Saturday, May 8, 2010
Working with a joyful heart
After finally reviving my blog from desolateness, I finally feel the need, the need for ACE. Okay. This is what I want to talk about. Nowadays, we, the people of an elite school, focus more on results more than anything. I mean, results are good and all, but there has got to be al limit for all this. We need to pause for a moment in our busy lives, and take a moment to just enjoy what is around us, our friends (somehow I spelt fiends the first time), our family, our teachers, our homework, our paper, and even the bird droppings on our beautiful table, chair, and floor. Indeed, there are so many things to look at, to observe, to appreciate. BUT, what are we all doing?Teacher: “it is a good day today, go out and enjoy yourselves”
Students: “is there ACE?”
Teacher: “No, just go enjoy yourselves”
Student: “Is there LEAPS?”
Teacher: “Just go and enjoy, for goodness’ sake”
Student: “Do I get OP for asking these?”
Of course, this does not always happen, and it never will, but this is the general idea of our systems. A project? Does it have ACE? No? Then I don’t want. We students are taking this way too seriously. Of course, we cannot all be blamed. How I envy those enthusiastic primary one pupils, who goes to school bright and early, with every intention to learn new things. How I wish that we could be more like them. School is a place to learn, not to get ACE, OP, LEAPS, and cry over bad tests*hint hint*. NO. It is more about that.
We have lost the overall idea of what school is, which is pretty sad, actually. School is about fun and learning, or part thereof. So, here is the plan, that we all should, for once, just try, to forget about everything and just relax, and enjoy the simple life.
5:47 AM By Eugene
