Will you donate or not?

last SG · 2006-03-10T00:50:03+00:00

It's good to hear from both side and we decide the verdict.

Manager433 SG

Supervisor shouted at students in public

The New Paper
March 9, 2006

ON Saturday (4 Mar), students in my school were among many involved in the Apex Day Care Centre flag day to raise funds for care for the elderly.

The school made this outing complusory as we had to complete our Community Involvement Programme (CIP) hours by April.

Our school said we would be given three hours of CIP for the flag day work.

We collected our donation tins from the person-in-charge at Novena MRT station at about 8.30am. The only instruction he gave was that we not lose the tins and we had to be back by 1pm.

I returned with a few classmates at about 12.15pm. Due to the participation of many students that day in this project, we were unable to collect much in donations.

The person-in-charge did not allow us to return our tins as he said that they were too empty and threatened to take away our CIP hours. He refused to buy our story that there were too many students asking for donations that day, and shouted at us in public.

Even though there were coins inside my donation tin, he wrote 'Empty' in the remarks column in the form he filled.

When a girl classmate also returned her tin, this man forced her to estimate the value of the coins inside. When she could not, he kept shouting at her until she broke down in tears. He then wrote 'Barely' in the remarks column.

As students, we had tried our best and we should not be blamed if the tins were not full.

I found it most distressing to see a grown-up man making a defenceless girl cry in public.

I hope the Apex Day Care Centre will take up this matter and counsel the person in charge.
- Jun An

sinicker SG

these flag day organisers really getting more and more bastard one.

^spidee^ SG

tsk tsk.. grown up bullying school kids, shame on him! Laughing

lalala1999 SG

so mean. Confused

sinicker SG

the last time i did flag day was in jan 2005. but that was some mercy relief tsunami fund. a lot of ppl donated.

if some unpopular charity organisation like this thing, surely ppl wudnt donate one lah.

hisoka SG

nowadays got video recording on phone so common. next time go and take videos and upload lor and pass to the media also.

Manager433 SG

I only donate to one organisation on flagday-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-SPCA

The man who was death SG

Apex boh hoh lah, but during CIP nabei the van delivering the tins come late wor make us wait for 2 hr sia, nabei the 2 hr not added to CIP

Remo Fernandez SG

Under Singapore LAws., It is illegal to threaten or harrass anyone either verbally, physically or psychologically

stellazio SG

i never liked cip in the first place..

laurence82 SG

Maciam like NKF, make use of people…..

photo_seeker SG

Finally somebody writes in the the press. Hope these poor students get their deserving hours.

mystiv SG

but many have been slacking during flag days too..

hisoka SG

hmm should i go back and start sueing all the sergeants in bmt??

R3SsH|n SG

you got go collect money mehz?
no wad...

Gladiatos SG

Ta Mah DE!!!That same farker!!!TMD TMD.....last yr my CIP also do apex day...kenna that idiot...same case same case...must have blah blah weight....all use hand measure one...stupid retard...in the end me and my classmates call down our teacher...then dunno what my teacher tell the farker la...in the end we got our CIP hrs...then go back sch teacher tell us that my school not gonna attach to them liao Smile hah dumb fcuker.. Evil or Very Mad Twisted Evil

MooKu SG

will I donate or not?

hmmm depends.

normally I'll ask the student a gazillion questions. Twisted Evil

if i think he/she has a fair enough knowledge of the organization he/she is raising funds for, i'll donate maybe ten or twenty cents (if the organization is one i've never heard before) because i think the poor student deserves a bit more weight in the tin. Mr. Green

if the organization is a well-known one and i think it deserves the donation.. sometimes i'll donate $2... or $5... or $10.... or all the coins i have in my wallet.... depending on how wealthy i am at the moment. Razz

Manager433 SG

I onli donate to SPCA. Those poor animals Crying or Very sad

praetor81 SG

I was involved in a charity work last year too..

To start with, the students are used as some sort of human shield to ensure the person-in-charge doesnt get critised. We students bear the brunt of the insults and scoldings hurled at us by passer-bys we approach. Then when we bring back those tins the person-in-charge scolds us for not getting enough. I honestly think that son of Satan ought to be tried and imprisoned for blackmail and verbal abuse.

MooKu SG

what can students learn out of flag day, anyway? Rolling Eyes