What is this world coming to?!?!
Today I was on my way to Sembawang Park with my church youths, taking bus 882 from Sembawang station.
Also on the bus were foreign tourists, families going on a fishing trip and most notably, 2 chinese girls, no doubt siblings, probably 7-10 years old, accompanied by their mother.
Why are they notable?
Because at the bus terminal, the 2 girls were walking around asking people to keep quiet. People as strangers walking about, waiting for buses and all. And their actions did not stop when they got on the bus.
When they boarded the bus, a very friendly and helpful Bus Captain greeted them and they said "You better keep your mouth shut!"
The 2 kids were, least to say, an absolute nuisance on the trip. They were going around saying in their broken and accented English
"Eu batter shut yor mawth ah!"
"Evreebirdy kip kwai-et!"
"Shaddup, eu!"
"This is nort farny ohkay! Wai are eu luffing?!"
Everybody in the bus tried to ignore them but they would walk down the aisle and point in the person's face, telling that person to keep quiet. The amazing thing is that the mother didn't even do anything to stop them except for a lame "Talkative lah, you two." and a gentle reminder of "This is not school, you are not a prefect here."
What is this world coming to?
I was probably spared the reprimanding because I was standing in a corner with my friends talking. If they dare shouted at me I'd've gave them a not-so-gentle reminder and clouted them in their face for their cheek (as would any sensible person)
After some thinking, I reflected that the actions of the 2 girls were probably influenced by primary school life.
Remember the bootlicking prefects/monitor/monitress and their line "You better keep quiet ah, or else I write your name on the notebook/whiteboard and tell the teacher ah!"?
The 2 kids were probably just taking it to the extreme, having just been chosen as a prefect or something.
The above case is a real good example of how school life and culture affects society, and further emphasise on the point that education is a very very heavy responsibility and should be taken extremely seriously, not as a pawn for political games.
Tharman Shanmugaratnam better wake up his ideas. And Lui Tuck Yew too.
Also on the bus were foreign tourists, families going on a fishing trip and most notably, 2 chinese girls, no doubt siblings, probably 7-10 years old, accompanied by their mother.
Why are they notable?
Because at the bus terminal, the 2 girls were walking around asking people to keep quiet. People as strangers walking about, waiting for buses and all. And their actions did not stop when they got on the bus.
When they boarded the bus, a very friendly and helpful Bus Captain greeted them and they said "You better keep your mouth shut!"
The 2 kids were, least to say, an absolute nuisance on the trip. They were going around saying in their broken and accented English
"Eu batter shut yor mawth ah!"
"Evreebirdy kip kwai-et!"
"Shaddup, eu!"
"This is nort farny ohkay! Wai are eu luffing?!"
Everybody in the bus tried to ignore them but they would walk down the aisle and point in the person's face, telling that person to keep quiet. The amazing thing is that the mother didn't even do anything to stop them except for a lame "Talkative lah, you two." and a gentle reminder of "This is not school, you are not a prefect here."
What is this world coming to?
I was probably spared the reprimanding because I was standing in a corner with my friends talking. If they dare shouted at me I'd've gave them a not-so-gentle reminder and clouted them in their face for their cheek (as would any sensible person)
After some thinking, I reflected that the actions of the 2 girls were probably influenced by primary school life.
Remember the bootlicking prefects/monitor/monitress and their line "You better keep quiet ah, or else I write your name on the notebook/whiteboard and tell the teacher ah!"?
The 2 kids were probably just taking it to the extreme, having just been chosen as a prefect or something.
The above case is a real good example of how school life and culture affects society, and further emphasise on the point that education is a very very heavy responsibility and should be taken extremely seriously, not as a pawn for political games.
Tharman Shanmugaratnam better wake up his ideas. And Lui Tuck Yew too.
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