It's kind of surprising how things like this still do
happen.
I'm from the batch of 91, and was around when Mrs Charles was
posted to SAJC. Back in those days, we never had the problem of
having to redo the flag days (since I was in Yr2 when she posted
in, so we're somewhat exempted). But I had a bad experience then.
Won't say who my CT is, but she's the one who made it bad. As I was
a problem child throughout my 3 yrs stay in SA, Mrs Charles
remember me, even til this day.
What I want to say is this; back in 91, I had a long discussion
with her before I was allowed back to SA to repeat my As, and this
was one of them. I questioned the whole idea behind raising funds
for the school's renovation proj (yeah, we were the pioneers who
raised the money so you guys can enjoy real good facilities today).
I don't know if she bought my story, but she definitely know what
I'm talking about.
So in retrospect, it might not have been a case where she made it
happened. Someone might have decided on it. I don't know. And we
don't know the other side of the story either. I'm not defending
Mrs Charles here, tho I do owe her a lot (otherwise I never would
have gotten my degree in NUS).
In any case, she's moved on to SAS. And of course, another big
round of fund raising over there to consolidate the entire family.
I just wanna leave this thought behind for you guys since I know
we'd be looking at more fund raising events for this big
consolidation:
Do the fund raising because you want to give the school something
in return. Don't do it because you have any grudges against some
teacher, or even the principal. No one forced you to go SAJC (maybe
your parents *shrug*), but as long as you are there, SA has
definitely tried to do something with you, so do something for the
school. For the future. So try. You can fight your battle with your
teachers in class, or even within compounds of the school. But the
school is another matter altogether. So even though I consider my
donation little, I'm glad you guys got to enjoy many of the things
(eg, the rubber track; we ran on TAR tracks in our days) which we'd
never got to enjoy. Just memories and many lessons in life we
gained.
I'm glad I learn this point after my bitter experience with my CT,
when I discussed this with my classmate. We may have something
against the teacher, or even the canteen operator, but never have
anything against the school.
My 2 cents.
