school is insane.

well, we had a student dialogue session today. basically for the students to give councillors feedback on things they want rectified, changed, etc etc. i don't know what has become of me. i sat there cynically, mentally rolling my eyes and thinking, 'TALK SO MUCH. whatever.' when it came to filling out feedback forms i spelt my name and class out BIG even though we could maintain anonymity. if you want to complain and fill up the OAS with all 'strongly disagree's, might as well let them put a name to your face. i don't really care. i detest the student council, especially the outgoing one. why do people join council anyway, seriously? all these students jumping around, shouting and getting virtually nothing done. when the feedback officer finally stopped yapping, the floor was open to discussion - siayang, this china scholar from dunman high stepped up and basically bombarded them with his suggestions, opinions, views. everyone was groaning and saying in the typical uncultured manner, 'shut up lah' and 'what the hell'. sure, he was unpopular and ridiculous most of the time, but you had to admire his gumption.

and of course, the singaporean students do nothing but sit there while the china scholar criticizes our local school admin. the irony is very inherent; i hope everyone can see it.

i felt very sad after the dialogue session when i reflected upon my actions. have we become that indifferent? have I become that indifferent? with regards to the pathetic school admin, i just crack some cynical jokes and take on an extremely embittered attitude while resigning unhappily to the sad state of affairs. we've accepted things all too easily - we need rallies, we need to fight for our rights. we want change, but none of us dare to take to the mike and voice it out. we grumble among ourselves but end up just taking whatever is given to us. for example, the issue of uniforms. siayang suggested a change in material, and many students said, 'one more year lah. whats the diff?' WELL. haven't YOU been complaining about the heat? why not fix it now so that for the rest of your jc life you'll be happier and more comfortable? stop stomaching things when there is a solution at hand. so, you know what, we deserve all this rubbish - because we don't even fight back to show that we don't. that's the problem with us; conforming all the time, adapting all the time into bland colourless blobs of flesh. we're just like amoeba - spineless, shapeless, pathetic.

i'm extremely disgusted. i wanted to talk about the olympics, but seeing as i am currently annoyed i don't think i am in much mood to ponder upon the inspiration of humanity.

+ posted by M @ 11:15 PM