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A summary of what i've been up to these past few days:Friday, January 16, 2009 The latest of which is meeting up with Marc and Oh-My-Tian for dinner at Ajisen Ramen tonight after my farewell at CPF (more on that next entry). It was mainly catching up with each other (me on the office gossips back there) and talk about KBOX and stuff. ha.
Rewinding back, on Monday, i met up with Terweeds over dinner at Causeway Point, only this time, there was the addition of his dearest. Nothing better like the usual talk and catch up :) original first forum thread (edited to be shorter) Just an hour ago, I confronted a girl student from SCSS, then in her school uniform, after seeing her throw a cigarette butt onto the grass. In another incident, I saw 2 male students, coming out of the lift at my block with lighted cigarette. On yet another occassion, I had to tell 2 primary school girls to pick up the tissue they had just thrown onto the walkway. There are a few more instances when I acted upon similar situations. It is a pretty frequent sight nowadays to see students littering and smoking daringly at void decks, bus stops, coffee shops and etc. This development really worries me as it is a reflection of an education system that has failed to impart proper values in our young. We are effectively a step backward from the past, when people were generally more civic-minded. We cannot allow this to go on indefinitely or we shall never achieve our aim towards a gracious society. More concrete measures are needed by everydody, including both government and individuals... I wish to see a more proactive government, ie. the schools, police, NEA, Town Councils and etc., as regards to this. It is no use for the government to always tell its citizens to do their part without doing theirs. We need 2 hands to clap if anything. then a reply by a DISAPPOINTED PARENT (to somebody's comment that parents are the culprits ashey brought the children into this world and they are acountable for what happens to their children and cannot pass blame to the govt, teachers or anybody else. ) I guess you're still single. Maybe you parents should strangle you when you're young, so grateful. Is it not true that our high cost of living is forcing both parent to work?Is it not true that both parents are being stretch to the limits because of Government welcoming of foreigners with open arms? If these are not the Government fault, then whose is it? Is it not true, that we sent our children to school for education? If the school failed to educate the children when they're professional in that field, how do you expect a layman Parents without much knowledge of handling their children to take responsibility? If you're poor in math and your parent who're not educated, are unable to teach you. Will you blame them or your teacher? Yes, the parent has got responsibility to bring you up proper, thus, they sent you to school and not leave you at home. They would like to be by your side 24/7 too, if they can afford it. Will you blame them if you have one working parent bringing in just enough for three meals and no other luxury or pampers. If you said you would, but will you loving parent bear to see you suffer and having less than other, when they know that, live will be better if two of them work. They want the best for you and you blame them, instead of seeing the effort put in by them for your sake. Why not blame your Government and Teachers? which i thought was BULLOCKS. (so i decided to reply - Pardon if my argumentative skills have become worse ha) Dear Disappointed Parent and ALL, 1) Government welcome Foreigners precisely because our hands are tight. Declining Population/Falling Birthrate haven't you read? How do you think our economy can still survive without these extra pairs of hands? You are what you are partly because they are here to help. 2) Teachers can't make wonders out of everyone. Teachers are like you, with work and stress. They will try their best to impart values to students but if it doesn't reflect in the students, neither should it be their fault too. Teachers are there to provide SUPPORT. If you as a parent can't manage a child on top of the work you have, maybe you shouldn't have a child until you are ready and prepared. Parents should and always be the PRIMARY SOURCE of education and upbringing of a child. 3) Nowadays, most parents are fairly educated. (Emphasis: Not ALL, but most. Not HIGHLY educated, but still educated.) There is one teacher to at least 30 students. But each parent has generally 2 children. Should the teacher be unable to help, parents should be able to do so, if not have the general means to provide means to help their own child. 4) Qualified that it is the government's job to maintain social security, it has done its part to discourage smoking and other teenage crimes among youths. And hopefully it can do more. But it is a parents' responsiblity to REINFORCE these teachings into their own children. If parents say they can't do that even, then they are purely human-making machines, with the government as the REAL PARENTS. We complain being a nanny state, but in fact (if your views are anything to go by), we WANT to be a nanny state. 5) Considering the constraints of the parents, it is justifiable to say that parents are NOT THE ONLY culprits. But we need to establish the fact that parents are and should always hold the primary responsiblity of bringing up a child. After all, he/she is YOUR CHILD. Not the schools' or the government. Schools/Government can do their part to help but it still boils down to the closest party of the child/student: THEIR PARENTS. This is not to bring down ANYONE, esp not parents. But we need to take self-responsibility rather than ALWAYS depending on the government. There's only so much the government can do, and so much that can do for YOU. YOU are not the only one in Singapore the government has to help. So while they try to HELP YOU, you need to HELP YOURSELF. ****************************************************** Well, i did post other comments but nth came close as long as that so thought i shall post it. Plus i got some good comments (no bad comments so far haha): 1)Wow lau very good man!!! ; 2) Wah Lau ay very good lah. ; 3) OMFG!!! u go boy. gosh.. im amazed. good job man. YOU're e MAN. YEAH!!! hehe. just too bored i guess. P.S: More in the next entry! My little farewell! haha. music.city.soul || 11:57 PM || 0 comments |
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