Finding ways to cope with quarantine
December 31, 2020
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Regardless of where they are on the globe, teenagers are dealing with the ongoing problems of the coronavirus pandemic in unique and creative ways, from cooking and exercising to social media and everything in between.
Youth Journalism International student reporters interviewed young people around the world about coping with quarantine.
Getting creative
As teenagers stopped going to schools, gyms, cinemas, and meeting with friends, they were deprived of doing the simplest of things, like shaking someone’s hand or socializing.
“I stress bake,” said Sophie King, 15, of McLean, Virginia, who said she also re-did her room, moving all the furniture and painting everything.
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SINGAPORE - Individuals and groups across the island looked to the skies on Monday (Dec 21) night to witness what appeared to be a single intense point of light, but was actually a kiss of two planets - Saturn and Jupiter, which came the closest they have been in centuries.
The event, also known as the Great Conjunction or Christmas Star, fell coincidentally on the winter solstice (Dec 21), the longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere.
According to the National University of Singapore, the last time they were this close, and visible, was in the pre-dawn sky on 4 March 1226, at the height of Genghis Khan s Mongol Empire.
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More than three-quarters of school candidates who took the N(A)-Level exams this year are eligible for Secondary 5, the Ministry of Education (MOE) and the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board (SEAB) said on Thursday (Dec 17). Deborah Wong with more 2 related media assets (image or videos) available. Click to see the gallery.
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SINGAPORE: More than three-quarters of school candidates who took the N(A)-Level exams this year are eligible for Secondary 5, the Ministry of Education (MOE) and the Singapore Examinations and Assessment Board (SEAB) said on Thursday (Dec 17).
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