I understand where you are coming from.
Are you studying in a Junior college?
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I think you will want to hear the following reasons as of
now:
But a few years later, you might not agree with the following
reasons:
Personally i dislike attending class back when i was in secondary
school. I hated the hair checks, disciplinary checks, resinging of
national anthem etc. I do not understand the need of these checks,
it's not like they are conducting preflight checks on the aircraft
or something.
Basically i think i am trained to be good dogs who listens to
commands.
I have to follow rules set by my owners(teachers), and i need to
have the initiative to cut my hair(like dog should shit where they
are supposed to shit). This will make their life as a teacher
easier. Imagine going to a workplace where you have many people who
cooperate with you.
Teachers can be rude to us because Dog owners are rude to their
dogs, albeit the occasional pampering.
In my opinion, i understand that teacher can wear make-up to
school due to their age, some of them are easily 20+ 30+ ladies who
may have spent their last few years studying hard at NIE and may
not have boyfriends,thus some and are trying to use make up to
cover their wrinkles, in hope to lure some young male teachers, or
even old male teachers who have lots of money in their pockets. Im
not saying all, but some may be doing so.
I used to have a teacher who told me she can eat in class
because she is a teacher.
So when i grow up, i can be a bad example because im of higher
authority.
All in all, they seemed to be selfish, and want to make their life
easier. Right?
Ok enough of my nonsense
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The reason i believe we are treated this way:
If i am right, teachers are advice not to teach more than a
certain quantity of knowledge to their class, as they have to cater
to students who are learning slower, we can't blame them for
learning slower, we should try our best not to distrupt their
learning process.
Also conducting a class of 30+ to 40 students isn't simple. I have
no first hand experience as a real teacher, but i do believe
teaching a class of 20 people is already quite hard, compared to 40
people. Thinking back of what i did at sec school, i believe i made
life for my teachers hard.
Another point is that the school not only want to teach us
knowledge, but builds our character, therefore they are using these
method to nurture us toward these good values, disciplines, etc.
Therefore the strict hairchecks.
Actually im glad you find these discpline, haircheck stupid, it
meant that you alraedy know that these must be done,and you know
how to follow the rules, meaning you have the good character values
in you. However, some people are not that matured yet, and
this is good training for them.
My school did give reasons why we need to look neat, it is to show
to outsiders and employers, or people that you are good students.
Looking neat and presentable is their way of saying you are a good
student.
Looking like a good student is better than looking at a bad
student.
If you have a good first impression, many other things are
acheivable
I still hate school, and yes i believe it is to make their life
easier, but that will in turn make our lifes in school easier as
well.
No, still sec 3. If sec 4 I wouln't be bothered, just a
few more months to go.
I disagree with some of your comments. Actually, schools are
destroying character, destroying individualism, making students
like homogenous 'products'. Only students with unquestioning
obedience are good student? What happen if the rules are morally
incorrect? E.g Nazi Regime.
Being fashionable also should not give the impression of bad
students. Ah bengs and Ah lians have a different kind of fashion.
Are SNSD ah lians looking? Are Super Junior ah bengs? My eldest
sister, graduated from prestigious university and dress up like
SNSD, has no problem impressing her current employer. She used to
whine alot about her sec sch days. From her: ''I only like my sec
sch days from 1:30pm to 7.30am,'' the after school hours.
The funny thing is such stricter regime ends after sec sch(at
least in sg). Except jc, post secondary eduacation - poly, ite, uni
- seems to have much relaxed rules and regulations.
I am quite confident about my academic capabilities. Even
without going to school(public school actually), I can do well in
my exams and eventually go to good uni + post-uni. Thus, I have
been wondering why should I go to sch? Essential or a conventional
ritual(bcuz everyone go, I simply follow)?
