Le Chatelier's Principle
Le Chatelier's Principle states that when any of the conditions affecting the position of a dynamic equilibrium is/are changed, then the position of that equilibrium will shift accordingly to minimise that change.
A buffer solution is one that is able to resist pH changes upon addition of a small amount of acid or base, and the behaviour of such solution is based upon the Le Chatelier's Principle.
Drawing parallel between Chemistry and human behaviour, Le Chatelier's Principle can be found in our daily lives. In fact, much of our behaviour follows the this principle.
We human beings are just like buffer solutions and any changes to our lives are just like the addition of an acid or a base.
When there is a GST hike in Singapore, people were certainly unhappy and complained to the relevant authorities through various means. We resist such change that will affect our daily lives, although the change can be considered insignificant when the benchmark used to measure the impact of the change is changed accordingly. It's merely two percent, as proponents for the change would argue, and that similar taxes in other countries like Australia and Switzerland are much higher. Furthermore, they claim that a GST hike is essential and will only bring benefits to the local economy. Most of us don't buy the story, but as time passes since the government impose the tax on us, the "insignificant change" will now snowball into a "significant change" that we have now gotten used to, as hence we no longer attempt to resist the change, just like how when we keep on adding an acid or base to the buffer solution, the solution no longer works and pH changes will not be minised anymore.
Take another example. When the Ministry of Education make it mandatory for all JC students to take up a contrasting subject in their subject combination, many students (especially those Science students, and espeically so for those who always wanted to take the infamous Triple Science combi) protested. But as time passes and as we go through the new system, we began to get used to taking up a contrasting subject (mostly Economics) and we no longer try to appeal for a reversion to the old system. It's only a minor change to our subject combination -- the subject combi you take in the new system is probably only one subject different than what you would probably take when we are still under the old system, but it has since become a "significant change" as we have gotten used to it, and we now hardly hear anyone whining about not being able to get their Triple Science combi without having to take up H1 Econs.
Or do you still remember the times when people detest and ostracise the second-intakers, wishing that the newly-founded friendships can carry on just like how it did during the first three months? All of us certainly would have resisted the change to our class' dynamics, but as we moved on in our JC life, we began to accept the second-intakers and new frienships are forged.
Human beings are just afriad of changes. It's too easy to choose to remain in your own comfort zone, but it certainly requires a great amount of courage to venture out into the unknown where the environment is certainly going to be vastly different from what you are in now, although eventually we will get used to the conditions of where we are put in despite our initial fear and uneasiness.
Sometimes getting used to a change may not necessarily be a good thing. When too much base is added to an acidic buffer, the solution becomes basic and no longer will it turn damp blue litmus paper red. When you get used to the change, you are no longer what you used to be.
That's what I am most afraid about. The 33rd Council may now be experiencing the pre-Stepping Down syndrome, but I forsee that after we stepped down and that we have each gotten used to life in its normalcy, people will start becoming distant and bonds may be weaken.
I won't blame them if my foresight is correct and I definitely do not have the right to do so, but I would most certainly regret witnessing my predictions coming true.
Like what my classmate Yu Tse always say, we should not be too 执著. If people cannot click, then so be it; if people don't like to go for a particular event, then so be it. Let Nature takies its course, instead of forcefully trying to go against Fate.
And I probably may be one of the first few to get used to school life of wearing the collar pin shaped of the school logo, of not being able to access the Welfare Room as and when you like to purchase snacks, and of not being able to isolate yourself from the densly-populated campus and enjoy a moment of serenity and tranquility in the Council Room.
Afterall, I am a human being whose behaviour is modelled after a buffer solution.
But still, I am sure on hindsight I would feel a sense of pity when I look back and see how frinedships are forged,and then diluted.
Changes suck.
A buffer solution is one that is able to resist pH changes upon addition of a small amount of acid or base, and the behaviour of such solution is based upon the Le Chatelier's Principle.
Drawing parallel between Chemistry and human behaviour, Le Chatelier's Principle can be found in our daily lives. In fact, much of our behaviour follows the this principle.
We human beings are just like buffer solutions and any changes to our lives are just like the addition of an acid or a base.
When there is a GST hike in Singapore, people were certainly unhappy and complained to the relevant authorities through various means. We resist such change that will affect our daily lives, although the change can be considered insignificant when the benchmark used to measure the impact of the change is changed accordingly. It's merely two percent, as proponents for the change would argue, and that similar taxes in other countries like Australia and Switzerland are much higher. Furthermore, they claim that a GST hike is essential and will only bring benefits to the local economy. Most of us don't buy the story, but as time passes since the government impose the tax on us, the "insignificant change" will now snowball into a "significant change" that we have now gotten used to, as hence we no longer attempt to resist the change, just like how when we keep on adding an acid or base to the buffer solution, the solution no longer works and pH changes will not be minised anymore.
Take another example. When the Ministry of Education make it mandatory for all JC students to take up a contrasting subject in their subject combination, many students (especially those Science students, and espeically so for those who always wanted to take the infamous Triple Science combi) protested. But as time passes and as we go through the new system, we began to get used to taking up a contrasting subject (mostly Economics) and we no longer try to appeal for a reversion to the old system. It's only a minor change to our subject combination -- the subject combi you take in the new system is probably only one subject different than what you would probably take when we are still under the old system, but it has since become a "significant change" as we have gotten used to it, and we now hardly hear anyone whining about not being able to get their Triple Science combi without having to take up H1 Econs.
Or do you still remember the times when people detest and ostracise the second-intakers, wishing that the newly-founded friendships can carry on just like how it did during the first three months? All of us certainly would have resisted the change to our class' dynamics, but as we moved on in our JC life, we began to accept the second-intakers and new frienships are forged.
Human beings are just afriad of changes. It's too easy to choose to remain in your own comfort zone, but it certainly requires a great amount of courage to venture out into the unknown where the environment is certainly going to be vastly different from what you are in now, although eventually we will get used to the conditions of where we are put in despite our initial fear and uneasiness.
Sometimes getting used to a change may not necessarily be a good thing. When too much base is added to an acidic buffer, the solution becomes basic and no longer will it turn damp blue litmus paper red. When you get used to the change, you are no longer what you used to be.
That's what I am most afraid about. The 33rd Council may now be experiencing the pre-Stepping Down syndrome, but I forsee that after we stepped down and that we have each gotten used to life in its normalcy, people will start becoming distant and bonds may be weaken.
I won't blame them if my foresight is correct and I definitely do not have the right to do so, but I would most certainly regret witnessing my predictions coming true.
Like what my classmate Yu Tse always say, we should not be too 执著. If people cannot click, then so be it; if people don't like to go for a particular event, then so be it. Let Nature takies its course, instead of forcefully trying to go against Fate.
And I probably may be one of the first few to get used to school life of wearing the collar pin shaped of the school logo, of not being able to access the Welfare Room as and when you like to purchase snacks, and of not being able to isolate yourself from the densly-populated campus and enjoy a moment of serenity and tranquility in the Council Room.
Afterall, I am a human being whose behaviour is modelled after a buffer solution.
But still, I am sure on hindsight I would feel a sense of pity when I look back and see how frinedships are forged,and then diluted.
Changes suck.
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