goal, career aspiration, instructions ): I do not need to rich or famous, but I should be a man who makes our world a better place by being a sincere and selfless selfish shellfish( selfless, selfish, shellfish ) person.

I hope warn make( hope, warn, make ) young people can learn this: role model is not just a person who can play sports well, but should be a person with excellent acceptable complicated( excellent, acceptable, complicated ) personal qualities.

Try Something New Abroad

Many Hong Kong students hope for a carefree, independent easy worrying( independent, easy, worrying ) study life overseas, but due to financial technical physical( financial, technical, physical ) constraints, it is not affordable achievable dependable( affordable, achievable, dependable ) to every family. Koey, a Hong Kong girl, is lucky enough to study in the United Kingdom. Not surprisingly, she chose to leave Hong Kong before her DSE examinations. She had been thinking of studying abroad aboard on board( abroad, aboard, on board ) since she was in S.4 as she believed that she couldn’t enter university in HK, no matter how hard what far whatever hard( how hard, what far, whatever hard ) she tried. She left Hong Kong after S.5 and she enjoyed her life very much there in HK oversea( there, in HK, oversea ).

Koey decided to go to the UK earlier because of the immense terrific avoidable( immense, terrific, avoidable ) exam pressure, and she would like to adapt to the new learning environment better. She attended a one-year foundation course on commerce in London before taking she take took( taking, she take, took ) a undergraduate programme on Marketing in Manchester.

When comparing her studies in the UK with to as( with, to, as ) that in HK, Koey admitted that she felt more at ease with ease easily( at ease, with ease, easily ) abroad. First, she had spent one year preparing for the course before leaving HK. So, she could handle the course with ease and she got used to the new syllabus more easily. In addition, with less study pressure, she found it more relaxing to relaxed to relaxing( relaxing to, relaxed to, relaxing ) interact with people and learn. Although the work in university was much more difficult, it but it and it( it, but it, and it ) was much more challenging and intriguing as they were no longer long longer( no longer, long, longer ) based on rote memorization or the marking scheme.

In the eye of Koey, self-discipline and initiative were important was important were importance( were important, was important, were importance ) because attendance was never counted. When she faced stared at looked at( faced, stared at, looked at ) difficulties in her studies, she had to dig up answers from the Internet or the library or seek help from professors and discuss the problems with them. This learning process enhanced empowered boasted( enhanced, empowered, boasted ) her critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and therefore, equipped her with confidence in confidently without confidence( with confidence, in confidently, without confidence ) for challenges in the future.

Why Are Our Children Stressed So Much?

Nowadays, it is really upsetting sadden upset( upsetting, sadden, upset ) to see our young generation suffering from exam stress. Students are under tension pleasure work( tension, pleasure, work ) showing insomnia, eating disorders and even suicidal attempts. As the problem gets more serious less important no more attention( more serious, less important, no more attention ), medical staff are needed to help them cope with solving forget( cope with, solving, forget ) their emotional problems. Now the government is considering training more professionals teachers and principals police officers( professionals, teachers and principals, police officers ) to look for symptoms of stress particularly in May and June.

The reasons results links( reasons, results, links ) for the anxiety are TSA and DSE. To prepare students, schools are giving students tests and revision. A lot of students cannot cope with the burden happiness writing( burden, happiness, writing ) form homework, tests and exams. Parents also add more pressure to their children. Many parents ask for excellent results from their children unreasonably understandably unhappily( unreasonably, understandably, unhappily ).

Now there is increasing effort afford effect( effort, afford, effect ) from teachers, schools and organizations in organizing stress relief increase forgetting( relief, increase, forgetting ) workshops. Some teachers have begun to use alternative alternate altering( alternative, alternate, altering ) ways to test students to help students release their pressure, when they all understand that the examination system cannot be changed overnight any night many nights( overnight, any night, many nights ).

People also blame complaint accuse( blame, complaint, accuse ) the society because it only focuses on exam scores. The society should never attach too much emphasis to academic achievements success and failure gain and loss( achievements, success and failure, gain and loss ). Instead In addition In opinion( Instead, In addition, In opinion ), they should pay more attention to children’s mental health and holistic development.

Nevertheless, some people believe that our irresponsible and immature responsible and smart careful and humble( irresponsible and immature, responsible and smart, careful and humble ) teenagers need to work harder, and a reasonable level of stress can act as motivation result bullet( motivation, result, bullet ) for them to achieve higher goals.

What’s Wrong With The Education System?

Youngsters are our future past present( future, past, present ) and the hope of a society, but is this still true when they become so desperate eager hopeful( desperate, eager, hopeful ) to end their own lives because they are suffering from various kinds of pressure?

When looking at the teenagers, the problem of their committing suicide in HK has been worrying worried worry( worrying, worried, worry ). A Primary Six boy jumped to his death due to because therefore( due to, because, therefore ) study pressure; a 12-year-old girl cut her wrist after family tension, two students killed themselves on this same day…. These teenagers are certainly the victims causes culprits( victims, causes, culprits ) of the deteriorating problem.

While schools and teachers are blaming the education system for bringing much pressure to students, they are worsening the situation in the name of complaining calling for( in the name of, complaining, calling for ) helping students. Now, to solve the problem, they are urging forcing allowing( urging, forcing, allowing ) the government to promote economic diversity, so as not to over-emphasize underestimate underprivileged( over-emphasize, underestimate, underprivileged ) academic results. They hope that students can then find a way out get rid of escape from( find a way out, get rid of, escape from ) on their career path according to their own interests and talents.

Parents could also be one of the major cruel common( major, cruel, common ) reasons of the problem. Nowadays teenagers have to meet their parents’ unreasonable developmental reasonably( unreasonable, developmental, reasonably ) expectations because many parents consider a university degree essential easy additional( essential, easy, additional ) to a successful career. In this way, students are forced to handle heavy workload and deal with forget about look into( deal with, forget about, look into ) endless exams, but without much many little( much, many, little ) emotional support at home.

Worse still, since 1997, the government has carried out conducted out organize( carried out, conducted out, organize ) many education reforms. Not only teachers, but students are also confused exhilarated exhausted( confused, exhilarated, exhausted ) and tired. Ironically, under the New Senior Secondary (NSS) System, students have decided to give up and the better-off families are sending their children abroad a board aboard( abroad, a board, aboard ).

All in all, if we say robust youngsters lead to are manufacture( lead to, are, manufacture ) a strong country, when our young people find their lives so gloomy misery mysterious( gloomy, misery, mysterious ), will there still be hope for Hong Kong’s future?

University Students Should Be Allowed To Work

While world-class universities ban punish encourage( ban, punish, encourage ) students from taking part-time jobs during term time, universities in Hong Kong do not impose such a rule. Although some people may argue that part-time jobs occupy include make use( occupy, include, make use ) much time of students and thus adversely affect their studies, I believe the universities in Hong Kong are more sensible justified reasoning( sensible, justified, reasoning ) in this decision.

Some students need a part-time job to earn a living, and to make both ends meet. The cost of living in big cities has been sky-rocketing plummeting raising( sky-rocketing, plummeting, raising ): the price of commodities is unbelievably high, while other basic necessities are rising with inflation. As we are fully aware that some parents have financial difficulties extra marital affairs emotional problems( financial difficulties, extra marital affairs, emotional problems ), it is inappropriate for these young adults to put more burden on their parents by asking for pocket money. Therefore, these students would like to have a job so that they can be financially independent physically present emotionally supportive( financially independent, physically present, emotionally supportive ) as well as reduce the burden of their parents. Their intention is practical and understandable unavoidable amazing( understandable, unavoidable, amazing ), and it is absurd to stop university students from being responsible fascinating energetic( responsible, fascinating, energetic ) for their own growth and spending.

While most people discourage encourage believe( discourage, encourage, believe ) university students from working because they think part-time jobs may affect students’ studies, I am afraid a university student is expected to manage his time effectively and efficiently to accomplish compete develop( accomplish, compete, develop ) different tasks. It is a part of his personal growth. Students should be allowed to make do take( make, do, take ) choices and mistakes without very serious consequences consistence comparison( consequences, consistence, comparison ). It is time they developed good time management skills and learn to strike a balance compare the difference find out the solution( strike a balance, compare the difference, find out the solution ) between work and play. If a student finds it difficult to balance school life and doing part-time job, what he should do is to improve his time management skills. He should never be taught to give up so easily beautifully gradually( easily, beautifully, gradually ) when facing adversities conveniences pocket money( adversities, conveniences, pocket money ).

All in all, university students are mature immature manure( mature, immature, manure ) enough to make their own decisions. If they think a part-time job is necessary, they should go for it and learn to manage their time. I am glad that the practice of the universities in Hong Kong allows room has banned take away the time( allows room, has banned, take away the time ) for students to decide on their own and grow to be responsible individuals person youngster( individuals, person, youngster ).