Group 6's Comments.
1. What kind of student was Scott Monat? Was he the kind of student you would typically suspect of abusing drugs and boozing?
Scott Monat is an exchange programme student from America to Singapore. No, I don't think that Scott Monat is the kind of student who would abuse drugs and consume alcohol.
2. Why do you think a student like Scott Monat would want to use drugs and alcohol?
I think that Scott Monat was being influenced, because he had been hanging out with a friend before his death. Before his death, his friend saw Monat snorting pills and had even overtake at one go. Moreover, Scott Monat is alone in Singapore, his family is not with him. Nobody is there to control him, hence he could go astray. Pressure could also led him to use drugs and alcohol.
3. Scott Monat was an exchange student to Singapore. Do you think Singaporean students who go overseas might indulge in drugs and alcohol, away from their parents?
I think some Singaporean students may indulge in drugs and alcohol. They are not being controlled once they are away from their parents, they would like to do things that make them feel more grown up. Teenagers like to try new things and take risks, trying drugs and alcohol could seems exciting for them.
4. Why do you think, after stories like this, some teenagers still abuse drugs and alcohol? Is it the right decision?
Some teenagers do feel very troubled or stressed in their lives. They abuse drugs and alcohol to relieve . Nowadays, parents are neglecting their children due to their work, do not have much time with them. Teenagers may want attention from their parents, so they abuse drugs and alcohol. Some may want to fit in with their friends or groups. It is definitely not the right decision. It's bad for health, they cause lots of health problems, poor schoolwork, loss of friends and even death.
- Group 6. (Annabelle, Crystal, Shirley Ho, Zancis)
posted by Shirleyyy. at
3:55 AM
37 Comments:
I think that teenagers who abuse drugs and alcohol mainly because they are defiant. They might do it to get more attention from their parents or do it because they hate their parents who have been very strict and giving them a lot of stress. I think they chose to consume drugs just to make their parents angry.
-Kangzheng
April 12, 2010 at 12:03 AM
I think that this student would consume alcohols and drugs is because under the influence of his friends. People, mainly students, would consume alcohol or drugs is because they feel stress and they thought that by consuming alcohol or drugs, it would make them feel happier. However, it will only make them forget their problems temporary, not permanently.
April 12, 2010 at 12:59 AM
I think that he should be influence by his friends.Before his death he was hanging out with friends.As he consuming alcohol and drugs together this may lead to his death.I think a good student would not do such thing.
April 12, 2010 at 2:07 AM
The pressure and stress from school,homework and tuition usually cause many teenagers desperate and exhausted.Therefore,they will find many ways to relieve themselves.Due to the influence of friends,they take up alcohol and drugs,not knowing the bad side of this habit.Although it may seem to relax a lot,once they get hooked,their problems will increase and health will deteriorate.After a period of time,they will finally realize that their health and life is in danger,but it will be too late.As a student,i think everybody is aware that alcohol and drugs are not joking matters,so,we should not be taking up this habit.
April 12, 2010 at 5:50 AM
Students should not abuse on drugs anyhow as not only does it harm our body, it would get us hooked up on it and we would never break free from drugs. As students, we should never waste our lives away like this when we have a chance to live and study. Instead, we should make use of this opportunity well. Hence, i think that Scott has made a wrong choice of friends and therefore has such a tragic ending on his life. I have learnt a important lesson on his immediate demise.
April 12, 2010 at 5:59 AM
Teenagers nowadays are taking drugs and alcohol which can be caused by their surrounding peer's bad influence as well as being over-stressed in their daily lives. Eventhough it can help them to reduce their stress to a certain extent for a short period of time, at the same time it will also bring harm to their body. Over time,they may be addicted to the drugs and alcohol which then would be difficult to stop and control.
April 12, 2010 at 6:18 AM
I think that parents should put more attention on their kids especially when the kids are teenage. This is the period when they will be lead to astray. I think that teenagers would take drugs and alcohol was due to their environment. They might be influenced by their friends and they might want to take this opportunity to catch their parents' attention. Another reason might be due to all the stress and pressures they had. Hence, I feel that it is rather important for parents to keep their attention on their kids and be their kids' listening ears.
April 12, 2010 at 6:29 AM
I think that they may affect by their friends and thinks that was cool.They may also did this because of the pressure form theri family.For them teacher and family are playing very important role as they need to talk with they and advise them.Government also need to put more attention on them and prevent such things happen.
April 12, 2010 at 6:38 AM
Parents should pay more attention and be more strict towards their child when they are still teenages as it is the period of life whereby they start to be rebellious . Most teenagers who abuse the use of drugs and alcohol might be due to not having enough attention from their parents , so they did these to attract their attention . Others will resort to stealing , smoking etc . Teenagers who abuse the use of drugs and alcohol also tends to be influenced by their friends . They found it cool or did not want their friend to despise them for being a coawrd , so they did it . While others did it to relieve stress , pain , sadness , anger , lonliness etc
April 12, 2010 at 7:03 AM
I personally feel that parents should play as a important role in the life of a teenager. Such as setting a good role model for their kids so as to not let their children go astray. The age of a teenager is the time where they start getting rebellious and defiant. If the parents of the children pay closer attention to them and often know about their whereabouts, the percentage of them being astray can be reduced. However, parents should also give their children a space for breathing, or freedom. So that their children will not feel trapped when at home or feel awkward when talking to them.
Without the parents guidance, they may even want to attract others attention that resorts to them stealing, involving in gangs, smoking, abusing drugs etc. Therefore, I can conclude that the love and care from the parents of their kids are very important because it helps them lead away from the temptation of being with the bad influenced and know what is right from wrong.
April 12, 2010 at 7:50 AM
Either he is influenced by his friends or he felt stressed to do these things. Either way, he should not result to drinking alcohol or taking drugs as it only make you feel better for a short period of time. As these does not last for a long time, people tend to drink often and make it become a habit. This will lead to more health problems. Children who go on exchange trip without parents with them should learn how to take care of themselves and know what is good or bad for them, parents should also continue to keep in contact with them.
April 13, 2010 at 7:46 AM
I think as a teenager, we should learn how to control ourselves. There are many ways to reduce our stress. We should not choose taking drugs as one of our ways to reduce the stress. I agreed that parents played a very important role in their life. However, by taking drugs to attract their parent's attention is not a reason that a teenager should give. If they really want their parent's attention, they can choose to have a heart to heart talk with them. Many solutions can be used to solve the problem and taking drugs should not be one of our choices.
April 13, 2010 at 8:12 AM
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April 13, 2010 at 11:57 PM
I think most teenagers nowadays are much more daring than in the past so they tend to try out new things. Consuming alcohol and taking drugs are the common things they try out, even though they know it's illegal. This might be due to peer pressure. Some also do this because they are stressed but it is not an advisable solution as it causes harm to one's health. Instead, they should talk to an adult about it or to someone they trust, to solve the problem.
April 13, 2010 at 11:59 PM
After reading the article, I felt quite sad to hear that there are people taking drugs and died. If they are feeling stressed out, they should seek a helping hand from their friends or professional help, instead of popping drugs that caused them to end their life. Of course, all these could have been avoided if their parents had put in a little bit more to care for their kids.
April 14, 2010 at 6:41 AM
People take drugs either under negative pure pressure or stress. They shouldn't be turning to drugs to de-stress. They should reach out to their friends or loved ones instead of taking life-threatening drugs.
April 14, 2010 at 6:58 AM
I think that teenagers are facing a lot of pressure and stress due to school work, exams friends and even family problems. This problems cause pressure and stress to the teenagers and these teenagers find their own ways to relieve their pressure and stress. They turn to many bad influenced friends and they start to take alcohol and drugs to relieve themselves. They take these alcohol and drugs as to get attention from their parents as they want their parents to care for them. However, they should not use this method to achieve their goals, instead, they should have a talk with their family to help them relieve them of their pressure and stress.
April 14, 2010 at 11:39 PM
In my opinion, the reason why teenages turn to drugs is because of peer pressure, high expectations from parents and conflict within the family. With these problems piling stress on the teen, it is not hard to understand that they would want to find some way to relieve themselves of the stress. In some cases, they may actually be influenced by their friends into taking drugs as it makes them feel 'high'. Some perhaps, just want attention. They just want attention from their parents, who either care more about their work or their older/younger siblings. However, they should talk to their families to work a solution out with them. In this way, the family is closer, and the teen will be more understood by his parents, thus not resulting to drugs.
Ilin
April 15, 2010 at 4:40 AM
I think that teenagers tend to try smoking, drugs, alcohol or other illegal acts are due to peer pressure, afraid of being left out by their friends, or they simply could not resist the temptation. Thus, parents should pay more attention to their child as being a teenager is the period of time where teenagers get rebellious and led astray easily. However, i think that parents should not be too strict on their child as some teenagers will want to rebel their parents more when they are too strict, they will then feel that they are trapped and have no freedom. Overall, parents should learn how to control their child well and also, teenagers of our age should know how to relieve our own stress in other legal ways, and also learn to resist temptation and not get influenced by your friends easily.
April 15, 2010 at 5:48 AM
Many people usually abuse drugs because their friends do too. They may feel left out, and would also get into the habit to be "in". This happens especially when parents neglect their children. The teenager then thinks that his friends can help him better than his parents can, and starts to drift away from his or her family. Also, pressure from school to get good grades, etc, puts more stress on the teenager. If the teen cannot cope with the stress, he or she would do anything to destress.
April 15, 2010 at 6:06 AM
I think that this is probably due to peer pressure or too much stress. Kids this days might feel that taking drugs could help them to reduce their stress and forget about their problems. But i think that taking up a hobby or interest will be a better idea rather than harming the body.
-Winnie
April 15, 2010 at 7:13 AM
students should not take drugs or consume alcohol just because that they are stressed in their school life, there are plenty of ways to reduce stress other than taking drugs. however, drugs only causes more problems which can lead to even more trouble.
April 16, 2010 at 5:29 AM
I think is because his friends influenced him into doing so . Maybe he was the only one in his group who didn't abuse drugs or consume alchohol , and he wanted to be cool or part of them thus taking up this death card . But what he didn't know was that drugs and alchohol can lead to illness like cancer and maybe to the extend of going high and commit suicide . So it is advisable to all youths out there , that drugs and alchohol can kill and destroy your future
April 17, 2010 at 4:42 AM
I think teenagers are sometimes too daring. He must have taken the drugs because he dared to, if he just walked away, he would not have an addiction or die to an overdose of drugs.
April 18, 2010 at 7:19 PM
I believe that he was under peer-pressure. This is a result of misjudging of friends, choosing the wrong friends. Therefore, i feel that choosing the correct friends is very important.
April 18, 2010 at 7:27 PM
That student must be under stress anad pressure by the school and his works and of course his family. Althouh we might say that after so much of examples of drug addict there are still so many other student getting into trouble and get drug addicted and alcohol one by one. It might just because they does not care so much about the negative side of the drug addict but just seriously under peer stress and thus getting drug addict.
April 18, 2010 at 7:38 PM
I think he was under too much stress to be having drugs. Drugs are bad for the body and might even cause death. People should never ever take any drugs.
April 18, 2010 at 7:38 PM
I think he did that might be because of his studies and pressure. It might be also influenced by his friends or showing his friends that he dares to do it. This shows us that we need to choose the correct friends not ones that will harm you! SHUNREN
April 18, 2010 at 8:05 PM
I think students should not drink alchohol or take drugs because of pressure under studies or being influenced by others.We should never ever take drugs! YIKSIONG
April 18, 2010 at 8:09 PM
We should learn to have self control and not do things under the influence of friends and learn to make the correct friends.. CHLORIS
April 18, 2010 at 8:11 PM
Teenagers should learn to make correct choices and must learn to mix with the right group of people and should not take drugs or even touch drugs -hong wen
April 18, 2010 at 8:16 PM
I feel that i he had an overdose of drugs due to negative peer preasure. I also feel that his parents feel very sad as he died overseas when he was supposed to study. Therefore, he should not have taken drugs.
April 18, 2010 at 8:28 PM
I think that teenagers should not tske drugs as it is bad for them and most of them consume drugs due to peer pressure and seeking attention from family or friends . But this is a wrong approach as it does not help them in any way instead, harming them and their love ones , so dont take drugs
April 18, 2010 at 11:01 PM
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April 18, 2010 at 11:22 PM
I feel that the teenager should not have takeb drugs, it harms his family and him directly or indirectly. - janice
April 18, 2010 at 11:24 PM
I think that those who abuse drugs are people who have friends who also abuses drugs. The get influence by their friends and get addicted
April 18, 2010 at 11:53 PM
I think that teenagers should not consume drugs as it affect their friendships , family and relationships in a very bad way . People will also look down on the drug abuser .
April 19, 2010 at 4:07 AM
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