TMJC 2021 J1 Year-End Examination GP Bulletin

1 General Paper Bulletin 2021 (JC 1) Dear TMJC students, welcome to the year-end issue of TMJC’s GP Bulletin for 2021! We bring you yet another selection of the essays written by your schoolmates during the recent Year-End Examination. We thank the students who have contributed their essays. While these essays are not perfect or model essays, there is a lot of merit in them, and they are clear evidence that good quality writing is possible under exam conditions! While reading these essays, you may find some of the content useful for application to other questions; do be judicious in using such information in a manner that is relevant to the question you are answering. Lastly, you should not attempt to copy and hand them in as your own! Editorial Team Ms Charis Lee Mr Max Cheong Contents Q2 Is too much attention given to environmental conservation today? ……………………………………..………………..... 2 Q2: Is too much attention given to environmental conservation today?..........................................................… 3 Q3: ‘Consumers should choose local products over foreign ones.’ Do you agree? ………………………………………….. 5 Q6: A celebrity’s life is not to be envied. Comment. ……………..…………………....................................................…. 6 Q6: A celebrity’s life is not to be envied. Comment. ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 8 Q8: Is an education in the arts valuable today?................................................................…………………………........ 9

2 Q2. Is too much attention given to environmental conservation today? (TMJC J1 Year-End Examination 2021) With almost daily news reports of the countless warnings given by climate experts on how our planet is unable to sustain our current lifestyle, some may argue that there is too much attention given to the issue of climate change and efforts to stop or minimise it. This is especially so under current circumstances when the world is facing global crises, such as the ever-present humanitarian crises and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, some may reason that our attention should be on these problems rather than environmental conservation. However, I would argue that not enough effort is made to protect the environment given the current state of the environment and the insufficient measures taken to tackle climate change. Some may feel that too much attention is pai d to environmental conservation under the current circumstances when the world is facing a multitude of crises that are considered more pressing. For instance, the COVID-19 pandemic still rages on and death tolls are still rising despite the availability o f vaccines, affecting many areas of life. Other matters of concern include economic worries, such as worries over the widespread impact of the collapse of Evergrande, the giant Chinese property developer. Humanitar