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Article: “NTU Death Fall” – ‘HOME’ Section (Pg B6)


Question 1:
What were some indications which showed that the victim was facing problems before he committed the rash act?

The victim of the computer game World of Warcraft, spending as much as six hours a day huddled in front of his pc. He usually stopped plaing when prepaing for exams or when project were due. He also adruply cut down all communicstion with his freiends. He seems to be be trying to avoid all his problems by playing games.

Question 2:
(a) Is it very stressful being a student in Singapore? Explain.

Somehow, it certainly is quite stress being a student in singapore. Firstly, there are a lot of scholar from other country to came to singapore for better education. In order to get the scolarship, we need to get better grade than them. Secondly, the standard of government examination is getting higher and higher. Thirdly, other than the stress given by the school and teachers, parents are also giving us stress. Due to the high expectation in the society, students are needed to get better grade in order to get a better job.




(b) What are some problems you face as a student which adds to your stress level?


There are probably quite a number of problem we face that add to stress level. Fristly, the amount of homework and tests is totally too much of a student to cope with. Secondly, it is compulsory for student to attend cca, thus we have slightly lesser time for our sch work. Thirdly, most student have tuition lesson ouside school, other then coping with school work, student are needed to cope with tuitions too. The amount of stress faced by a typical student is seriously too much due to the above examples.