AQ Primer / Social Health in SG: Perceptions, Insights and Trends

Nothing to do with healthcare (were you aware?) per se but a well-substantiated study of entrenched perceptions or emerging trends that unveil tensions and (hitherto) unspoken expectations about life on the island-republic. The sheer demand, coverage, depth, volume and presumed knowledge of social issues here is another reason why too many in your batch have been strongly advised NOT to choose related questions for the exams. A very high level of inferential knowledge is needed to score well in topics related to social issues. Drop them completely and don't overrate your ability here. Learn from past experience. To say you 'like' a topic and are being 'familiar' with it is totally different from shouldering the intellectual demands it carries, to the point of tackling it well and convincingly for a 1.5 hour paper that involves sustained writing and critical thinking.

This is the main reason for many who have tasted the sting that comes from a poorly executed decision when choosing the wrong questions in Paper 1. The kind of decision made is not driven primarily by wisdom, self-awareness and knowledge but stubborness and self-delusion.

There is no turning back the moment this occurs on Nov 2.
You'll know after 3 paragraphs and 20 mins of writing.
Invigilators have seen students crushing papers mid-way in the exam hall, their faces flushed with doom. Some fight on wearily. It goes without saying that the spillover effect into Paper 2 will most surely occur, affecting concentration throughout. Why?

Such a waste of talent and months of hardwork put into a subject.
Why did you not follow good and sound advice?
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On a redemptive note, this excellent report  should be old news to some of you. It was first surfaced in Term 2 if you recall. Am surfacing it for students who can't seem to find anything meaningful to comment about in their own country thus far-

sad, stunning but true. This has to stop.

Be it themes like green spaces, traditional clothing, communication to social isolation, choice , food or destiny, there is enough here to cover 10 years of Paper 2 themes that Cambridge has engineered over the years to sift out the more well-informed writers from those who wil only equate truth and reason to what they imagine, smoke and conceive on the spot.

If you can, scan through the stunning facts laid out here and stream them into on all the AQs questions and passages ever given to you in class. Scales may fall from your eyes.
Be pleasantly surprised.

http://www.nvpc.org.sg/Portals/0/Documents/Knowledge/Social%20Health%20Project/SSHP%20Report.pdf

Once again and a final 'warning' to you, the concepts, data & content here should only be utilized for AQ, if needed.