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I think that we should hold the woman and son accountable for the incident because they were being very disrespectful and a nuisance to public, disrupting the flow of traffic and other people’s time. Based on the article, the Toyota collided with a Kia sedan and a Chinese man and woman alighted from the Toyota the Chinese man then shouted and gestured vulgarities towards the victim in the Kia sedan car, while the woman went on to remove victim's car plate and threw it on the victim's windshield. When the driver walked away out of shot, the woman stood in front of his car in a bid to prevent the vehicle from moving forward, while also attempting to record photos or videos with her phone. This tells me that the woman was at fault here and was being unreasonable as when she threw the car plate on the victim’s windshield, it could have broke through the windshield and badly hurt the victim’s or when bouncing of the windshield, hurt bystanders nearby. Hence the woman and the son should be held accountable for their reckless actions.

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I personally feel that the environment around them like friends and family should be held accountable for these incidences. Their attitudes and behaviours depend on who influences them in a good or bad way. They slowly learn new things from one another, which can contribute to their way of behaving. Recently, there were many incidences of public nuisance or racial acts in Singapore. One that specifically impacted me was the mischief at Tuas Second Link involving a woman who threw a car plate at another car’s windscreen and her son pointing middle finger at the driver. These public nuisance that involves a mother can lead to her son following her footsteps and causing a stir in the public eye. Therefore, I feel that friends and family should be held accountable for these incidences.

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Regarding the recent incidents on citizens mischievous behaviours. I personally feel that social media should hold accounts to these behaviours as social media plays a big part in many people's lives. Many people are exposed to social media daily, and seeing whatever is in trend or think it is cool and they would also want to follow it just to get on the for you page. such as the guy going into the vino rhino habitat in the zoo just to film an enclosure tik tok video. I personally feel this kind of behaviour is inappropriate for both the animals in the enclosure and for the people watching it. Some people may think it's funny, others may follow the behaviour of that guy. Therefore I feel social media should be held accountable for these kinds Of behaviours.

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i think that the kids themselves should be accountable for their own actions. even though some parents may teach their kids well, their children may learn these behaviours through social media posts, or even through peer influence.  for example, on a app tiktok, where people post 15 second videos about anything they want like life hacks, quotes, funny videos or even them dancing, i’ve once seen a video about someone using baking sofa to brush their teeth in order to make them look whiter,  according to certified dentist, using baking side is actually damage the teeth. hence, kids should be accountable as they don’t necessarily learn bad habits from their parents but also through social media or peer influence which may cause them to do something very dumb and get them into trouble.

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I think the teen should be responsible for their own actions not their parents. Responsibility is when a person takes ownership of one’s action, this is a value everyone should possess especially teenagers as they have greater commitments. Teenagers are not young children, for any foolish act or misdeeds they have done they should bear the consequences not their parents. As an older sister, I have greater responsibilities to bear not just in my studies as well as taking care of my family and being a good role model to my siblings, if I were to be a bad role model to my siblings such as using the phone on the table while eating which is not allowed in my family, my siblings may think it is the right thing to do and will follow me. It is normal for children to follow whatever the older child do or what the adults do but as a teenagers we know what is right as we have grown up and matured. Thus parents should not be blamed for their childish acts, their teens should be the one to fixed their own mistakes and accept the consequences.

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I think children should be accountable for their own actions. Influencer’s, Parents and even social media, play a huge role in a child’s behaviour whether good or bad. If a child sees bad behaviour, they will see these adults behaviour and think its “cool” or “alright” to behave in such a manner because they see people online, or even their parents display these crude actions publicly. The Tuas link immigration checkpoint incident is one example. The incident was nothing extreme but because of the mothers actions, it went viral online. The car that was behind the mothers car got too close and accidentally scratched the family’s car. As a result, the mother threw a tantrum and tried to stop the carwhile throwing vulgarities at the driver, even tearing the license plate of the car! Witnessing his mother doing such actions, the son eventually went out of the car to imitate such actions, pointing  the middle finger and showing his butt, just to name a few. It’s evident that children will witness these actions. However, whether they choose to follow their footsteps is their choice. Therefore, children and teenagers are accountable for their actions though social media and family plays a part in planting such ideas into their heads.

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We can only hold the parents accountable for these type of incidents as it shows how they brought their own kids up. Based on these few news reports shown, it shows us how these people were brought up by their own parents. If not brought up well enough, their kids could grow up to become some spoilt and an immature human being. For example, if a child were to make fun of someone for their disability, and a parent didnt scold them for doing that, the child is not going to learn basic respect and thinks it is okay to do these type of things. Therefore, parents play a huge role in bringing up their kids in the right way to ensure that they wouldnt do anything bad that ruins their own reputation in the future.

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I believe both adults and teenagers have to play a part together to hold accountablefor these actions. However, adults such as parents plays a larger role in upbringing their children at a young age through their actions and mentality. For example, I had a classmate who is often pampered by her parents, she used to threaten Teachers by complaining them to her parents when she gets scolded or disciplined by them and her parents would always consistently ensure that the Teachers would own them an apology.Teachers would often leave her alone as they could not handle some unacceptable actions such as talking back and rudely to them, does not co operate in group works and once threw a book at the teacher’s desk when brewing told to hand in her homework. These actions are not being stopped and discipline by her parents and their parents hold accountable for her wrong actions as they hold a more superior role in her life.

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I think they only have themselves to blame however social media and parents does play a big role in how a child presents themselves in public. They always say ‘parents are the first teacher’ and I agree, parents play a big role in the development and learning. If one is not taught or brought up properly, it could really affect a child’s future. However as the child grows up and gets exposed to more things like social media, they also get influenced for better or for worse. Some teenager would want to go trending and so they do things which can sometimes harm themselves or others. Some teens do not think twice and only once they did it they realise that it was wrong of them to do so. Although it is their fault for their own wrong doings, social media and parents can influence them into doing so

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In my opinion I think that there are many factors that may affect how teens acts. Some maybe influence by their own friends, doing things they find it funny without realising how inappropriate it is and laughing it off as a joke. Friends influence each other to do stupid things especially when their out in public or in the media. Most of the time doing it for attention and to look ‘cool’ (but honestly it looks stupid) without thinking how it might affect others around you or how people see you. Parents sometimes may not have the time to be at home with their kids constantly reminding or teaching them to have manners and respect for others around them. Which results in children not learning how to even say thank you or sorry, or  help someone when they are in need of help. Sometimes, when parents do teach , the child does not listen and instead does the opposite , and with the influence of their friends , it does kind of make it worse.

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In my opinion, I think that their friends should be held accountable for these incidents because since we hang out with them almost everyday, we are easily influenced by their actions and words. Friends do things together and they might be easily swayed to do the same things that their friends are doing. For example, sometimes I catch myself following my friends mannerisms and having similar texting styles. Thus, I think that their friends are the ones to blame for these incidents as friends can influence one another to do foolish things that they think are funny or hilarious.

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The parents should be held accountable mainly because they are the ones who are raising their child and are expected the teach them what is right and wrong. Parents should have a sense of responsibility to uphold good values towards their children as they grow and mature. If the child was to be raised wrongly, the parents are expected to face the consequences. A youth was caught doing a daring stunt, entering the Singapore Zoo rhino enclosure for a Tiktok video and doing a backflip. Upon that, a police report was lodged. The act the outh has done was useless and unreasonable. Thus, the parents should be held accountable for their child’s actions as must be aware and have control over their child.

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Only parents may be held responsible for the upbringing, actions, and mental processes of their children. But when a youngster comes into touch with negative influences like friends, lovers, etc., it is up to the child to make a decision. Even while parents are responsible for about 70% of a kid's qualities, it is not completely their fault if a youngster chooses to rebel or set a terrible example for others. According to research, people are readily influenced and automatically follow others' lead. My one sibling was a situation I saw firsthand. Personally, our parents have instilled in us the value of always acting morally and with kindness, devoting a lot of their time to instilling these values in us. Sadly, despite all of this, when they were teenagers, my sisters all went to parties with their friends and engaged in unlawful activities that they shouldn't have. sneaking out without going back home. No amount of conditioning or instruction from our parents could have prevented my sister's actions. Thus, the only person that is responsible for their own actions is the person themself.

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I feel the parents are at fault. Kids always grow up learning things from their parents, getting influenced by them. If the kids have a bad example to learn from their parents, they would end up being like their parents which can be a bad thing if their parents don’t have the correct behaviour around their children. This also shows that the parent did not take the time to properly teach their child how to act properly. The environment that the parents set may not have been a good one because their child turned out to be as bad as them.

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We should hold social media influencers accountable for these incidents. Teenagers learns a lot of things on social media whether it is good or bad. Influencers plays a huge role as what they are posting are seen by millions of people. For example, if an influencer post something about inappropriate behaviour, teenagers may think it is cool and will pick up the same behaviour as they already got influenced. This is similar to the article about the youth entering singapore zoo rhino enclosure for a tiktok video. The most possible reason for doing this is probably to get peoples attention. The youth may have seen similar videos on tiktok and thought this could get him more followers. To conclude, i think influencers should not be posting inappropriate content that can influence teenagers into doing this type of stuff.

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I feel that the internet should hold accountable to these incidents. The internet is a place where people tends to get knowledge and ideas.So the ideas for the stunts the people did, probably came from the internet. People tends to get inspired by the internet such as the website ‘YouTube’ where it provides entertainment and inspirations to the viewers. For example the incident where the Yishun-InnovaJC student 'helping police'
probe video of person in Arab garb, the idea could have been inspired by the ‘Jamal brothers’ who are known for their pranks.This shows how it’s the internets fault for the problems

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I feel that friends of these youths who act inappropriately should be accountable for these incidences. Friends play an immense part in another youth’s life. When one may happen to make a new friend or join a new friend group, how they act, how they think, and how they talk influences them to do the same. Thus, when he/she spends time  with friends who behave unbecoming, they tend to act improper as well. An example of a male student from Yishun-Innova Junior College (YIJC) was involved in a police investigation after a video taken at the tertiary institution depicted what appears to be racially insensitive behaviour and negative stereotypes being acted out in classrooms on Racial Harmony Day. This act is not a one man’s job, there must have been cooperation from the video taker and the student himself for this video to go viral. For they both may be close and had come up with this idea together, they both had influence over each other and impacted their way of carrying out an inappropriate act. Therefore, I feel that friends are to blame in this situation for they influenced each other and planned this idea together to gain some sort of recognition through this video.

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Regarding the recent issues on Singapore citizens misbehaving, I feel that the one who should be held accountable for these incidents are their upbringing by their parents. Parents play a big role in a child’s behaviour and if they have been wrongly influenced, it might increase the chances of them behaving as socially irresponsible citizens. Such as, the son imitating his mother by causing an unsightly scene of them spewing vulgarities and carrying out inappropriate and unacceptable behaviour. For example ripping and detaching  somebody’s car plate from its car. Therefore I strongly believe that parents are partly to blame for their child’s misbehaviour.

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I think they would have themselves to blame because they all are about to become adults or maybe are already adults and I think that their old enough to make their own choices to do things good or bad but at the same time I blame the parents or may be their friends or just the environment they grew up in as it might have influenced their way of thinking

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I feel that the students themselves should be accountable for these incidents. This is because they are the ones who make their own decisions to do that and nobody forced them to do it. For example, a male student from Yishun-Innova JC during racial harmony had filmed a video of his friends and him depicting what appears to be racially incentive behaviour and negative stereotypes being acted out in the classroom. Hence, I feel that they should be accountable for their own actions as even if their parents teach them what is right is still up to them to make the right decisions.

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I feel that these incidents are to be held responsible by that person itself as it is their own actions and even though they can blame on their parents, some parents might teach their children all the manners but because of their children’s own irrational decisions, they have to be held accountable to it which is not right. I feel that students are mostly influenced by social media into following “trends” just to be popular but instead they become popular in the wrong reasons such as the guy who backflipped or the racial harmony one. This is an embarrassment to themselves , their parents and citizens just because of their own wrongdoings, their parents or anyone should not be accounted for. Although their parents might make an unwise decision, it’s still their own decision to continue to make things worse. Instead of following the mother with her rash decisions, the boy should have told the mother to calm down. It is also his fault that he continued making such decisions into deciding to point his middle finger. Therefore I feel that the person itself should be accountable as i’m sure most parents do teach their children manners and telling them what’s right and what’s wrong but it’s just that they were under a wrong influence or environment.

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Youth enters S'pore Zoo rhino enclosure for Tiktok video & does backflip, police report lodged

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Youth enters S'pore Zoo rhino enclosure for Tiktok video & does backflip, police report lodged

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Some people go to great lengths to create and curate content for their social media accounts.

This may include doing things that could endanger their lives.

Backflip in front of rhinos

One youth in Singapore recently pulled a rather daring stunt by trespassing into the White rhinoceros exhibit at the Singapore Zoo.

The first half of the video was filmed by the youth himself, with the text "What's Ralph thinking about" imposed over his face.

It then cuts to him inside the exhibit, with the rhinos clearly visible in the background.

He then proceeds to do a backflip, and then hops over the exhibit barrier and back onto the visitor pathway.

The text in that clip read "who's man is this [sic]", with more text reading "Keep your distance" on top.

The video appeared to have been uploaded to Tiktok. The video also seems to have been removed from his account, but has subsequently been reposted to Twitter.

The youth currently has around 33,000 followers on the platform.

"Reckless and mindless"

A statement posted to Wildlife Reserves Singapore's Instagram stories revealed they are aware of the video circulating online showing a visitor "trespassing and encroaching" into the exhibit.

In response to Mothership's queries, WRS said that the incident took place on Dec. 17.

WRS condemned the act in their statement, describing it as a "reckless and mindless act which is socially irresponsible, extremely dangerous and simply disrespectful to wildlife and our animals".

WRS also told Mothership that they have since lodged a police report over the incident.

They also urged others not to be "copycat[s]" and repeat such acts, as it could put lives in danger.

WRS ended off by thanking the millions of other visitors who visited their parks and displayed socially responsible behaviour and proper appreciation for the animals.

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Youth enters S'pore Zoo rhino enclosure for Tiktok video & does backflip, police report lodged

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Some people go to great lengths to create and curate content for their social media accounts. This may include doing things that could endanger their lives. One youth in Singapore recently pulled a rather daring stunt by trespassing into the White rhinoceros exhibit at the Singapore Zoo.

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Forum: Teach kids how to behave in public

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Forum: Teach kids how to behave in public

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Letter of the week: Difficult to teach kids when adults are just as self-centred

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Letter of the week: Difficult to teach kids when adults are just as self-centred

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Yishun-Innova JC student ‘helping police’ probe video of person in Arab garb, others kneeling with black hoods over head

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Yishun-Innova JC student ‘helping police’ probe video of person in Arab garb, others kneeling with black hoods over head

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SINGAPORE - A male student from Yishun-Innova Junior College (YIJC) is involved in a police investigation after a video taken at the tertiary institution depicted what appears to be racially insensitive behaviour and negative stereotypes being acted out in classrooms.

In response to TODAY's queries on Friday (July 22), the Ministry of Education (MOE) said that it is aware of a video depicting a "misbehaving student" from YIJC.

"The student is currently cooperating with police investigations."

The video has been shared on Reddit, TikTok as well as the Instagram account of Wake Up, Singapore. In it, a person is seen wearing what is typically a traditional Arab attire for men, complete with a headgear known as a kufiya.

Students can be seen filming what is going on or preparing to film the scenes as they are acted out in classrooms.

In one classroom, the person in Arab-style clothes slides his right hand across the chest of another person who was kneeling and wearing a black hood covering the head - the scene looking like an execution.

The person in the Arab-style attire then jumps up and down as he exits the classroom.

Later, what appears to be the same person enters two classrooms, each time with someone also wearing a black hood over the head and then kneeling. The person then hurriedly leaves behind a black backpack as he "flees" the classroom.

In two more classrooms, he enters alone and leaves behind the black bag before rushing out of there.

In one 28-second video clip that was circulated is a superimposed message that reads: "This is too much... JC students did this on Racial Harmony Day."

MOE did not respond to TODAY's queries of when the footage was taken.

It said: "YIJC has spoken to the student to help him understand that his actions were inappropriate, and that care and sensitivity must be exercised in Singapore's multiracial and multireligious context."

In response to TODAY's queries, the police added on Friday night: "The police confirm that a report was lodged. A male teenager is currently assisting police with investigations."

A day before, the police had to handle a case of a false bomb threat at Evergreen Secondary School.

They were alerted to the incident at the school in Woodlands at about 7.40am on Thursday.

A male teenager is assisting in investigations for the Evergreen Secondary School incident and the police are looking into the case under the United Nations (Anti Terrorism Measures) Regulations 2001.

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Yishun-Innova JC student 'helping police' probe video of person in Arab garb, others kneeling with black hoods over head

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SINGAPORE - A male student from Yishun-Innova Junior College (YIJC) is involved in a police investigation after a video taken at the tertiary institution depicted what appears to be racially insensitive behaviour and negative stereotypes being acted out in classrooms.

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M'sia police investigating case of mischief at Tuas Second Link involving woman who threw car plate at windscreen

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M'sia police investigating case of mischief at Tuas Second Link involving woman who threw car plate at windscreen

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Another video taken by a passer-by showed the same woman standing in front of the Toyota, leaning against its bonnet as the car attempted to inch forward.

The woman then appeared to pry out the car plate on the car with her hands, before throwing it at the car windshield, where it bounced off.

The driver who was seen arguing with the woman in the first video stepped out of the car to retrieve the car plate from the ground.

Moments later, a young man donning a blue shirt bearing the words "Team YIJC" stepped out of a red Kia sedan, dashed towards the Toyota and flashed the middle finger at the black car. The woman then gestured at him to return to the Kia.

As they went back to the Kia, the man waved his backside at the Toyota and smacked it twice before entering the car.

Both cars involved in the incident had Singapore licence plate numbers, though the Malaysian authorities did not disclose the nationalities of those involved.

The police said the Toyota driver and passengers did not suffer any injuries and there was little damage to their car.

The case is being investigated under section 427 of the Malaysia Penal Code, which states that those guilty of mischief and cause loss or damage to the amount of RM25 (S$7.90) or upwards could be jailed up to two years and fined.

"Road users are advised to drive carefully and not rush, especially on the CIQ Second Link," the Johorpolice added.

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M'sia police investigating case of mischief at Tuas Second Link involving woman who threw car plate at windscreen

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SINGAPORE - The Johor police are looking into a road rage incident at the Tuas Second Link, after a video that showed a woman removing the number plate from a car and throwing it at the windscreen went viral on Saturday (July 9).

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Who should we hold accountable these incidences?
Construct a 100-word paragraph, comprising of a topic sentence, description of an example (either from the articles or from your personal experience), elaborate and link.