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#trending: Are some S'poreans quitting pursuit of the 5Cs? Netizens suggest many are content to 'just get by' What is the Singaporean dream? In just one day, a Reddit thread with this question has attracted more than 250 comments. The Redditor said that it used to be the "5Cs", but wonders if it has evolved to just "getting by"?

How do schools deal with students who become aggressive? Teachers speak out after St Andrew's incident A range of disciplinary actions – including counselling, suspension and caning – can be used to punish students who become aggressive towards teachers, educators tell CNA.

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S’poreans who spend over 3 hours daily on TikTok, Instagram most at risk of body image anxiety: Study SINGAPORE — About one in six adults in Singapore are at risk of suffering anxiety over body image, while those spending more than three hours a day on TikTok and Instagram were at the highest risk, a study has found.

Spider-Man star Tom Holland taking a break from social media for his mental health The actor said he gets caught up and then he spirals when he reads things about himself online.

Commentary: What would it take to snap Singapore out of its obsession with grades? An inter-university survey found Singapore undergraduates still feel there is an “unhealthy obsession with grades” – even when employers have expanded their hiring criteria. NUS undergraduate Friedel Wong explores why and what it would take to move beyond grades.

https://www.engadget.com/japans-amends-cyberbullying-law-to-make-online-insults-punishable-by-one-year-prison-172506289.html

Japan’s amended cyberbullying law makes online insults punishable by one year in prison | Engadget Insulting someone online could land an individual in Japan a one-year prison term under an amendment to the country’s penal code enacted on Thursday morning..

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Large-scale survey of S'pore undergrads finds work and study commitments as main stressors, desire for academic 'grace days' SINGAPORE — Almost 90 per cent of undergraduates here said that work and study commitments were their greatest source of stress, a survey on mental health conducted by a network of university student unions showed.

Identical twins raised apart in Korea and US have similar personality traits but different IQs A pair of identical twins who grew up in separate countries have somehow developed similar personality traits but significantly different IQ levels, a recent study has found. In the study published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences, researchers from Kookmin University in Seoul an...