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definition of school : an institution or building at which children and young people receive education

so that the definition of school so what if we don't have discipline. is it mean that student can come to school anytime the want or we can cheat in exams so what the point of coming to school , school should be a place for us to learn ,so we should have discipline

but what if we have too much discipline

is it wrong to oversleep because if someone study until very late , then the next day late and teacher give me detention is it fair ,yes its not fair but that the discipline we are talking about you see the reason above is lack of responsibility.

school not only let student learn discipline but all the values we should have

If you could live anywhere, where would you live in?

if i could live anywhere i want to go everywhere to take a look ,there so much things that we could explore so i dun want to stay at one place is way too boring i like to travel around so many places that i can go like Asia,Europe,America ...........and more.

first stop i want to go korea yeah cause now everywhere k-pop so i really want to see my idols and korea alot of kimchi i like kimchi so i go there i could eat alot of kimchi XD and i want to go to the teddy bear musement in korea there have about more than 10000 of kinds of teddy bears and lastly for korea i want to take a roller coaster right in korea what so special about that is because is made up purely wood and nails so whenthe coaster pass by you could fill that the whole thing is shaking , and the ride is way much longer than singapore's

second stop maldives ， because i love oceans and maldives is going to disappear soon due to gobal warming so i really want to go there before it disappear.

alot of places i want to travel but i think i will want to stay in my homeland china is always my home

journal(38)

If I could live anywhere,i would still want to live in singapore because we do not have war and everyone is very paeceful and most of us can work together reguardless of how different we may be.Even thought our goverment takes alot of money using ERP, GST ect ,they still do help the poor in our country abit,we also have good economics so we do not need to worry about our parents getting fired or quitting their job.i think the main reason to why i wound still want to live in sg is because my friends and family are here and i do feel very safe here not because there are police but because this is my home and i have people who will care for me here.

Index 14- Journal entry (edited)

If you could live anywhere, where would you live in?

If I could live anywhere, I would still choose to live in Singapore because that is the place where I was born and it is the place where it is very memorable to me.

Though, the weather in Singapore is humid, it has a good education and environment for learning as compared to the other countries. As a result, most people from other countries would want to migate to Singapore.

Actually, I would like to live in overseas where nobody will know me. Probably, I would want to live in Paris, Franch as it is a country of fine arts. But I will have to learn to speak French first!

I will live in Singapore forever no matter what happen. Whether Singapore snow or not, it does not change my view of where to stay. As long as, my family, friends and everyone else is living in the same country , under the same roof, breathing the same air and speaking the same language, it's fine with me whether or not we are in Singapore.

In conclusion, I think I would live in Singapore. As it is the best country in the world to me!


Done by: Phylicia

Reg.27 journal entry

If I would live anywhere in the world, where would I live? I would rather choose home than any other places in the world because I know that living in foreign country is just horrible enough for me.

Home is the most comfortable place for all men and women.I would buy a land and build a cute house for myself and parents.When I have a romantic house and many close friends around me, it is so called a happy life.I think that the location of my house should be located where I can speak my mother language freely.I feel frustrating whenever Singaporean speak Chinese to me.I have to explain them that I do not speak Chinese it is a waste of time to explain to them.Also, I feel stressed when I use English to talk.I cannot express my mind fully or even less than a half.

The reason I chose my country rather than other beautiful places is because of nothing.It would sound odd but it is true that you feel very comfortable and relaxed when you are in your country and would be better when you are at your home in your country.It may be caused by the temperature of the place.I feel like dying under Singapore's hot weather.I miss snow and strong wind.You can get homesick if you miss your country to much.I have experienced it in the beginning of my foreign living.

I will always choose my home country as my place of living.

Essay index 38

School is a place for studying,playing and fun and laughter,School is also considered our second home. Some people think that school should be a place of discipline. I disagree.
To begin,we will first talk about the rules that should be implant into the school.Rules such as Discipline,Behaviour and many more others.Without these rules,we are sure that we cannot concentrate in studying.Also, the problem we face are conflicting with teachers,the students will be stress when facing the teachers
The teachers in school are not the parents of the student, so they can't use any abusive discipline method on the student. If they want to discipline the student, they must call the student's parent to allow them to use this method. To conclude, we disagree that the school to use abusive discipline methods to discipline the students in school, students should also be discipline. Thank you !

No. 11 Essay Writing

School is a place where we can learn, play and work. We gain new knowledge and even life long skills. It is a place that is even considered our second home. For instance, imagine a home which is full of discipline- this does not make any sense as a home should be somewhere comfortable to stay. Thus, I believe that school should not be a place of discipline.


To begin with, having discipline makes students stiff, and not lively in their school lives. This leads to pupils not communicating when they are supposed to and this means that the interactions between teachers and students will stop. If this happens, it will be the same as not attending school because there are no interactions or socialisations. Too much discipline may also make the students afraid to ask questions to clarify the things that they do not understand. Most of the time, this will result in the dropping of academic grades.

Furthermore, discipline makes life at school harsher and stricter. If I were given the choice, I would choose to study in a place without discipline, as it would be a more comfortable environment to study and concentrate in. Studying or spending hours in places that you are not used to, or uncomfortable ...in, would make you lose concentration as the surroundings will bother you. You may also be very tense and cannot relax or enjoy the moments in school because of all the discipline.

However, students these days are found to be less obedient and mannerless. They do not bother to greet their teachers or elders at all. They do not apply their learning into their daily lives and ignore the school rules. Such examples may be when they do not tuck in their shirts but fold it, or when they ...alter their skirts and pants to the length they desire. This is not allowed but they do not care, and disobey these concrete rules. Sometimes, they do not take the lessons and what they learn in it seriously and even treat it as a practical joke.

Moreover, they could show bad images of the school and the country. Many students do not care whether they are at school or public places, and swear using vulgar words. If they are in their school uniform in a public place, they are putting a morally wrong image of their school, as well as showing a bad i...mage of Singapore to foreigners.

To summarize it all, I believe that schools should not have a strong discipline system in order to make school life more enjoyable for the students. Studying, playing and living in a comfortable and optimistic environment will allow the students of Singapore to grow wisely, to stand tall and be prepared for ...their future through the socialisation and interaction in their second home, our school.

register 20. journal post

(If I could live anywhere in the world, where would I live?)
If I could live anywhere in the world, I would choose to live in a place which is filled with fresh air, the environment is clean and green and a clear blue sky.
Nobody would choose to stay in a place where the air that you breathe in is polluted including me. Fresh air also makes me feel cool and refreshing.
Clean. The environment that is clean makes a person feel much better rather than living in a place that is filled with rubbish. If the place is filthy, it will be filled with rats and cockroaches which would make me feel disgust hence living in a place that is clean is more suitable for me.
Looking at the clear blue sky, makes me feel relaxing. Hence I like looking at the clear blue sky which could make me feel relaxing and enjoying the nice scenery of it.
Even though this is my dream place, but living in Singapore is still the best as in Singapore you can feel safe at all times. As living in a new country, it will take time for me to adapt into the new environment hence I would rather stay in Singapore.

Journal entry (39)

If I could live anywhere in the world, perhaps I'd choose to live in a country which experiences four seasons a year. As you know, Singapore is a tropical country and does not really experience four seasons a year. Instead, Singapore is just humid and hot, we also experience a month or two of high rainfall. This definitely bores me and I want to experience being able to wear different clothing every season.

It will be a totally different thing for me and for winter, I may be able to build a snow man and perhaps sled down a snowy mountain! For autumn, I can see the leaves turn red, orange or perhaps purple? It'll be something really new and unique for me personally. I'd be able to see flowers bloom in spring and eat ice-cream and chill out during summer with my best friends.

A place with fresh air and a pretty skyline gets bonus points! Also a place with a beautiful sunset would absolutely fulfil my criteria of a dream country. Staying in Singapore actually really bores me because whenever I look out of the window, all I see is just simply green trees and buildings. It would really be stunning if I were to see snow, flowers or red leaves when I look out of the window. Being able to watch the sunset and see a pretty skyline would really be amazing!

As much as I would like to stay in my dream country, I would also like to remain in Singapore. Mainly because Singapore is where I grew up, it holds fondest childhood memories for me. Without growing up in Singapore, I would not be who I am today, like for example, the way I speak, the food I eat and the way I actually dress up. However, if I do get the chance, I would like to travel the world and experience different seasons in a year.

Enforcing discipline on children can prove to be difficult and frustrating.In this era,students have become more rebellious and lack discipline.Therefore,I agree that school should be a place of discipline,
Firstly,as working parents don't spend much time with their children,school can be another place for children to train on their behaviour.While some teachers have the ability to maintain the class in order just by stepping into the class ,others have difficulties to maintain class of unruly and naughty students in order.The principle(leader of the school)patrols the schoolto tighten discipline and to think of students for truancy and deliquency.
However,character building starts at home and parents understand the child best.some teachers may not understand the student well and may misunderstand their thoughts and feelings.Therefore,the child may be treated and disciplined wrongly and thus lacks the correct sense of discipline.
In conclusion,I feel that the school should be a place of discipline as to train the student to differentiate the rights and the wrongs.However,teachers plays an important role to understand each and every of the student he or she coaches and to upbring them according to their requirements so the students could accomplish more.

Journal no. 21 :)

If i could stay anywhere i want in this world, i would stay in the country side(other countries). Although it may be quite dirty, no proper tolilet and it is very difficult to go to the city to buy food, but it would all be worth it.

In the morning, i can breathe the fresh air outside the house and take a walk to see the green trees, beautiful flowers and the simmering sea. And i do not have to worry about work or anything stressful. I can live peacefully with the people i like. Spending time together with them makes our bounding and trust stronger. We can also go green and save the Earth. In the country side, i can see the simmering star in the night sky as we have very little stars in Singapore. We also can see the sun rise and sun set everyday.

In the country side, we may meet many other different people. We can make friends and learn what they learn over there, their cultures. Knowing more cultures and learning what they learn, i gain another knowledge, another friend. Playing with them too. Laughing and forgeting all the sad things at home.

Although i want to stay in the country side (other countries), I think i will miss my home, Singapore. I will not stay at the country side (other countries) forever, once i finish playing and relaxing, i will soon go home.

Index no.19's journal entry

If i could live anywhere in the world, i would like to live in a place where the air is fresh and cool, and every morning when i wake up and open my window, i will be greeted by the sound of birds chirping cheerfully, sounds of children playing happily and good sunlight too. I would also like a place with clear blue sky most of the time and with a lake or maybe blooming flowers and soft grass everywhere.

Of course, this is just a dream place..... In reality, I would want to leave in singapore because this is my homeland, this is where i grew up in, this is where i belong. If i have to go to another country, its gonna be very difficult because i have to adapt to the new environment. And another thing is thta i don't think i can bear to leave singapore for another country, then I'm going to miss everything here.... My Home....

index number 16's journal entry

If I could live anywhere in the world, I would love to live somewhere where I can see open skies and green fields and maybe alake or waterfall so clear that on good days I can see white clouds reflected in it. However i would also love to have kids or children playing around as a too secluded surrounding would make me feel uneasy and unadaptable. Without them the scenery and beauty will be meaningless, as if there's something missing in it.

Too often, living in a city, we forget that we only see slivers of the sky since most of it has been blocked by tall buildings. Sooner or later we will feel trapped in a island of anxiety and stress. Life will be more of confronting stress than enjoying it.

While I wish I can stay in Singapore, which is my first home, and will always have a special place in my heart, i would love to venture into other countries, exploring their culture and lifestyle. By appreciating their culture, i believe it will make me love singapore and treasure her more than ever.

Edited Copy - ( 8 & 20 )

Edited copy !

School is a place where we study, work and play. It is the place where we nurture our creativity and minds to prepare us to go into the harsh world. Discipline is an essential need in our lives as we need it when we are going into adulthood. Without discipline the school will be in a chaos and at the same time, no respect will be given to the teachers and principals from the students. Hence, we agree that discipline is needed in the school.

To begin with, discipline places an important role in our lives as it reflects on how well our elders educate us. Comparing a school with discipline and one without discipline, majority of us will prefer to study in the school with discipline as we find that we can concentrate better. Concentrating in that school will not be a problem as there will be no disruptions or interruptions.

Secondly, nowadays especially the younger generation do not show respect to anyone at all. This is a very crucial matter as this bad example may be passed on to the next generation and the disrespectfulness will continue on and more hearts will be shattered.

There are also advantages of not having discipline in schools too. Pupils may not feel that they are being pushed off the edge as the stress given by their elders will decrease.

Secondly, they may feel more lighthearted without feeling so much pressure. This may allow them to concentrate better with a positive attitude.

In conclusion, our opinions of discipline are something that prepares us for venturing into the harsh and cold world when we are older so it is something that we cannot miss in our lives.

(284 words)

posted by: no.8 & 20.

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Index 14

It is clear that many of the ills that plague our lives today stem from a lack of self-discipline. Besides obesity, drunkenness and incurable or dangerous diseases, poor self-control also leads to crime, dropping out of school, intense frustration with one's lot in life and gangsterism. All these ills affect not only the individual involved but loved ones and society at large as well.

Education plays an important role in instilling discipline. Students learn that they have to adhere to rules and obey their teachers and in every aspect of school life, self-discipline is reinforced. And thus, I agree that the school should become a place of discipline.

To begin with, now a day the students are rude towards teachers when the teachers were teaching in class. They interrupt the lesson by talking to classmates, not paying attention, shouting and walking around without teacher's permission.

Secondly, they did not obey the school rules- they alter their skirts or pants to a shorter length, tuck out their shirts, wear ankle socks, dye their hair and wear accessories.

Also, they dare to talk back to teachers even knowing its their fault. They fight in as a gang outside and smoke which ruins the school reputation.

On the other hand, the students are not allowed to ask questions , they will not be able to clarify their mistakes. Thus, their grades will drop.

And, if the discipline is too oppressive, the students will have less freedom though school is a place for them to learn, play and know more about the society. As a result, they will tend to repel due to the less freedom they have in school.

Furthermore, they will end up hating school and will not be attending school since the discipline is very strict to them and this will ruin their future.

Self-discipline is an important prerequisite for success in life. Without it, one's health and personal well-being as well as the well-being of our society will be at stake thus, school should become a place of discipline.

Done by: Phylicia

Index 23

I think that the school is a place of discipline as it help us to be ready in the social . The school bring us to be on the right track . The school teach us some values of life . We study in school to have a good future . Teachers scold us are for our own good . Example of bring us to have a good future : studying well and having discipline in our doing . Discipline is needing in school as if there is no discipline in school , we cannot focus in lesson . A school can be enjoyable if there sufficient discipline and not too much discipline . Too much discipline will make the lesson boring and very hard to focus . If there is not enough discipline , it will be too noisy and very hard to focus. But school is not the only place with discipline , everywhere is a place with discipline . We have to have discipline with our action everywhere. At last , discipline is the important values in life so we need to have discipline in our life.

Register number (5) (39) (18)

The school is a place where we gain new knowledge and life-long skills. Although discipline is important, I disagree that school should be a place of discipline.

Firstly, school should be a place of fundamental education and not a place of discipline as having fun and being creative is the best way to learn. Too much discipline would stifle students' imagination. Being able to think out of the box, students might be able to discover their potential in themselves. Also, it encourages students to be more outspoken and confident of themselves. In addition, they would also focus better on learning without worrying whether their hair or uniforms are in the right place.

Secondly, disciplinary actions are getting more strict. Be it verbal scoldings or physical actions, it will definitely affect the student one way or another. An ideal studying environment should not be like this at all. It might pressurize a student and might cause a student to be afraid and therefore play truant.

However, on the other hand teens these days are getting more rebellious. They are also easily affected by peer pressure and are also easily influenced by everybody around them. They might pick up bad habits and perhaps choose the wrong path in life. To add on, some parents are too busy with work to discipline their children and eventually neglect them. At such a young age, some students are not able to think for themselves yet. If parents and the school do not discipline their students, no one would be able to guide the students at this age.

Also, imagine if the school would to be a place with no discipline at all. There would be disrespectful, rowdy and disruptive students. They would disrupt lessons and also be defiant towards teachers. Profanities would be abused by students and fights would definitely happen. How would foreigners think of Singapore's schools?

As such, school should consist of discipline and also fun and creative learning. However, schools should not focus on discipline too much but instead focus on nurturing students into capable leaders of the future.

approx 350 words.

Index no 6 & 7

This is a very well done piece of work by two of your classmates. Apart from some slight grammar errors, this is something like what I'll like to see from those who have not submitted yet.

Topic: the school should become a place of discipline. What are your views?

  School is a place where we learn life long skills. School is also considered our second home. Some people think that school should be a place of discipline. I disagree.

  To begin with, the school is a environment specially made for students to think out of the box. It also stretches their talents with the variety of CCA. If a school becomes a sight of discipline, students would be more worried about their ankle socks then their studies.

  Secondly, the punishment for mischief in school is getting hasher. Teachers are canning students. They are inflicting physical injuries. This outrages parents. Does a learning environment consist of students caned behind close doors?

  However on there other hand, the generations are getting more and more rebellious as time progresses. They are also open to more distractions such as computer games and peer pressure. It does not hurt to have a little discipline every once in a while.

  In addition, some students will not learn if they are not disciplined. Imagine if the parents do not discipline their child, who would discipline them? If no one disciplines them, they would affect the reputation here. Parents overseas would not want their child to come to Singapore to study.

  Therefore in conclusion, school can be and must consist of discipline. But it doesn’t mean that school should focus on discipline. The will-being of students is also important.

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register 27,26 and 32

Yes, we think that school should be a place of discipline but not with harsh punishments.

First of all,without any disciplinary action taken by the teachers; there will be no difference between schools and the streets. We are supposed to be the one who try our best listening attentively to the teacher. When we interrupted the teachers’ lectures it means that we are wasting our own time. So when a teacher disciplined us it is actually a good thing, because you can always reflect back what your mistake is after that.

Secondly,disciplinary action is the only hope that good students could have.They wish noisy students to be quiet but if they do not keep silence in class room,students have to rely on teachers' disciplinary action for bad students.

Lastly,the school should be a place of discipline as students spend most of the day in school,and also in singapore students spend 6 years in primary school,4 or 5 years in secondary school and about 2 to 3 years in poly,jc so discipline is very important during these years in their life.what a student learns in school and theirdiscipline will affect their life as they grow up. if teachers do not disicpline the students in their early stage of life,they will tend to stray and might get into trouble with the law.
and also the values taught in school will help a student in their life.

However,disciplinary action may be a good think but it is not the thing for me. If a teacher is scolding the whole class, does not it mean that it is wasting more time? School is a place for learning. If all teachers spent too much time scolding us, the school will not be a conducive place of learning anymore.

Second of all,teachers' disciplinary actions are too harsh for the young students.They give students detentions which takes students up around 4 hours.While students are detained,they are ordered to copy the whole school rules.They have their own time to meet mates after school hours and have tuitions for school subjects but teachers ignore their own time and waste each student's precious 4 hours.

I lastly think that a school is a place where students have fun,make friends and become a better person.
for a student to have fun,make friends and be a better person the student must not be too stressed or be in a controlled environment.and too much discipline will stress a student such that they may not perform well in school.school is where ideas are created and goals are achieved so a school should not be place of discipline but a lace of fun and happiness


As conclude, think that discipline in school is very important as students spend most of their time in school and students learn better when they are with their friends.

Index Number 21 (Essay)

In school, we play, study, learn new things, have lots of fun, do projects, group works, make friends, get our bounding stronger, help one another and more. We have done our part to go to school and study rather than going to play everyday. We learn many things in school and we were serious in studies but sometimes we need to have fun and relax instead of being stressed up for school work. We should have equal time for playing as well as being serious and doing work. And thus i disagree that the school should become a site of discipline. School is like our home and the teachers and our friends care for us.
Firstly, we have many things to learn and have many homeworks and in addition to that, we also have tuition and tuition homeworks too so we should be handing in our work later. However, sometimes, students just slack and therefore hand their homework in late and give their excuse as they had many tuition homeworks.
Secondly, on field trips out of school, we should be able to roam around as most of the time of field trips is after school. As such, field trips are for us to relax and learn the outside world. Although if we roam around ourselves, we might get lost. Some students do not know how to take care of themselves, so if they did not watch out for vehicles when crossing roads, they would get hit by the vehicles.
Thirdly, we go to school to have fun
Lastly, i conclude that we go to school to have fun and therefore school should not become a site of discipline.

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Index Number 35,37,29

School is a place for studying,playing and fun and laughter.School is like a second house to us and a place to gain more knowledge.It is also a place for us to make new and caring friends and even good teachers.But,we would still disagree that discipline in school is important,yet we should still have fun but not forgeting the discipline in school.
To begin,we will first talk about the rules that should be implant into the school.Rules such as Discipline,Behaviour and many more others.Without these rules,we are sure that we cannot concentrate in studying. Also, the problem we face are conflicting with teachers,the students will be stress when facing the teachers.
If we cannot get along with our teachers,we would not concentrate what our teacher is teaching.Thus,this will result in getting low marks for our upcoming examination.Even if our teacher discipline us,some of us might not change for the better.So if disciplinary does not work,the only way is to bond our relationship with the teachers.
If our relationship with the teachers are good,we would understand how difficult it is to teach us.Thus,we would change over a new leaf for our teachers and start paying attention to what the teacher is teaching.In time to come,our results will be better.

Register 31,36

School is a place for us to study, make friends, and enjoy. We, as students, spent most of the time in school. So, we disagree that the school should become a site of discipline. Firstly, though it helps to control pupils that are mischievous, they should also seek for permission from their parents.
Secondly, although without discipline, the school will be in a chaos and thus, denting the reputation of the school.In our views, we allow abusive any discipline method only if the parents allow. Thirdly, if we do not emphasising on discipline, it will also result in rowdy classrooms and disrupted lessons. Fourthly, we, as students, have to be discipline so that we would not be involve in any distruption of lessons. So that every lesson would be a knowledgeable one.
Lastly, the teachers in school are not the parents of the student, so they can't use any abusive discipline method on the student. If they want to discipline the student, they must call the student's parent to allow them to use this method.
To conclude, we disagree that the school to use abusive discipline methods to discipline the students in school, students should also be discipline. Thank you !

Done by : Register 31 and 36 (:

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index number 16 & 19

Our learning journey begins in the school, satisfying our thirst for knowledge
on a higher level and at a less constraining manner. Thus, i disagree that the
school should become a site of discipline.
To begin with, by constraining the students freedom, it will increase the risk of students
having conflict with the teachers. Consequently, students will be facing stress and are
unable to focus in class.
Secondly, in our opinions, the knowledge we gained are supposed to be learned in a more innovative manner and should have more room for individual expressions. Furthermore,
by learning creatively, it allows students to discover their hidden potentials. However, on the other hand, without any emphasising on discipline, it will also result in rowdy classrooms and disrupted lessons. So, at the end of the day, students will not learn anything fruitful.
In addition, students will be too carefree and might influenced their studies. Therefore, in conclusion, a strong balance is needed to unleash their full potential in their studies. Even though giving students space is important but maintaining order and discipline is also equally significant. So in summary,the school is like our second home and so shouldn't be dreaded as a site of discipline.
Done by: 16 and 19

Group 2 ( 8 & 20 )

School is a place where we work, study and play. It is a place where we spend long hours to nurture our creativity and minds.
Firstly, discipline is obviously essential in school as it helps to control pupils that are mischievous and pupils who need extra help.
In our views, although discipline is essential, but it should not be enforce too much. All students do not like discipline as they want to be carefree and do whatever they want without having to bear the consequences.
Thirdly, without discipline, the school will be in a chaos and thus, denting the reputation of the school. In another hand, without discipline, the pupils maybe more happy and concentrate better and enabling them to score better in their exams and tests.
Lastly, students might think that teachers had placed their trust in them and thus, turning over a new leaf.
To conclude, we agree that a school should be a place of discipline.
Done By: No. 8 and 20

Links on articles about school discipline

A New York Times article on banning abusive discipline methods here and a local blog on abusive behaviour of students here.

Ms Leong's Journal Entry

Sample Journal Entry by me.

Topic: If I could live anywhere in the world, where would I live?

If I could live anywhere in the world, I would love to live somewhere where I can see open skies and green fields and maybe a freshwater lake so clear that on good days I can see white clouds reflected in it. It would be a place that is peaceful, where the neighbours are quiet and I can read my book in peace. The weather will not be too warm, but not too cold either, since I can't take extreme climate conditions. Too warm - and I'll perspire and suffer from heat rash, though if it's too cold, my skin will dry out terribly.

Too often, living in a city, we forget that we only see slivers of the sky since most of it has been blocked by tall buildings. If you have been to the CBD, you'll know what I mean when I say that a person can feel truly dwarfed by the skyscrapers all around and you end up with the sensation of being trapped.

While I wish I can stay in Singapore, which is my first home, and will always have a special place in my heart, I wish to have my cake and eat it too. As such, if I could, I would have a home in a variety of places which differ from that of Singapore's, so that I may benefit from experiencing many different lifestyles.

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Formatting matters:

Introduction: State your opinion.

E.g. The school is the place where we go to acquire new knowledge and skills. Although discipline is needed to enforce order so that everyone gets to learn, I disagree to a large extent that schools should become a place of discipline. This is because knowledge is gained when we students are allowed to learn creatively, with more room for innovation and individual expression.

Body:

Argument for: 

THIS IS IMPORTANT: 

When I say "argument for", I mean the argument supporting YOUR OPINION/STAND, and not the topic sentence.

E.g. Firstly, being able to learn creatively allows students to explore their own potential talent.

Argument against:
However, no discipline will only result in rowdy classrooms. Lessons will be constantly disrupted and students will not learn anything fruitful...

Conclusion:
E.g. In conclusion, even though discipline is important and necessary to maintaining order and uniformity in school, allowing students to express themselves freely may...

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Essay Assignment Submission

You should post your full essay as you would a normal blog post.
Note: Essay is PAIR WORK & you will share the grade as a group.
It should follow the following format:

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Post: The essay.
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Expository Essay Topic

Dear class,

The topic for your assignment is:

The school should become a place of discipline. 

What are your views.

Things to note:

1. This is a PAIR WORK assignment.

2. Write in past tense

3. Always give both sides of an argument
4. Organize your points

E.g.

Introduction

The school is a place of learning and discovery. Although strict rule enforcement may help students focus, I disagree that schools should become the site of discipline. As a place where we live, work and play, too much discipline would only stifle creativity, curiosity and the school will become boring…

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