Temasek Junior College 2D/06 -
Cultural Expert: Clare Chng,
Technological Expert: Jia Wei,
Economic Expert: Sonia,
Health & Environment Expert: Denise,
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Firstly, before i go on to the reflection, let me stress the point that this picture is taken TEMASEK JUNIOR COLLEGE which, is located in Singapore.
Often, one of the major causes of health problems are hunger and malnutrition. However, the environment too plays a very important part.
Since globalization, they way structures, building etc have changed. Toilets are no exception. From duing your daily businesses between bushes to into holes to into pails and drains and now to toilet bowls. Comparing this four. as it gets to the latter, with the exception of the first, the cleanliness lever tends to get higher.
Well, i'm sure everyone has peed in a bush before. This sight is in fact quite common among toddlers that even if you were to step or touch a part of the bush which have been "watered" before, I bet you would not even realize you did. Yet, though its a common sight, our disposal act as fertilizers to the plants thus being consumed by them. However this required a certain amount of time for the whole cycle to take effect thus it would have different cleanliness levels ar different times.
Holes in the ground tend to collect the foulest of all things including bacteria, waste, decomposing stuff and of course living animals' feces. Also, holes are usually not really taken care off but usually used to dump all unwanted materials or dead organisms resulting in a very low cleaniness level. Diseases thus tend to spread in places like that.
Pails on the other hand are used to collect unwanted materials and then being disposed off. The potty used by a toddler is an example of the pail. Comparing it to holes, due to the frequent emptying of "unwanted materials" the cleanliness level is higher.
Drains are more of a convenience of letting loose nature's call then the usual disposal in a toilet. However, in places like Singapore, drains are frequently cleaned and also, scenes of people doing their business in drains are uncommon. Thus, like the Pails, its cleanliness level is above that of the holes.
Toilets are the cleanest among the four. This is because it is the most modernized way of disposal. Equipped with a flushing system and a seat for comfort, who would rule the pail over this? What's more this does not require much of dirty cleaning job. Yet, this is provided the user knows where to do the job and not just doing it anywhere.
Places of low cleanliness level tend to be moist and are accompanied by a certain stench, Places like this are potential grounds for disease spreading and breeding grounds for pests.
As the picture taken was in Singap0ore and Singapore have quite a high cleanliness level, the cubicals seen are thus clean upholding Singapore's reputation as a clean city. However, we have to bear in mind that not all countries are like Singapore which is considered to be modernized. Toilets without doors and very low cleanliness level like rural places in China are still present.
