Problems Faced by Today's Teenagers

Each teenager would like to have a peaceful life where there is no need to work to earn some money and just study to find new knowledge. But today, although living in kaleidoscopic Malaysia, teenagers still have problems. Teenagers are teenagers. They cannot handle their problems themselves. They have no backbone to face the problems in their life. So, what are the problems that burden the teenagers?

The main problem that teenagers face today is coming from their home. Even though only some teenagers who are having this problem, it has to be thwarted. Their home is full of stress. Parents are always squabbling about something. Their siblings also make a bicker. This can make teenagers feel so uneasy. Sometimes, they have to face the music from their parents' action. The uneasy feeling make teenagers unable to focus on their studies. Their results go down badly and they feel moody everyday. So, parents and siblings at home must take action quickly so that this problem can be solved. Then, the teenagers will gain their spirit to be triumphant in their studies.

Furthermore, teenagers have bad attitude that they easily get negative influence from their friends. When they have friends, they might follow their friends' attitude. If they have a good friend, it would be nice but if they have a bad friend, it would change their attitude to become mischievous teenagers. Although this is a difficult-to-solve problem, we can still keep our fingers crossed and make them turn a new leaf. We should tell teenagers to let the cat out of the bag and solve it properly. It can be used to reduce the problems that burden teenagers lately.

In addition, teenagers today love to do bad things. If we ask them the reason why they like to do those things, some teenagers may reply that they feel ecstatic doing a bad job that disturbs somebody else. Actually, it is just a flimsy excuse. They like to burn their fingers and get into hot water. It does not give any advantage if they still do the bad thing. Usually they are involved in vandalism and gangsterism. They have to prevent themselves from this problem. Rome wasn't built in one day. They have to try again and again to release themselves from this problem because where there's a will, there's a way.

As a result, the problems that burden teenagers can be solved sooner or later. Parents including the community must see eye to eye to lend their hands to the teenagers to solve the problems. The teenagers who are free from problems and stress can focus a hundred percent on their studies. They can have their success in their studies and have a brain wave in their life. Teenagers without problems will build a harmonious family and live in a peaceful life.


Edited from a Form 4 Arif student's exam paper.  

A SAD ENDING

I am at the receiving end of my latest Scrabble game. My opponent is a Singaporen girl named Idilina Kamis. She has AI on her rack, while I am left with CNOUU. The Us make my move difficult. This is what the board currently looks like:

Now, I have several options, all of which will lead to my defeat.

1. Put CH, COL for 16 points and leave NUU (3 points) on the rack. My current points are 312, so 312+16-3=325 points. She may put PIA for 15 points and that's it. 316+15+3=334 points. 334-325=9 points difference. WORST.



2. Put COUP for 11 points and leave NU (2 points) on the rack. 312+11-2=321 points. She may put VIA for 7 points. 316+7+2=325 points. 325-321=4 points difference. BETTER.



3. Put UPON for 18 points and leave CU (4 points) on the rack. 312+18-4=326 points. She may put VIA for 7 points. 316+7+4=327 points. 327-326=1 point difference. BEST.



All these, of course, with the assumption that she will put the AI in one move. Hardly a miss.

AEILRST*

.. were the letters given to the students for their word building, and they were taken from the Vocable game. They were divided into groups, and each had to construct new words from these 8 letters. The star could be used for any letters, and each letters could be used once only. Students used dictionaries to help them form the words. Words created using 4 tiles and above were given marks as follows:

4 tiles = 1 mark
5 tiles = 2 marks
6 tiles = 3 marks
7 tiles = 4 marks
8 tiles = 5 marks

The students were completely immersed in the task, and fought among them to get the highest marks possible. Some of the groups managed to form 7-letter words but none of them created 8-letter words. Some 7 and 8-letter words for consideration:


7-letter words

SALIENT
LITERAL
RATTLES
STERILE
RELIANT
RETAILS
TAILORS
STAPLER
REALITY
RENTALS
RITUALS
RECITAL
RELATES
TRIPLES
RETAINS
LITTERS
TRAILER
REALIST
LARGEST
SALTIER
STALKER
SERIALS
TASTIER
REALISE
WAITERS
DETAILS
REALISM

8-letter words

TRAILERS
RECITALS
REALISTS

New Year, New School, New Resolutions

I will start the year at my new school, SMK Chabang Empat, Tumpat, being an exemplary English teacher for form 4 and 5 students.

I will upgrade my daily usage of English.

I will try to improve my chess knowledge in order to become a better coach.

I will shed some kilos (hopefully 1okgs) by the year end.

More important of all, I will better my devotions to the Almighty.

May Allah grants me the strength, Insha Allah.

My Student's Best Effort

This is my student's best effort for her English lesson. Try to understand the essay, it's enjoyable, really. Plus, it is really rare to find a student at the school who will write this long.

Last school holiday, I and family opportunity finish time altogether grandfather and grandmother at village. We village place at Kota Bharu Kelantan. Reason we related return village have for to visit grandfather and grandmother who rich far from we. Beside that also, we agong to visit sibling advance who complete old no encounter.

Arrive at there, grandfather and grandmother welcome return we related. With smile who sweet we shake hand with grandfather and grandmother. At there we earn looking scenery what intensely see and interesting. Foresee paddy-field who spread out broad at there shere amaze with scenery who see. We also earn looking will raillery who green encompass village we.

At cleave afternoon, grandfather bring we orchard fruit. Correct at break never this season fruit at village we. Diverse fruit who looking cook see fruit watermelon, fruit mango, fruit durian and fruit mangosteen. Free cite fruit we altogether return at house and rest.

At tomorrow morning, I, brother and sister go at river akin friend who dissimilar see zuki, aiman, siti and mira for angle fish. We also agong finish time akin they because we guess diaphanous encounter already old omit at Kuala Lumpur. For add anew happiness we, we catch finish with applied net and casting-net. Looking many fish who hung at net we see catfish.

At time afternoon again, grandfather bring we encompass village while looking area livestock animals see cow, goat, bird and rabbit. We earn looking see animal at there. Brother catch photo bird camel and bird peacock for at become memory when we return at Kuala Lumpur bide.

Already one week we leave at there, nowadays arrive time for we return at Kuala Lumpur for back to school. Feel happy convert become sorrow looking at to mak smooth or fine lineament grandfather and grandmother before we family omit. We so very happy when rich at village although happen assume it one memory who sweet and no earn we forget. - Anonymous

Teaching English to Aboriginal Students

Today, I taught English to aboriginal students during extra class. I decided to do a lesson on vocabulary building, because theirs are very poor. Basically, I taught them how to find meanings of certain words in the dictionary. I gave them a worksheet consists of pictures with English words, and I asked them to find their meanings in Malay language. I found that some of them could do it fast enough, while others were very slow.