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Saturday, August 11, 2007

"Aristotle said that we educate ourselves so that we can make noble use of our leisure; this is a view directly opposed to the contemporary belief that we educate ourselves in order to get a job. To that extent the contemporary view distorts the purpose of schooling, by aiming not at the development of individuals as ends in themselves, but as instruments in the economic process."
- "The Meaning of Things" by AC Grayling


I read this while doing comprehension. Which I find redundant in the GP syllabus partly because it simply drags our grades down. Call me shallow-minded, lala. How true the above extract is. I remember when a certain person asked me what faculty i wanted to be in univeristy, the reaction i got from my reply just made me disappointed. It shows how (sadly) practical and biased people can become. Let us just call the person X, shall we?


X: qi ah, so what you want to study next time in U?
me: err, i dunno. maybe social sciences, lor.
X: DON'T. I TELL YOU DON'T, NEVER DO THAT. ( shakes her head in disapproval.)
me: uh. why?
X: only those who got bad results and got nothing to study, then bo bian go there one. (not the exact same words lur, but somewhat the idea is there.)


i was very, very shocked by the reaction and the explanation. This is a HASTY GENERALISATION! ( look, i pay attention in GP classes.) I find it all so nonsensical. And i still want to do what i'm inclined to. Does it mean that if i'm in the medicine faculty then it naturally means that I've had good results and all those who are in the arts faculty are considered to be of a lower level than me? Maybe, i should have said this.


X: qi ah, so what you want to study next time in U?
me: I WANT TO BE A LAWYER. Earn big bucks, yo. (even if i'm not really happy, oh well haha)


Maybe, the impression that I would have given would be so much more different. Not that my results would allow me to become a lawyer anyway.



alright, enough of my rantings. Do you get my point? (sad, sad point?)


I shall just continue fitting into this Asian education system. And develop a passion for the subjects I'm studying. and i shall err, get 4As for my promos. (or maybe 4Bs, or 4Cs at least, hopefully hahahaha) Having high hopes, having a big ego and simply saying it dosen't make it come true, i know. haha. so i shall mug hard; goodbye people.


Let's all say it together.
we are getting 4As for promos, hohohoho.


santa can you come with a present in October instead?
I've been a good kid, i think.


;11:14 AM


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