https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5 en-us 2019-05-02 01:47:10 UTC 2026-02-17 16:48:53 UTC hello@padlet.com msizyan https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356038891 Agree / Disagree
Reason]]> 2019-05-02 02:19:55 UTC https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356038891 https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356039869 I agree. Teenagers nowadays prefer sitting at home at watching their phone or televisions. When parents ask teenagers to celebrate festivals, a majority of teenagers would refuse as many are lazy and would prefer scrolling through the internet as they think that it provides better entertainment than going out with their families to celebrate festivals. Many people blame the internet but i think that a major reason is that they do not understand the reason, importance and rationale behind the festival thus doesn't see meaning in celebrating it. For example, I enjoy celebrating Chinese New Year as I understand the culture and spirit behind it and therfore enjoy celebrating it. My family knows that its a time for families to gather and bond in this time of the year and thus immerse ourselves with the spirit of CNY. I feel that the spirit of festivals should be passed down by generations to prevent the culture and spirit behind it from dying out. There are many good values and amazing history behind the festivals that many teenagers were not told thus causing them to be uninterested in celebrating it.]]> 2019-05-02 02:24:53 UTC https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356039869 https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356040127 I partially agree with that statement. In the modern world, most teenagers are mostly caught up with their mobile phones and do not pay attention to the outside world. They are mostly addicted to their mobile phones and pay more attention to their phones more than their families. They stop celebrating festivals like mid autumn festival because they think that it is a waste of time and effort to go around the neighborhood to pay visits to their relatives. 
On the other hand, although teenagers are caught up with their mobile phones, they still celebrate festivals as they treasure the bond of their family and do not want mobile phones to pull the bonds of their families apart. For example, I am a person who really gets caught up with my phone but during festivals, I would rather spend quality time with my family than just stare at my phone. On certain occasions, my phone can also help me and my cousin bond when we play mobile games together. ]]> 2019-05-02 02:25:57 UTC https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356040127 https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356040308 No, i do not agree.
Despite the overuse of handphones nowadays, family bonding will never be something that teenagers, or anyone for that fact, will give up.
There are certain people,who happened to be teenagers, that may not enjoy festivals with their families. However, that has nothing to do with their youth or the fact that they were born in this generation.
Even if teenagers may seem a bit busy, or a little addicted to their devices, they will always enjoy some family time with their parents, and possibly siblings.
Having a mooncake or two while holding a paper lantern with your family in the moonlight, bonding with your family as you try and press on with your fast during the month of Ramadan, putting your presents under the beautiful christmas tree, placing lights all over your home during deepavali, these festivals give you a feeling that nothing else, including handphones, does. Take it from a teenager, we will always spare time to enjoy a festival with our families.



]]> 2019-05-02 02:26:49 UTC https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356040308 https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356040368 Yes, I agree.
Technology is very advanced these days, so children usually spend most of their time using electronics. Because of this, they are not active in real life and do not engage in day-to-day convesations with people in real life. When they are celebrating festivals and may be forced to talk to their relatives, they might not know how to talk to them and find celebrations a chore. Teenagers should interact with people more often so that they can slowly stop being addicted to the online world and be able to speak to others without unknowingly offending them. There are another group of teenagers that goes out with their friends more often during festivals which causes lesser bonding time at home. Even if they know how to interact with their peers, they would not understand their parents as much and at times may be pushing their buttons. Others may also want a slim body and thinks that celebrating festivals would cause them to get more weight, so they might not be appreciative of the true meaning of festivals and might lose the tradition in future.]]> 2019-05-02 02:27:07 UTC https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356040368 l0n3w01f29 https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356040472 I agree as i think that teenagers feel that festivals are a waste of time and spending time online with their friends or gaming is more important than spending time with their family enjoying festivals. They don't know why they have to celebrate the festival and feels that whatever the festival is for, it is a waste of their time.Parents may also force them to go even when they do not want to and that ruins their relationship and the teenager might not want to go out with the family for any reason. For example, my brother used to celebrate festivals with us but now, he just wants to stay at home and play games. He feels that it is very boring and that gaming is more important. He also may not want to celebrate festivals with my family as my mother always forces him to go even though he is unwilling to.]]> 2019-05-02 02:27:37 UTC https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356040472 https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356040499 yes , i agree. 

Nowadays, teenagers are constantly glued to their phones leading to times where they forget  their surroundings and they feel that family time amd festivities no longer play a part in their life and has a lower importance (ahemm) when it comes to gaming and spending time with friends . Furthermore, they think that festivities are very clamorous and very fancy and they feel that all that is unnecessary. Teenagers are very  ignorant when it comes to festivities as they feel that many other things could be done in that period of time. Even though there is a flaw on the teenagers’ side, parents amd relatives do not understand them and relatives do not respect their privacy during the period of festivity where these teenagers feel like they are intruded with unnecessary questions. These usually are the reasons teenagers tend to dislike festivities ]]> 2019-05-02 02:27:44 UTC https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356040499 https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356040563 yes, i agree with this statement as teenagers nowadays are often using their phones and playing mobile games on phones. most of them are addicted to their phones. and would rather spend their holidays texting and playing online games with their friends, rather than celebrating the occasion with their families. during chinese new year, most of my friends would ask me to spend time with them instead of celebrating with their families.
however, i do still disagree to a certain extent. despite the overused usage of phones, some teenagers, including myself, still do enjoy celebrating different kinds of festivals with thier families. from my point of view, i love celebrating festivals, specifically chinese new year, with my family as i get to visit my relatives. not only that but i get ang bao money too 🥵👉🏻👈🏻 

]]> 2019-05-02 02:28:02 UTC https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356040563 https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356040661 I agree in someway as teenagers nowadays are addicted to their phone which made their friendship with families to be not as close. Now that the teenagers are in their rebellious stage of life, they will also celebrate festivals with their friends more than with their family as they are more bonded to their friends. However, there are also some teenagers who are very close to their family members and would celebrate festivals with them, these teenagers usually regard traditions and family bonding very importantly.]]> 2019-05-02 02:28:25 UTC https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356040661 https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356040690 personally, i think that teenagers don’t really like to celebrate festivals with their families as they might think that it is ‘a drag’. as they have went to this particular festival for so many times, it is always the same event that is happening (e.g mixing with relatives, eating delicious food, etc) although this festival is really nice, it is not as eventful as other things the teenagers can do. teenagers might prefer going to these festivals with their close friends as they are much more ‘open’ and have more ‘freedom’ in a way. with their close friends, they could do anything and is not restricted to anything at all. on the other hand, some teenagers still like the idea of celebrating festivals as it is a once-in-a-year event and they really like the things they can do at the event (e.g Chinese New Year collecting angpows, Easter with its Easter eggs events, etc) these festivals hold deep memories for themselves as they consider it their ‘childhood’ 
thank you ]]> 2019-05-02 02:28:32 UTC https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356040690 jwloh1014 https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356040818 Yes I do agree. Teenagers nowadays would overuse their phone and would not want to spend time celebrating festivals. Everytime I would go to an event to celebrate festivals like chinese new year, most of them are adults, elederlies, and young children. Though there are some teenagers attending the event, most of them are not really interested in celebrating it and would use their phones to play ganes and text their friends. Also as teenagers normally are very tired after school, they would focus on doing their homework and resting instead of celebrating festivals. Hence I feel that teenagers nowadays no longer like to celebrate festivals with their families.]]> 2019-05-02 02:29:05 UTC https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356040818 https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356040820 I agree with this. 
This is because most teenagers prefer to use their phones to game with their friends or go out and shop. They look at these festivals as a waste of time and do not see a need to celebrate festivals as to most of them, does not serve much purpose. 
However, I also disagree with this as there are also many teenagers who feel that this festivals are a tradition and it also helps the family to bond together. They do not see it as a waste of time but a time where they can spend time with their families. ]]> 2019-05-02 02:29:06 UTC https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356040820 https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356040828 Yes i agree. Teenagers nowadays are constantly on their phones, they often choose to stay at home and watch videos or play games instead of celebrating festivals with their families. They think that celebrating festivals are a waste of time and can be used to do other things like studying, playing games, watching television or sleeping. They also think that it is meaningless to attend such festivals. Teenagers may think that going to such festivals may be troublesome as the festivals may be held far from their homes and would have to travel a long distance.]]> 2019-05-02 02:29:08 UTC https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356040828 https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356040865 yes i agree. now that nearly every teenager has their own mobile phone, they have been using their phone more than spending time with their friends and family. i think that teenagers should cut down on their mobile usage, and spend more time with their family and friends instead. if teenagers continue to spend lots of time on their phones, their relationship with their friends and family will drift. furthermore, the purpose of such festivals and celebrations is for families and friends to come together and bond. hence, i think that teenagers should spend lesser time on their phones and more time with their friends and family. ]]> 2019-05-02 02:29:15 UTC https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356040865 https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356040869 Yes I agree that teenagers no longer celebrate festivals with their families as teenagers these days use their smart phones a lot and don’t communicate as much with their family and friends. This cause teenagers to spend less time with their families and don’t celebrate festivals with them. However, I do not agree that all teenagers these days don’t celebrate festivals with their family as some teenagers still do celebrate festivals and not all of them use their smartphones very often. Personally I think that some adults are really busy and spend less time with their children. This causes the teenagers to not bond as much with their families causing them to not celebrate festivals with their family. However, there are also teenagers who are addicted to their smartphones and computers as they may even sacrifice their sleep and eating time just to play video games, this will also cause them to not remember to celebrate festivals with their families as they prefer their games over families. However, as I mentioned earlier, not all teenagers don’t celebrate festivals with their families as they still are close to their parents. Therefore, I agree that teenagers no longer celebrate festivals with their families except for some.]]> 2019-05-02 02:29:17 UTC https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356040869 https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356040946 I agree to this statement. There are many various reasons for teenagers not being able to celebrate festivals with the family. Teenagers are now often busy with school homework as they recieve a great amount of homework. Teenagers nowadays also need to work and therefore are not free. Some teenagers might also be celebrating with their friends as they prefer the company of their friends rather than with their family. Teenagers may neglect the purpose of celebrating festivals with their families as they think that these festivals are a waste of their time. Some teenagers are also just too lazy to celebrate the festivals with their families. Even if teenagers are celebrating festivals with their families, they will often be using their phone and not interacting with their family members. Festivals are meant to be celebrated together as a family and teenagers should take time off from what they are doing and celebrate with their family. Festivals are not only just meant for family gathering, but also for celebrating the special event which only comes annually. If teenagers do not celebrate festivals with their families, the family will not be able to meet one another often and celebrate the festival. Therefore, teenagers should often celebrate festivals with their families and should interact with their family members when they celebrate the festivals together. ]]> 2019-05-02 02:29:35 UTC https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356040946 https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356041142 Yes I agree. As most teenagers have their phones nowadays, when celebrating festivals like mid autumn festival, they would use their phones instead of speaking to their family and friends as they fnd it boring because they don't understand why they need to celebrate these festivals. When it's Christmas, or any other festivals they could receive something, they would just take the gifts and go back to using their phones showing that they have no interest in celebrating the festival or speaking to their families but oly the gifts. Except for their phones, some teenagers might not even celebrate it with their families and instead go out with their friends to do things that are unrelated to the festivals to entertain themselves.]]> 2019-05-02 02:30:27 UTC https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356041142 https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356041341 sike we no oral ]]> 2019-05-02 02:31:19 UTC https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356041341 https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356041543 Disagree

Many teenagers are being forced to celebrate festivals instead of staying on their phones or mobile devices. As many parents find festivals important and vital to relationships regarding friends and families but many teens still prefer their mobile games and social media over these real time social interaction. Therefore, many teenagers spent time on unwanted celebration of festivals while sulking due to their desires for the online world. However, besides parents and relatives forcing teens to celebrate (which is technically peer pressure) there are events such as chinese new year which are celebrated in schools with friends while others like christmas are a joy to teens as they recieve presents and new items which causes christmas to be fun and joyful teens, and finally many teens celebrate some festivals due to their religon or culture.

]]> 2019-05-02 02:32:08 UTC https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356041543 https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356041555 I agree with this statement.
Teenagers like me are easily distracted by worldly things such as screen time to studies to relationships. They are too busy to go celebrate these festivals because of these worldly things, even more with their family. They would much prefer to stay at home and play computer or mobile games than go out to spend time and bond with their families, because in the modern world, most of us are part ofa group of phone addicts and just cannot look up from it. We also much prefer to hang out with our friends than have dinner with our relatives, since we usually find them more entertaining and fun. Hence, I feel that teenagers in this modern age no longer like to celebrate festivals with their families.]]> 2019-05-02 02:32:13 UTC https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356041555 https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356041908 kYes, I agree that teenagers nowadays no longer like to celebrate festivals with their families. This is because as technology advances,  mobile devices become more and more useful. Teenagers will then spend more time on their phone,  playing games and messaging their friends. They relegate their parents and their studies so as to spend more time on their phone being increasingly addicted.Furthermore, games are made to be addictive and hence,  to be self-disciplined is up to one's willpower.  Moreover,  teenagers neglect festivals as they think it is a waste of time and not meaningful,  rather spending their time on their phone than celebrating festivals.At most,  during festivals or traditional events like Chinese New Year,  they will post something on their social media to celebrate the festival. However,  teenagers should realise that festivals are a part of their religious cultures and traditions and they should revel in whatever they do. Festival culture should be passed down from generations to generations as it is slowly dying out because of the lack of interest shown by teenagers nowadays.  In this case, we are not meaning to stereotype them,  but only to use the public's epitome and paradigm of them. Personally,  when I was young,  I used to celebrate festivals like Mid-Autumn festivals,  where my family, relatives and neighbours get together and celebrate it together.  However,  as years past by,  we stopped celebrating these festivals as everybody is getting more and more busy these days. For Mid-Autumn festivals,  all we do is give each other mooncakes and nothing else much.  But if I got a chance to once again celebrate festivals like these,  I would gladly participate.  I should have appreciate that my family used to celebrate these kinds of festivals in the past. I would once again like to stress that teenagers are accentuating the cons of technology and plays the main role of why teenagers are not celebrating festivals with their families]]> 2019-05-02 02:33:51 UTC https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356041908 https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356041991 Yes, I agree.
All teenagers rather stay at the comfort of their home and use their electronic devices than to celebrate festivals with their families. They either find it boring or too time - consuming. Teenagers also do not see the importance of celebrating these fsestivals. They find it a chore to interact and it was awkward to interact with relatives that they are not close to. Last time, everyone used to gather together and celebrate these special festivals, and we bonded quite well with each other. However, things are so different now. People rarely come out of their houses to celebrate these special festivals. I used to went to the nearby park to celebrate special occasions like mid - autumn festival, there was always so many people. The other children and I enjoy walking around and carrying our latterns. It will be an unforgettable memory that will be forever etched in my mind. Hence, I find that teenagers should see the importance of these festivals and celebrate them instead of using their electronic devices.]]> 2019-05-02 02:34:16 UTC https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356041991 https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356042027 Yes i do agree. Nowadays, teenagers have changed a lot through the years. When i was younger,my house was at the first level so i see a lot of people pass by. During festive season like Chinese new year and mid autumn festival , i always see chinese kids and children wearing red festive clothing with lanterns playing fire sparklers.Nowadays,even trying to spot families wearing red during chinese new year is rare is the public.For Deepavali,i used to hear kids playing fire crakers and fire sparklers in the eve of Deepavali.In recent years, i dont encounter them anymore. For Hari raya, i used to also play fire crakers and badminton a few days before Hari Raya with my neighbours and families as we were excited for the actual day . Now we dont anymore. Luckily we still plan visits for hari raya. To me personally, i can see that teenagers are more happy to post about themsleves celebrating events online and put aside their families and do not enjoy the events we their families. The are so active online that they forget to have fun with the people around them,the people they love. 
But i also agree because i can also see teenagers posting their happy times with their family online, they manage to balance between being active online  and spending  time, bonding with their families.Being able to control the time witb their phones. In fact they use the internet to connect with their families that they could not have visit or met. This is a good thing as they can also bond with their families and loved ones during the feative seasons even if the are not with them. ]]> 2019-05-02 02:34:27 UTC https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356042027 https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356042472 I agree with this statement.
Teenagers nowadays are more engrossed in mobile phones and technology, so they stop participating in most physical activities and stay indoors more often. Over the years of technology, teenagers forget the festive spirit from festivals and think that these festivals are a waste of time. Hence, they choose to stay at home and play with their phones or computers due to their laziness. They also prefer using technology to interact via messages instead of engaging in real life conversations. Teenagers no longer like to celebrate festivals as they find technology advanced and more interesting as compared to festivals.
Personally, I dislike celebrating festivals and would rather stay at home to play games. My parents would then persuade me to go but I never really enjoyed the lively experience.
However, I believe that festivals can help to bond people together as they can have fun together doing the same thing and should try to be more actively involved in such festivals. 

]]> 2019-05-02 02:36:33 UTC https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356042472 https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356042519 Yes,I agree. Now a days teenagers spend more time with their friends compared with their family and even during festivals,they would rather hang out with their friends,instead of spending time with their family,or maybe some would just lock themselves in the room hamming or doing their own stuff. For example,when I was younger,when I visited my neighborhood park during mid-autumn festival,it would usually be crowded with lots of children/teenagers and adults accompanying them playing with their lanterns and sparkles. But now a days,during mid-autumn festival,when I visit the park,it would usually be rather quite and fewer people playing with their lanterns and sparkles. In some years,not even a single person playing with their lanterns.]]> 2019-05-02 02:36:48 UTC https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356042519 https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356042767 no i disagree, 

 Teenagers are misunderstood and a handful of teenagers may dislike the festivities but not everyone and the older generations are pressuring the teenagers. The teenagers are very into new things and really live the traditional wear. ]]> 2019-05-02 02:37:59 UTC https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356042767 https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356043680 No, i do not agree with this statement. During festivals like Chinese New Year, i still see many families wearing brightly coloured clothes out to visit their relatives. In restaurants, i also see mamy families coming together to have a big feast and chat with one another. Another festival that i see many families still celebrating is the mid-autumn festival. Every Mid-Autumn festival, my parents will bring my siblings and i to a nearby playground to carry lanterns and play with sparklers. I see many other families celebrating this festival the same way as us. After playing, we will head back home to have mooncakes.
However, i also agree because teenagers nowadays spend most of their time on their phones such as playing mobile games or chatting with their friends friends of spending quality time with their families. They also find these festivals boring and meaningless after celebrating it for so many years.]]> 2019-05-02 02:42:29 UTC https://padlet.com/msizyan/oral22e5/wish/356043680