how is an 18 year old supposed to be like?
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as stated above. What is expected of an 18 yr old. What are the positive qualities, you people expect from a good 18 yr old?
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guy or girl
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Guy preferably. But does gender make a difference.
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filial piety, continue study tertiary education, still remain a virgin (hopefully), no smoking, but can social drinker, no mix wrong bad friends
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I mean in America being 18 is more adult-like than here in Singapore. In America at 18 you move out of your house and own a car.
But in Singapore people move out only at least at 28> and very few people can drive a car
I feel that Singaporeans look at 18 year olds as older children. No one says 18 year old man, but rather an 18 year old boy.
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Originally posted by xXBlack_RebelXx:
I mean in America being 18 is more adult-like than here in Singapore. In America at 18 you move out of your house and own a car.
But in Singapore people move out only at least at 28> and very few people can drive a car
I feel that Singaporeans look at 18 year olds as older children. No one says 18 year old man, but rather an 18 year old boy.
go watch the movie "Failure to Launch"
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427229/
At 35, Tripp has an interesting job, a hip car, a passion for sailing, and a great house - trouble is, he lives with his parents. They want him out, so they hire Paula, an "interventionist," who has a formula in these cases: chance encounter, get him to ask her out, involve him in a trauma, meet his friends and get their nod, delay sex, have him teach her something, then launch him. It's worked up to now, but this gets complicated when Tripp thinks she's getting too serious and one of his pals is attracted to Paula's deadpan, semi-alcoholic roommate, who's plagued by a mockingbird. Too many secrets may scrub the launch, and what if Paula really likes him? Who can intervene then? -
Try serving NS first.
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Originally posted by xXBlack_RebelXx:
I mean in America being 18 is more adult-like than here in Singapore. In America at 18 you move out of your house and own a car.
But in Singapore people move out only at least at 28> and very few people can drive a car
I feel that Singaporeans look at 18 year olds as older children. No one says 18 year old man, but rather an 18 year old boy.
America NO COE for vehicles...
The teenagers there RENT a room, not buy a house.
Here back home, to buy HDB flat, get married 1st.
or else, new HDB rule is singles must wait till 35 to apply for a small HDB flat. -
14 yr old lose virginity, 14 yr old start gambling, 15 yr old drinking, 17 yr old smoking.
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Originally posted by xXBlack_RebelXx:
Guy preferably. But does gender make a difference.
ya
Guys expected to prepare for NS (if JC)
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Originally posted by CuckooBird:
14 yr old lose virginity, 14 yr old start gambling, 15 yr old drinking, 17 yr old smoking.
18 in jail, 19 get out.., 20 got wife, 21 got baby, 22 go back jail, 42 years old live in a 1 room flat
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rob a bank at 17. celebrate one year death anniversaryat 18.
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US teen drug, alcohol use ups sex and behaviour risks
Agence France-Presse - 10/17/2008 4:01 AM GMT
Children who try drugs or alcohol before age 15 run a greater risk of being substance-dependent as adults, contracting sexually transmitted diseases, dropping out of school or being convicted of a crime, a study showed.And girls who dabble in drugs and alcohol early on are more likely to become pregnant before they are 21, added the study, published in the October issue of Psychological Science, which followed 1,037 children from the age of three until 32.
At ages 13 and 15, the youngsters were asked if they had sniffed glue, gasoline or other inhalants, of if they had used illegal drugs or drunk alcoholic beverages in the past year.
The children were also assessed for conduct disorders -- fighting, bullying, destroying property, telling lies, truancy and stealing -- before their teen years, and their family history, including whether either parent had a criminal record and whether the child was mistreated.
Children who tried alcohol or drugs early on "were two to three times more likely than non-early-exposed adolescents to be substance dependent, to have herpes infection, to have had an early pregnancy, and to have failed to obtain educational qualifications," the study showed.
Youngsters who were exposed to drugs and alcohol before 15 also had "significantly more criminal convictions" than those who were not.
But although teens with a history of behavior problems were twice as likely to try drugs or alcohol prior to age 15 as were youngsters with no conduct-problem history, half the children who dabbled with drink and drugs early on had no prior history of behavior issues, the study found.
"Findings from this study are consistent with the message that early substance use leads to significant problems in adolescents' future lives, or the message that drugs are bad for kids, versus the message that young adolescents with a history of problems are just more likely to use drugs early and experience poor outcomes," said the study's lead author, Candice Odgers of the University of California, Irvine.
"Even adolescents with no prior history of behavioral problems or family history of substance abuse problems were at risk for poor health outcomes if they used substances prior to age 15," she said.
Alcohol was the substance most commonly abused by the young teens.
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now 18 already start go shooting
and multiply liao
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explore sex
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After you try everything listed above and you still cannot succeed, then you just learned the truth.
Don't try so hard to be liked. Do what you like and be happy. If you are not happy with yourself then people will not be happy with you and will not like you.
Some people like smart people and others like dumb.
Some like smokers and some like non-smokers.
Be yourself and people who like your type will find you. Don't torture youself into being specific for someone you don't even know yet.
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You now doing what? Uni or Poly?
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Childish, but know when to be serious. At least you're still a teen. Make full use of it. When you're 18 and act childishly, it will still be okay. But if you're 50 and act like a kid...
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18.. so young and fresh.. make good use of your time and think of what you want in your life ahead.. dont waste time on gaming, chatting and all other things you may find unnecessary in life..
you may just live to regret it. People have always regretted things that they have not done, not things that were done.
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i've seen ppl 21years old still taking a level in jurong/millenia insitute in singapore..
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Originally posted by youyayu:
18 in jail, 19 get out.., 20 got wife, 21 got baby, 22 go back jail, 42 years old live in a 1 room flat
HAHAHAHHA
by then our gst would be like XXX% to fund food for the massive numbers of prisoners
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Erm... time to experience everything that is consider legal of that age lor...
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I'm going 18 next year and my friend (mainly girls) said I'm more to a 10 years old than being 17.
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Enjoy first, get serious later...you can never be 18-20 again. Once you reach working life, you'll definitely wish you are 18 again....sigh
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Originally posted by xXBlack_RebelXx:
............. In America at 18 you move out of your house and own a car.
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u must have watched too much american tv of late.