This would never happen in Singapore

Cuts in homework proposed April 1, 2008 Kristin Rushowy TORONTO STAR LINK: http://parentcentral.ca/parent/article/407827 Students should not be assigned homework on holidays such as March Break or Christmas or other “days of significance,” says a groundbreaking policy before Toronto’s public school board. The draft document – the result of weeks of consultations with thousands of parents, […]

Abuse

Would you be able to recognize the signs if you were in an abusive relationship? It’s sad but I know one too many people who are in some form of an abusive relationship and most of them do not recognize it. Sufferers of long-term abuse often even sympathize with their abuser. In extreme cases, they […]

Serenity

Sometimes when it’s been a while since you’ve seen someone, it’s easier to notice how he or she is different from before. But I never thought that returning to a familiar place after 9 months would help me notice how much I have changed since I left. I had been ready to leave Toronto last […]

Old Soul

Yesterday, I finally caught a fuller glimpse of what made one of my good friends so mature beyond his years, and I felt a mix of respect, sadness and gladness for him. For someone so young, he has had to bear responsibilities and burdens beyond what his peers have to normally bear. I doubt ‘carefree […]