Teachers and Taxi drivers

Lefleche SG

This is a small excerpt taken from the young pap's blog on why we should pay ministers millions. granted, this is only a small part of her reply, but i think it reflects something condescending about her attitude.

"Also, you talk about Public Service, who do You want in Public Service? A simple teacher or taxi driver to serve You and Me? Or someone who has the foresight and acumen, and of strong moral standing to take us into the future? The Shin Corp incident is a commercial transaction; you should not be so confused as to link it with politics. "

I would like to remind her that once upon a time, a simple teacher named Confucius did not get any PSC scholarships or was paid millions, yet he influenced an entire civilisation with his moral standing and philosophy.

for full article. check out

http://youngpapblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/bill-gatesgeorge-sorosmother-theresa.html

chiabaliao SG

Originally posted by Lefleche:
This is a small excerpt taken from the young pap's blog on why we should pay ministers millions. granted, this is only a small part of her reply, but i think it reflects something condescending about her attitude.

"Also, you talk about Public Service, who do You want in Public Service? A simple teacher or taxi driver to serve You and Me? Or someone who has the foresight and acumen, and of [b]strong moral standing to take us into the future? The Shin Corp incident is a commercial transaction; you should not be so confused as to link it with politics. "

I would like to remind her that once upon a time, a simple teacher named Confucius did not get any PSC scholarships or was paid millions, yet he influenced an entire civilisation with his moral standing and philosophy.

for full article. check out

http://youngpapblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/bill-gatesgeorge-sorosmother-theresa.html

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Confucius had a most difficult childhood even though he was supposed to be born into a noble family. His father died when he was only 3 years old. His own mother was even rejected by her own next of kin and prevented from attending her husband's funeral. Yet credit to her own fortitude for bringing up Confucius. I call that great motherhood. She died when Confucius was 23 yrs old.

Right now the civil service hasn't done anything except to give handouts to FTs, then tax and control the locals to death. Is that call bringing us to the future? They don't even want to accept responsibility for losing our own money, but very quick to take credit.

Rock^Star SG

Alamak, this young PAP really very young ah. (and naive too!)

Shin Corp not linked to politics? Then how did Thaksin fall?

Yeh, the article is indeed condescending. There you go....these are the people who may govern our nation in future. My heart bleeds for S'pore.

Fatum SG

I think the PAP's attempts at engaging the public through the internet is failing miserably .....

if these fumbling bloggers represent the young blood of the party ... then I'd say they have lost their common touch ... and the writing is on the wall .....

Hogzilla SG

Next time, better opposition come to my GRC leh. I dun want to chose teh lesser of two evil.... Crying or Very sad

Fatum SG

it doesn't matter ... give them a 55.5 .... since 66.6 doesn't seem to have woken them up ...

Fingolfin_Noldor SG

Going by the necrotic fools and morons that are clearly PAP lackeys, it is simply clear that the GOvt regards us as some lying sons of b.i.t.c.h.e.s who only have loud mouths and simply spew out lies by the jerry cans and thus can’t really be bothered to deal with us and thus insults our intelligence with lackeys with intelligence so low you actually wonder whether learnt anything of worth in School except the art of sucking up.

mistyblue SG

Taxi drivers and Teachers earn a honest living for the work and their performance determines their earnings.
Of course there is no comparison to the ministers.

hisoka SG

teachers are not public servants?

allentyb SG

someone post this before already

mistyblue SG

I believe it is compared to the ministers.

Reading the blogger, I suddenly have the urge to prostrate myself, burn some incense to our ministers and burn some paper money.

hisoka SG

the statement is wrong whether you campare theteachers to the ministers or not. he/she questioned whether we want to have a teacher in public service instead when a teacher is already a public servant.

It bespeaks either ignorance or a lack of validation on the writer's part. And calls to question the validity and accuracy of the rest of the blog. And this error is something not something most pple will make much like the introduction of "hum" into mee siam.

charlize SG

What is wrong with the elite?

From the elite blogger to this YPAP member, all of them look down on simple ordinary folks who are trying hard to make a living in Singapore.

Why like that?

Haiz. Laughing

mistyblue SG

you can widen a valley, you can widen a river but
you cannot widen a mind which chooses to be narrow.

frankly, I always believe sg will continue to tick with or without our highly paid ministers.

bigmouthjoe SG

LOL, I agree with you.

The ministers only need to leave their meet the people session problems to their lackeys and coolies, while they enjoy a session of hip-hopping or two.

GOD DARN IT, IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO?!

mistyblue SG

Originally posted by bigmouthjoe:

LOL, I agree with you.

The ministers only need to leave their meet the people session problems to their lackeys and coolies, while they enjoy a session of hip-hopping or two.

[b]GOD DARN IT, IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO?! [/b]

Finally someone got the joke.. Laughing

kin0 SG

It is a brainless remark that she made. It is not the background but the heart to serve the people that truly matters.

charlize SG

Nonsense.

When it comes to serving the people, it is not the heart but cold hard cash that truly matters.

If not why are the people at the top so insistent that they get their million dollar salary increments? Laughing