5 Reasons Why I Am Dissatisfied with the School Admin.
1. They spent money at the wrong places.
They spent $2,700 on an erroneous height-and-weight scale that incorrectly adds unnecessary mass to students and shorten everyone by removing 2cm from the expected height.
They are willing to spend $3,000 to rush out a cheering banner within 3 days which certainly will not be well-liked by the student population and will certainly be deemed as embarassing and uncool by the athletes and supporters.
But they are unwilling to sepnd $1,600 on printing a set of couplets for Chinese New Year celebrations 2007, which will certainly make the atmosphere more celebratory and make CNY more memorable to the current batch of students.
And they are also unwilling to fork out money to renovate the toilets in Hwa Chong, which has bad ventilation, rusty faucets, urinals that are too short for the convenience of many boys and black wall tiles that make the place seems dirty.
2. School admin is overly-conservative
What's wrong with a banner that says “称霸”? What's wrong with having banners that have messages that go along the lines of "We're going to win"? Such banners are essential to boost the morale and spirits of not only the athletes, but also the supporters who will be cheering for the athletes.
Banners with "mild" messages like "加油！”， or worse still, words from our school motto (like "J-TIGER"), will not only turn off our supporters and athletes, but will also make them feel embarassed because they are uncool and makes them feel weak. Banners need words that are impactful and powerful so that fighting spirit can be instilled into both supporters and athletes.
3. Our dear CEO/Principal has his own private toilet.
This is according to one teacher whom I shall not named. I bet most of you do not know about this fact. Why is there a need to reward our principal with such luxury? The current Hwa Chong student population stands at apporximately 2,000 across 2 levels. Assuming that the gender ratio is balanced, we'll have 1,000 students for each gender. The most commonly used toilets are those along the wings. There are two toilets for each gender at the right wing, and 3 toilets for each gender at the left wing. So, 1000 students share 5 toilets, do your math and you can conclude that Hwa Chong students do not readily have access to toilets because 200 of us share 1 toilet.
On the other hand, Mr Ang's toilet only serves the needs of one person.
Shouldn't money be spent on improving the welfare of the student population?
4. They suggested that there should be a common and standardised theme for Orientation and Open House
How ignorant! The nature of the two events are of vastly different nature and you obviously cannot use the same theme for the two events! Using the same theory, does it mean that we have to standardise the theme for both MAF and CNY every year? And do they even consider the repercussions of having the same theme for both Open House and Orientation? The general public, the alumni and the freshmen who have been to Open House would unanimously agree that the school lacks creativity and hence would resort to recycling themes. Do you think you want to portray such an image to the general public?
5. Students are required to pay the postage for the school to mail their result slips to their parents
To think that Hwa Chong constantly claims that it is a world-class, premier institution that is equipped with world-class facilities (how ironic when you look at the standards of our toilets) and world-class resources, but they cannot even provide a simple service of mailing the results to us for free?
It is not that I am being a miser and feel the pinch of forking out that mere 23 cents for postage, but shouldn't a world-class institution take the initiative to mail it to us for free? In any case, it's just a mere 23 cents for each students, multiplied it by the entire cohort of 2,000, it would cost about $460 only. Does that mean that the school cannot afford to fork out $460 for this? Or are they too stingy to do so?
Furthermore, the mailing of result slips is not a suggestion made by parents or the students. It's an (unnecessary and uncalled-for) initiative imposed to us by the school administration. The brigade claims that the students are not trustworthy enough for the school to trust them to let their parents see the result slips. What world-class institution does that make of Hwa Chong when Hwa Chong cannot even (learn to) trust your own students?
Furthermore, Hwa Chong impose this system onto the student population, and indirectly onto the students' families without their consent, what world-class institution does that make of Hwa Chong if democracy does not even exist in this cosmopolitan campus?
All these distrust and subservience, Hwa Chong is now no different from a miniature replica of the tiny nation more popularly known as "the little red dot" under the regime of His Majesty LKY. Or perhaps, the situation here is even parallel to that of the current North Korea, where people are oppressed and dissent is in the air.
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To conclude, in order for Hwa Chong to maintain her appeal, it must first learn to be less complacent and learn to listen to voices of the fundamental building blocks of the school's culture, history, warmth, vibrancy and ultimately, the Hwa Chong family -- the students. If the school continues to adopt the mentality that "students nowadays are just too spoilt and we should not give in to them, in any case, should they choose to leave the school there will always be people wanting to enter the college", Hwa Chong is doomed and certainly set on an irreversible path to self-destruction.
Hwa Chong, you better wake up your ideas!!
They spent $2,700 on an erroneous height-and-weight scale that incorrectly adds unnecessary mass to students and shorten everyone by removing 2cm from the expected height.
They are willing to spend $3,000 to rush out a cheering banner within 3 days which certainly will not be well-liked by the student population and will certainly be deemed as embarassing and uncool by the athletes and supporters.
But they are unwilling to sepnd $1,600 on printing a set of couplets for Chinese New Year celebrations 2007, which will certainly make the atmosphere more celebratory and make CNY more memorable to the current batch of students.
And they are also unwilling to fork out money to renovate the toilets in Hwa Chong, which has bad ventilation, rusty faucets, urinals that are too short for the convenience of many boys and black wall tiles that make the place seems dirty.
2. School admin is overly-conservative
What's wrong with a banner that says “称霸”? What's wrong with having banners that have messages that go along the lines of "We're going to win"? Such banners are essential to boost the morale and spirits of not only the athletes, but also the supporters who will be cheering for the athletes.
Banners with "mild" messages like "加油！”， or worse still, words from our school motto (like "J-TIGER"), will not only turn off our supporters and athletes, but will also make them feel embarassed because they are uncool and makes them feel weak. Banners need words that are impactful and powerful so that fighting spirit can be instilled into both supporters and athletes.
3. Our dear CEO/Principal has his own private toilet.
This is according to one teacher whom I shall not named. I bet most of you do not know about this fact. Why is there a need to reward our principal with such luxury? The current Hwa Chong student population stands at apporximately 2,000 across 2 levels. Assuming that the gender ratio is balanced, we'll have 1,000 students for each gender. The most commonly used toilets are those along the wings. There are two toilets for each gender at the right wing, and 3 toilets for each gender at the left wing. So, 1000 students share 5 toilets, do your math and you can conclude that Hwa Chong students do not readily have access to toilets because 200 of us share 1 toilet.
On the other hand, Mr Ang's toilet only serves the needs of one person.
Shouldn't money be spent on improving the welfare of the student population?
4. They suggested that there should be a common and standardised theme for Orientation and Open House
How ignorant! The nature of the two events are of vastly different nature and you obviously cannot use the same theme for the two events! Using the same theory, does it mean that we have to standardise the theme for both MAF and CNY every year? And do they even consider the repercussions of having the same theme for both Open House and Orientation? The general public, the alumni and the freshmen who have been to Open House would unanimously agree that the school lacks creativity and hence would resort to recycling themes. Do you think you want to portray such an image to the general public?
5. Students are required to pay the postage for the school to mail their result slips to their parents
To think that Hwa Chong constantly claims that it is a world-class, premier institution that is equipped with world-class facilities (how ironic when you look at the standards of our toilets) and world-class resources, but they cannot even provide a simple service of mailing the results to us for free?
It is not that I am being a miser and feel the pinch of forking out that mere 23 cents for postage, but shouldn't a world-class institution take the initiative to mail it to us for free? In any case, it's just a mere 23 cents for each students, multiplied it by the entire cohort of 2,000, it would cost about $460 only. Does that mean that the school cannot afford to fork out $460 for this? Or are they too stingy to do so?
Furthermore, the mailing of result slips is not a suggestion made by parents or the students. It's an (unnecessary and uncalled-for) initiative imposed to us by the school administration. The brigade claims that the students are not trustworthy enough for the school to trust them to let their parents see the result slips. What world-class institution does that make of Hwa Chong when Hwa Chong cannot even (learn to) trust your own students?
Furthermore, Hwa Chong impose this system onto the student population, and indirectly onto the students' families without their consent, what world-class institution does that make of Hwa Chong if democracy does not even exist in this cosmopolitan campus?
All these distrust and subservience, Hwa Chong is now no different from a miniature replica of the tiny nation more popularly known as "the little red dot" under the regime of His Majesty LKY. Or perhaps, the situation here is even parallel to that of the current North Korea, where people are oppressed and dissent is in the air.
**********
To conclude, in order for Hwa Chong to maintain her appeal, it must first learn to be less complacent and learn to listen to voices of the fundamental building blocks of the school's culture, history, warmth, vibrancy and ultimately, the Hwa Chong family -- the students. If the school continues to adopt the mentality that "students nowadays are just too spoilt and we should not give in to them, in any case, should they choose to leave the school there will always be people wanting to enter the college", Hwa Chong is doomed and certainly set on an irreversible path to self-destruction.
Hwa Chong, you better wake up your ideas!!
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