Aunt Agony and Uncle Upset

Aunt Agony and Uncle Upset, Commentary, School Life

Aunt Agony and Uncle Upset: The Search for the Real Me…
Reading Time: 4 minutes

By Kavya Thirunavukkarasan (25S03I) and Kwie Yun Yi (25S07A, Peer Helper)

Your resident Aunties and Uncles are back with our Ask Aunt Agony and Uncle Upset column, this time as a collaboration between Raffles Press and the Peer Helpers’ Programme (PHP)! Ever wanted to rant about that someone you just can’t stand? Overwhelmed with too many feelings? Submit your confessions to https://tinyurl.com/RIAAUU and we’ll give them our best shot. This column will be published at the end of every month.

“I struggle with forging a personality I’m personally attached to, in the name of more social acceptance and validation from others. Therefore, I feel like I’m entertaining a superficial endeavour. What can I do?”

~ Confused Cedric
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Aunt Agony and Uncle Upset, School Life

Aunt Agony and Uncle Upset: It’s time for your academic comeback
Reading Time: 5 minutes

By Tay Yu Ning (25S07A) and Kondareddy Iniya, Peer Helper (25S03E)

Your resident Aunties and Uncles are back with our Ask Aunt Agony and Uncle Upset column, this time as a collaboration between Raffles Press and the Peer Helpers’ Programme (PHP)! Ever wanted to rant about that someone you just can’t stand? Overwhelmed with too many feelings? Submit your confessions to https://tinyurl.com/RIAAUU and we’ll give them our best shot. This column will be published at the end of every month.

“ I can’t find a way to be hardworking and my grades have dropped significantly.”

Despondent Daniel
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Aunt Agony and Uncle Upset: Navigating Peer Pressure in the Storm of Bullying
Reading Time: 5 minutes

By Jonathan Neo (25S06F) and Tay Yu Ning (25S07A)

Your resident Aunties and Uncles are back with our Ask Aunt Agony and Uncle Upset column, this time as a collaboration between Raffles Press and Peer Helpers’ Programme (PHP)! Ever wanted to rant about that someone you just can’t stand? Overwhelmed with too many feelings? Submit your confessions to https://tinyurl.com/RIAAUU and we’ll give them our best shot. This column will be published at the end of every month.

“A classmate of mine is getting ostracised for something that he probably did not do, and he seems very affected by it. I don’t want to partake in what is becoming bullying, but I am afraid that I’ll get ostracised too if I do not follow along. What should I do?”

– Concerned Casey
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Aunt Agony and Uncle Upset: How do we not let ourselves fall victim to people spreading false rumours about us?
Reading Time: 4 minutes

By Aniqa Norhazry (25S03D) and Xu Chenyuan (25S06I, Peer Helper)

Your resident Aunties and Uncles are back with our Ask Aunt Agony and Uncle Upset column, this time as a collaboration between Raffles Press and Peer Helpers’ Programme (PHP)! Ever wanted to rant about that someone you just can’t stand? Overwhelmed with too many feelings? Submit your confessions to https://tinyurl.com/RIAAUU and we’ll give them our best shot. This column will be published at the end of every month.

Given the prevalence of rumours in our school, what can we do to not let ourselves fall victim to people spreading false rumours about you?

– Fearful Francis
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Aunt Agony and Uncle Upset: Should I Drop Out?
Reading Time: 7 minutes

By Arshia Mahajan (25S06R) and Liew Shan Yik (25A01A, Peer Helper)

Your resident Aunties and Uncles are back with our Ask Aunt Agony and Uncle Upset column, this time as a collaboration between Raffles Press and Peer Helpers’ Programme (PHP)! Ever wanted to rant about that someone you just can’t stand? Overwhelmed with too many feelings? Submit your confessions to https://tinyurl.com/RIAAUU and we’ll give them our best shot. This column will be published at the end of every month.

“I would like to drop out of school.”

– Discouraged David

Dear Discouraged David,

Many JC students (or indeed, students in general) have entertained the notion of dropping out of school at some point in their lives. Evidently, though, what may be a passing joke for some can be a serious conviction for others.

There are numerous reasons as to why you might want to drop out of school, ranging from academic pressure, to feelings of isolation from one’s peers. Leaving school prematurely is certainly not the most ideal path to take, and definitely requires careful thought about the costs, benefits and alternative courses of action. Hopefully, this article can help you understand the circumstances, consequences and considerations of discontinuing your studies so that you can make a more informed choice.

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