Problem solution essay draft 4

The internet is quickly becoming an important part of Singaporean's lives especially in a fast developing country such as Singapore. From the daily activities Singaporeans participate in, it is clear how dependent on the internet society has become. This over dependence has brought about many issues, ranging from spreading of false rumors to the increase risk of thier personal information being vulnerable to online hackers.

Because Singaporeans are currently too dependent social media platforms that will result in social media problems, the government, namely the minstry of health and the media literacy council, should promote awareness among Singaporeans, to look out for signs for social media addictions.

One of the major problem experienced among the people in society is social media addiction. A person  is considered by Walker(2012) to be addicted to the social media if there exists a compulsion to use social media for hours. This is especially prevalent among the people in a country such as Singapore, where the internet is easily accessible and peer pressure, when Singaporeans are commonly interacting with each other, worsens the situation.

Being addicted to the social media may seem harmless to many, but there exist various problems this addiction will ultimately cause. One of them is the lack of real communication among the people in society. Given how easily it is to communicate over social media platform due to the internet, there is no doubt that anti-social behaviour has developed among the people addicted to the social media. This will result in the lack of social skill among the people in society.

Another problem is that social anxiety might develop among the addicts. Rosen(2014) debated whether participating in social media activities is because people seek pleasure or due to social anxiety. Pleasure from sharing one's daily life and seeing the ‘likes’ pile up will give one a sense of accomplishment or a disillusioned reason to be conceited.  There exists a fear that what social media addicts do on the social media might not garner popularity among their friends. This fear might ultimately lead to social media anxiety being developed. This is a growing problem in our society. Anxiety when not given the proper attention and treatment will lead to depression among the working population and eventually lead to a weakening work force.

One solution already implemented by Singapore is the setting up of counselling centers for social media addiction. Singaporeans are advised by the ministry of health and the Media Literacy Council to reduce the usage of the social media, and are encouraged to partake in normal social activities such as picking up a new hobby, or maybe attending more social gathering instead of using the social media platforms for hours. However, this approach is not effective in solving this problem mainly because Singaporeans are unaware that such a problem even exists. Singaporeans are unaware that they are addicted to the social media platform. Even more people are unaware that spending too much time on the social media, like every other addiction, will bring about problems. A survey was conducted by the George Marsh Cognition Lab to study the awareness of Singaporeans towards social meida. The results showed a large number of people spent large amount of time on the internet1. If these people believe that there is nothing wrong with themselves, not many of them will seek help., the “If its not broken, don’t fix it” mentality.

Another possible solution is that the government, namely the Ministry of Health needs develop and implement campaigns to raise awareness among Singaporean to look out for symptoms of internet addiction. Such campaigns could be implemented via talks by professional counsellors in schools to raise awareness among the students. It could also be held in community centres for parents to look out for signs in the family. People need to know the risk and dangers of spending too much time on the internet. Prevention should be prefered over cure. If the people are able to release that they or their loved ones are exposed to the risk of social media addiction, they could slowly refrain from accessing the internet and social media platform. And if they are unable to do so, then they could seek help from counselling centres as mentioned above. This solution may still be ineffective. This is because the social media has become an intricate part of society. It is where people share their daily lives, their pride and joy and they sorrows and problem. Having people admit that they are addicted and request that they reduce their usage will seem difficult.

To conclude, the social media scene is currently more prevalent than ever, and it is still growing bigger and becoming more influential. More and more Singaporean are using it, for entertainment and for a living. Social media addiction is a real and growing problem, especially in our society, where the internet is easily available. Being addicted to the social media may seem harmless on the outside, but to some, it corrodes the character and the mind. It develops anti-social behavior in people and may eventually weaken the workforce and students.  It  It is essentially for the government, namely the ministry of health, to implement solutions that should mainly raise awareness of the risk behind this addiction, tackling the problem at the roots, prevention over cure.

(908 words)

Walker, L 2012, What is social networking addiction? 

Retrived from: http://personalweb.about.com/od/socialmediaaddiction/a/Social-Networking-Addiction.htm

Rosen, L, Our social media obession. 

Retrived from: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/rewired-the-psychology-technology/201407/our-social-media-obsession

Media Literarcy Council, Online safty - internet addiction, 

Retrieved from: http://www.medialiteracycouncil.sg/online-safety/Pages/internet-addiction.aspx

critical reflection

I have learned a lot from ES1102. Some of these newly acquired skills includes organisation of text and looking out for grammar mistakes. The ' Peer and Tutor Feedback' is a new style of learning that was introduced in the module, something I have never before. It involves commenting our course mate's work, giving them both positive and negative feedback in an attempt to improve both our writing skills.

Throughout the whole process, I felt that it was test of my writing skill when I was tasked to give feedback to my peers. It was disheartening to see the negative feedback my peers gave me, but I learned from such mistakes and feedback. However, there were times when I felt that there was a limitation to how I could improve from this system. Firstly, I believed that I was not good enough to edit a fellow course mate's work. There was a reason I was taking this module after all. I could only look out for simple mistakes there were glaring. Otherwise when I was uncertain, all I could do was to point it out or to ignore it completely. Also, on rare occasions, I felt that commenting was troublesome, and sometimes the feedback i gave was half-hearted. I doubt anything efficient would come out from such feedback.

I believe that the main flaw of the system is the students may not feel confident enough and will find it difficult to provide feedback. Even if they do, their feedback may be wrong and it would instead sabotage the learning of both parties. However, this could actually be an incentive for students to improve their writing skills, as the result of their fellow course mate would affected by how much they could improve.

I believe that the skill i have gain from this module will help me greatly in my future endeavors. I can now paraphrase and summarize text more efficiently. I can also edit my own writing, and this will be useful in my future writings in my engineering course. I will continue to read up on more text to improve my vocabulary, but also at the same time study how to form grammatically correct sentences.

Presentation reflection

I felt that I was not well prepared for the presentation, resulting in me feeling nervous for the presentation, I also felt that the slides were not well done as it was lacking in organisation and pictures. Feel that i could improve the presentation by making more eye contact with the audience, Could also memorize the important key points in my presentation to not give a "looking for words" feeling.

Problem solution essay draft 3

The internet is quickly becoming an important part of Singaporean's lives especially in a fast developing country such as Singapore. From the daily activities we partake in, it is clear how dependent on the internet society has become. This over dependence has brought about many issues, ranging from spreading of false rumors to the increase risk of our personal information being vulnerable to online hackers.

Because Singaporeans are currently too dependent social media platforms that will result in social media problems, the government, namely the minstry of health and the media literacy council, should promote awareness among the people, to look out for signs for social media addictions.

One of the major problem experienced among the people in society is social media addiction. A person  is considered by Walker(2012) to be addicted to the social media if there exists a compulsion to use social media for hours. This is especially prevalent among the people in a country such as Singapore, where the internet is easily accessible and peer pressure, when Singaporeans are commonly interacting with each other, worsens the situation.

Being addicted to the social media may seem harmless to many, but there exist various problems this addiction will ultimately cause. One of them is the lack of real communication among the people in society. Given how easily it is to communicate over social media platform due to the internet, there is no doubt that anti-social behaviour has developed among the people addicted to the social media. This will result in the lack of social skill among the people in society.

Another problem is that social anxiety might develop among the addicts. Rosen(2014) debated whether participating in social media activities is because we seek pleasure or due to social anxiety. Pleasure from sharing one's daily life and seeing the ‘likes’ pile up will give one a sense of accomplishment or a disillusioned reason to be conceited.  There exists a fear that what social media addicts do on the social media might not garner popularity among their friends. This fear might ultimately lead to social media anxiety being developed. This is a growing problem in our society. Anxiety when not given the proper attention and treatment will lead to depression among the working population and eventually lead to a weakening work force.

One solution already implemented by Singapore is the setting up of counselling centers for social media addiction. Singaporeans are advised by the ministry of health and the Media Literacy council to reduce the usage of the social media, and are encouraged to partake in normal social activities such as picking up a new hobby, or maybe attending more social gathering instead of using the social media platforms for hours. However, this approach is not effective in solving this problem mainly because Singaporeans are unaware that such a problem even exists. Singaporeans are unaware that they are addicted to the social media platform. Even more people are unaware that spending too much time on the social media, like every other addiction, will bring about problems. A survey was conducted by the George Marsh Cognition Lab to study the awareness of Singaporeans towards social meida. The results showed a large number of people spent large amount of time on the internet1. If these people believe that there is nothing wrong with themselves, not many of them will seek help., the “If its not broken, don’t fix it” mentality.

\Another possible solution is that the government, namely the Ministry of Health needs develop and implement campaigns to raise awareness among Singaporean to look out for symptoms of internet addiction. Such campaigns could be implemented via talks by professional counsellors in schools to raise awareness among the students. It could also be held in community centres for parents to look out for signs in the family. People need to know the risk and dangers of spending too much time on the internet. Prevention should be prefered over cure. If the people are able to release that they or their loved ones are exposed to the risk of social media addiction, they could slowly refrain from accessing the internet and social media platform. And if they are unable to do so, then they could seek help from counselling centres as mentioned above. This solution may still be ineffective. This is because the social media has become an intricate part of society. It is where people share their daily lives, their pride and joy and they sorrows and problem. Having people admit that they are addicted and request that they reduce their usage will seem difficult.

To conclude, the social media scene is currently more prevalent than ever, and it is still growing bigger and becoming more influential. More and more Singaporean are using it, for entertainment and for a living. Social media addiction is a real and growing problem, especially in our society, where the internet is easily available. Being addicted to the social media may seem harmless on the outside, but to some, it corrodes the character and the mind. It develops anti-social behavior in people and may eventually weaken the workforce and students.  It  It is essentially for the government, namely the ministry of health, to implement solutions that should mainly raise awareness of the risk behind this addiction, tackling the problem at the roots, prevention over cure.

(908 words)

Walker, L 2012, What is social networking addiction? 

Retrived from: http://personalweb.about.com/od/socialmediaaddiction/a/Social-Networking-Addiction.htm

Rosen, L, Our social media obession. 

Retrived from: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/rewired-the-psychology-technology/201407/our-social-media-obsession

Media Literarcy Council, Online safty - internet addiction, 

Retrieved from: http://www.medialiteracycouncil.sg/online-safety/Pages/internet-addiction.aspx

Prob soln draft 2

The internet is quickly becoming an important part of our lives especially in a fast developing country such as Singapore. Our way of living will never be the same again if the internet is absent in the daily activities we partake in. From mundane hustle and bustle such as texting our friends to complex activities such as stock broking, we can clearly see how dependent on the internet society has become.This over dependence has brought about many issues, ranging from spreading of false rumors to the increase risk of our personal information being vulnerable to online hackers.

One of the major problem experienced among the people in society is social media addiction. A person  is considered by Walker(2012) to be addicted to the social media if there exist a compulsion to use social media for hours. This is especially prevalent among the people in a country such as Singapore, where the internet is easily accessible and peer pressure when people are commonly interacting with each  does not improves the situation.

Being addicted to the social media may seem harmless to many, but there exist various problems this addiction will ultimately cause in due time . One of them is the lack of real communication among the people. Given how easily it is to communicate over social media platform due to the internet, there is no doubt that anti-social behaviour will develop among the people addicted to the social media. This will result in the lack of social skill among the people in society.

Another problem is that social anxiety might develop among the addicts. Rosen(2014) debated whether participating in social media activities is because we seek pleasure or due to social anxiety. Pleasure from sharing our daily life and see the ‘likes’ pile up, giving us a sense of accomplishment or a disillusioned reason to be conceited.  There exists a fear that what we do on the social media might not garner popularity among our friends might ultimately lead to social media anxiety being developed. This is a growing problems in our society. Anxiety when not given the proper attention and treatment will lead to depression among the people and eventually lead to a weakening work force.

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Because People are currently too dependent social media platforms that will result in social media problems, the government should promote awareness among the people, to look out for signs for social media addictions.

One solution already implemented by Singapore is the setting up of counselling centers for social media addiction. People are advised to reduce the usage of the social media, and are encouraged to partake in normal social activities such as picking up a new hobby, or maybe attending more social gathering instead of using the social media platforms for hours.This approach is not effective in solving this problem mainly because people are unaware that such a problem even exist. People are unaware that they are addicted to the social media platform. Even more people are unaware that spending too much time on the social media, like every other addiction, will bring about problems. Survey done shows that 72 percent of the people are unaware of such risk. If these people believe that there is nothing wrong with themselves, not many of them will seek help., the “If its not broken, don’t fix it” mentality.

One solution is that the government needs develop and implement campaigns to raise awareness among the people to look out for signs and symptoms of internet addiction. Such campaigns could be implemented via talks by professional counsellors in schools to raise awareness among the students. It could also be held in community centres for parents to look out for signs and symptom in the family. People need to know the risk and dangers of spending too much time on the internet. Prevention should be prefered over cure. If the people are able to release that they or their loved ones are exposed to the risk of social media addiction, they could slowly refrain from accessing the internet and social media platform. And if they are unable to do so, then they could seek help from counselling centers as mentioned above. This solution may still be ineffective. This is because the social media has become an intricate part of society. It is where people share their daily lives, their pride and joy and they sorrows and problem. Having people admit that they are addict and request that they reduce their usage will seem like a tall order.

To conclude, the social media scene is currently larger than ever, and it is still growing bigger and becoming more influential. More and more people uses it, some for entertainment, some for a living. Social media addiction is a real and growing problem, especially in our society, where the internet is easily available. Being addict to the social media may seem harmless on the outside, but to some, it corrodes the character and the mind. It develops anti-social behavior in people and may eventually weaken the workforce and students.  It  It is essentially for the government to implement solutions that should mainly raise awareness of the risk behind this addiction, tackling the problem at the roots, prevention over cure.

(908 words)

Walker, L 2012, What is social networking addiction? Retrived from

http://personalweb.about.com/od/socialmediaaddiction/a/Social-Networking-Addiction.htm

Rosen, L, Our social media obession. Retrived from

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/rewired-the-psychology-technology/201407/our-social-media-obsession

An influential event

The most influential event in my life would be the 2 years i had spend serving in the army. Due to health reasons i did not serve the army the normal way.I never attend Basic Military training and I never held a rife

Life was suppose to be good as a clerk. 

My job in the army was not an easy one. Being in charge of both finances and transportation was taxing as there is always a constant fear that things may not go exactly as plan during exercises. I remember having problems with buses at 2 am in the middle of the night. There was also an auditing period where the unit's paperwork is checked to, prevent any embezzlement of funds. Those periods were when the office was always hectic and in a terrible mess. I could not be more grateful that those times are over. 

What I learnt from this experience is that we should be selective in what we do. We cannot possibly do everything ourselves, and worrying over such stuff will not improve the situation. There should be a plan to everything we do, or things will very likely encounter hiccups.

Prob Soln Draft 1

The internet is quickly becoming an important part of our lives. Our way of living will never be the same again if the internet is absent in the daily activities we partake in. From mundane hustle and bustle such as texting our friends to complex activities such as stock broking, we can clearly see how dependent on the internet society has became.This over dependence has brought about many issues, ranging from spreading of false rumors to the increase risk of our personal information being vulnerable to online hackers.

One of the major problem experienced among the people in society is social media addiction. A person  is considered by Walker(2012) to be addicted to the social media if there exist a compulsion to use social media for hours. This is especially prevalent among the people in a country such as Singapore, where the internet is easily accessible and peer pressure does not improves the situation.

Being addicted to the social media may seem harmless to many, but there exist various problems this addiction will ultimately cause in due time . One of them is the lack of real communication among the people. Given how easily it is to communicate over social media platform due to the internet, there is no doubt that anti-social behaviour will develop among the people addicted to the social media. This will result in the lack of social skill among the people in society.

Another problem is that social anxiety might develop among the addicts. Rosen(2014) debated whether participating in social media activities is due to pleasure we gain or social anxiety. The fear that what we do on the social media might not garner popularity among our friends might ultimately lead to social media anxiety being developed is a growing problems in our society. This will lead to depression among the people and eventually lead to a weakening work force.

.

Because People are currently too dependent social media platforms that will result in social media problems the government should promote awareness among the people, to look out for signs for social media addictions.

One solution already implemented by Singapore is the setting up of counselling centers for social media addiction. People are advised to reduce the usage of the social media, and are encouraged to partake in normal social activities such as picking up a new hobby, or maybe attending more social gathering instead of using the social media platforms for hours.This approach is not effective in solving this problem mainly because people are unaware that such a problem even exist. People are unaware that they are addicted to the social media platform. Even more people are unaware that spending too much time on the social media, like every other addiction, will bring about problems. Survey done shows that 72 percent of the people are unaware of such risk. And if the people believe that there is nothing wrong with themselves, how many of them will seek help?

One solution is that the government needs develop and implement campaigns to raise awareness among the people to look out for signs and symptoms of internet addiction. Such campaigns could be implemented via talks by professional counsellors in schools to raise awareness among the students. It could also be held in community centres for parents to look out for signs and symptom in the family. People need to know the risk and dangers of spending too much time on the internet. Prevention should be prefered over cure. If the people are able to release that they or their loved ones are exposed to the risk of social media addiction, they could slowly refrain from accessing the internet and social media platform. And if they are unable to do so, then they could seek help from counselling centers as mentioned above. This solution may still be ineffective. This is because the social media has become a intricate part of society. It is where people share their daily lives, their pride and joy. Having people admit that they are addict and request that their reduce their usage will seem like a tall order.

To conclude, social media addiction is a real and growing problem, especially in our society, where the internet is easily available. It is essentially for the government to implete solutions that should mainly raise awareness of the risk behind this addiction.

(713 words)

Walker, L 2012, What is social networking addiction? Retrived from

http://personalweb.about.com/od/socialmediaaddiction/a/Social-Networking-Addiction.htm

Rosen, L, Our social media obession. Retrived from

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/rewired-the-psychology-technology/201407/our-social-media-obsession

reader response draft 3

Reader response Draft 3

Emm(2014) states in “ The Perils of Over-sharing in Social Networks” that there are increasing threats regarding sharing information online. This is due to the government and network service providers having access to important information. The author also believes that people are increasingly dependent on the internet. This causes users to reveal too much about about our daily lives and leaves users, and the people the users work for, vulnerable to online threats. Emm(2014) also states that the dangers of over-sharing is easily over-looked, as handheld devices ,people frequently use, are not common targets for hackers. Such devices will create a fake sense of security that could jeopardise user’s information.

Because the internet and social media has become an inseparable part of our lives, People are now exposed to more dangers online than ever before, not only on a physical level but also on a spiritual level.

It is evident that there are increasing number of people who are using the social media. Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, are common terms used today. There are also more and more people who reveal too much about themselves. Users might be unaware that posting such information, which may originally seem like a harmless activity, brings about dangers as mentioned by the author. One might also be unaware of the steps they could take to prevent such dangers. Such action includes precautionary measures like adjusting their privacy settings and selecting who can get access to their private information. Educating people of such features should be a necessary step taken by social media platforms to reduce the danger of leaking too much information about both the users and the organisation such people are working for.

The social media and technology are undeniably accessible to a younger audience. Users may only be an eight-year old but may already own a phone and have access to the internet. Users may also not be mature enough to judge whether their action online are detrimental to their online safety. They may also be uneducated in the fields of cyber-crimes and safety. This may lead to viruses attack or even leakage of knowledge about the location of their families and themselves. Educating the the future generation should be made a priority in schools, especially when our lives are so closely linked to the internet and technology. Learning techniques of keeping themselves safe from the dangers of over-sharing will eventually be a habit common in society. This will ultimately deter people from using the internet a vulnerable source of information.

On a more emotional level, the internet and the social media could potentially damage the user’s self-esteem and even lead to antisocial behaviour. Online netizens will inevitably compare themself to the pictures of acquaintance on the social media and the situation is made worse when such people overshare on such platforms. Success is determined by the number of ‘likes’ you get on the social media platforms.  All these is definitely unfavourable, or even damaging, for the development of the user’s self-esteem and spiritual self.  Ellis, (2014) states “When social media replaces or distracts from personal interactions it is decidedly anti-social”. She even joked that one day, people will text our acquaintance even when he or she is right beside the user.

(581 words)
David Emm(2014, 21 March), The Peril of Over-sharing in Social Networks [Web log post]
Retrieved from :
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/david-emm/the-perils-of-over-sharing-in-social-networks_b_5005276.html

Debra Ellis(n.d), Does the social media affect anti-social behaviour
Retrieved from:
http://multichannelmagic.com/03/does-social-media-encourage-anti-social-behavior/

Reader response draft 2

Emm(2014) states in “ The Perils of Over-sharing in Social Networks” that there are increasing threats regarding sharing information online. This is due to the government and network service providers having access to important information. The author also believes that people are increasingly dependent on the internet. This causes us to reveal too much about about our daily lives and leaves us, and the people we work for, vulnerable to online threats. Emm(2014) also states that the dangers of over-sharing is easily over-looked, as handheld devices ,we frequently use, are not common targets for hackers. Such devices will create a fake sense of security that could jeopardise our information.

I agree with the author that the internet and social media has become an inseparable part of our lives. We are now exposed to more dangers online than ever before, not only on a physical level but also on a spiritual level.

It is evident that there are more people who are using the social media. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, are common terms used today. There are also more and more people who reveal too much about themselves. One might be unaware that posting such information, which may originally seem like a harmless activity, bring about dangers as mentioned by the author. One might also be unaware of the steps they could take to prevent such dangers. Such action includes precautionary measures like adjusting their privacy settings and selecting who can get access to their private information. Educating people of such features should be a necessary step taken by social media platforms to reduce the danger of leaking too much information about both the users and the organisation such people are working for.

The social media and technology are undeniably accessible to a younger audience. One may only be eight-year old but may already own a phone and have access to the internet. One may also not be mature enough to judge whether their action online are detrimental to their online safety. They may also be uneducated in the fields of cyber-crimes and safety leading to viruses attack or even leak knowledge about the location of their families and themselves. Educating the the future generation should be made a priority in schools, especially when our lives are so closely link to the internet and technology. Learning techniques of keeping themselves safe from the dangers of over-sharing will eventually be a habit common in society. This will ultimately deter people from using the internet a vulnerable source of information.

On a more spiritual level, the internet and the social media could potentially damage one’s self esteem and even lead to antisocial behavior . One will inevitably compare oneself to the pictures of acquaintance on the social media and the situation is made worse when such people overshare on such platforms. Success is determined by the number of ‘likes’ you get on the social media platforms.  All these is definitely unfavourable ,or even damaging, for the development of one’s self esteem and spiritual self.  Ellis, (2014) states “When social media replaces or distracts from personal interactions it is decidedly anti-social”. She even joked that one day, we will text our acquaintance even when he or she is right beside us.

(534 words)

David Emm(2014, 21 March), The Peril of Over-sharing in Social Networks [Web log post]

Retrieved from :

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/david-emm/the-perils-of-over-sharing-in-social-networks_b_5005276.html

Debra Ellis(n.d), Does the social media affect anti-social behaviour

Retrieved from:

http://multichannelmagic.com/03/does-social-media-encourage-anti-social-behavior/

Reader response Draft 1

Emm(2014) states in “ The Perils of Over-sharing in Social Networks” that there are increasing threats regarding sharing information online. This is due to the government and network service providers having access to important information. The author also believes that people are increasingly dependent on the internet. This causes us to reveal too much about about our daily lives and leaves us, and the people we work for, vulnerable to online threats. Emm(2014) also states that the dangers of over-sharing is easily over-looked, as handheld devices ,we frequently use, are not common targets for hackers. Hence, they provide a fake sense of security that could jeopardise our information.

I agree with the author that the internet and social media has become an inseparable part of our lives. Hence we are exposed to more dangers online than ever before.

Firstly, it is evident that there are more people who are using the social media. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, are common terms used today.There are also more and more people who reveal too much about themselves. These people might be unaware that posting such information, which may originally seem like an harmless activity, bring about dangers as mentioned by the author. People might also be unaware of the steps they could take to prevent such dangers. Such action includes adjusting their privacy settings and to event select who get access to their private information. Educating people of such features should be a necessary step taken by social media platforms to reduce the danger of leaking too much information about both the users and the organisation such people are working for.

Secondly, social media and technology are currently accessible to a younger audience. An eight-year old may already own a phone and have access to the internet. Such people might not be mature enough to judge whether their action online are detrimental to their online safety. They may also be uneducated in the fields of cyber-crimes and safety leading to viruses attack or even leak knowledge about the location of their families and themselves. Educating the the future generation should be made a priority in schools, especially when our lives are so closely link to the internet and technology. Learning techniques of keeping themselves save from the dangers of over-sharing will eventually be a habit common in society. This will ultimately deter people from using the internet a vulnerable source of information.

Thirdly, we have become more and more dependent on the internet. Not many people today would feel comfortable if their handheld devices are not within an arm's reach. Our devices has become a tool that contains all of our information such as password and bank account transactions. Losing it would reveal such power information to people with malicious intends.

(457 words)

David Emm(2014, 21 March), The Peril of Over-sharing in Social Networks [Web log post]

Retrieved from :

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/david-emm/the-perils-of-over-sharing-in-social-networks_b_5005276.html

Summary

Emm(2014) mentioned in “ The Perils of Over-sharing in Social Networks” that there are increasing threats regarding sharing information online. This is due to the government and network service providers having access to important information. The author also believes that people are increasingly dependent on the internet. This causes us to reveal too much about about our daily lives and leaves us, and the people we work for, vulnerable to online threats. Emm(2014) also states that the dangers of over-sharing is easily over-looked, as handheld devices ,we frequently use, are not common targets for hackers. Hence, they provide a fake sense of security that could jeopardise our information. (107 words)

Reference

David Emm(2014, 21 March), The Peril of Over-sharing in Social Networks [Web log post]

Retrieved from :

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/david-emm/the-perils-of-over-sharing-in-social-networks_b_5005276.html

My English journey

My English journey started in a rather similar way as compared to every other Singaporean out there, in one of those stress-free environment know as a kindergarten.  The song that goes "A, B, C, D E F G..." will forever be etched into our memories and I am most certain that the so called "adults" we call ourselves today still use it. English was suppose to be a  simple subject, compared to others such as Science and math. It was supposed to come easily if not naturally, especially in a country such a Singapore, where English is heavily regarded in the society.

I really liked reading even as a kid. It was like being in another world. Movies was never a thing for me. It restricted my imagination of what the author of the book is trying to depict. Or maybe the actresses hired to act as a heroine was just not good enough. However, these escapades from reality will serve no additional purpose in my life.

I still struggled with the language as a kid. Spelling was never about pronunciation but instead took up whatever little memory space I had then. Grammar was a gamble. The situation did not improve over the years as the subject only got tougher and the only thing I learnt was how to hate it more. PSLE, O' Levels, A' Levels, and now even in QET, my mastery of the language has never fail to disappoint me. Thankfully, each time there was just enough vigor, or maybe luck, for me to scrape through each of these hurdles.

Maybe forcing me to attend this module may further aid my mastery in this language. Who knows?

For now, I will just pray that I can once again scrape through another hurdle known as ES1102

Once again,
Thank You Spellcheck.