| date:  Sunday, October 28, 2007
 title: I hate school. Well, at least for now, until my anger at HonCW fades.
 Look. We came to HCI 'cos of the facilities, EP3, different teaching methodology and most importantly, the Special Programmes (e.g. HP, SMRP etc.) that they offer, right?
 Well, folks, this ain't going to happen, at least for next year if HonCW's new plan for the school is accepted by the Board.
 
 Why? Let's see...
 
 1. You will need an MSG of 1.5 and below to QUALIFY for the SELECTION TEST to get into the ONLY special programme there is in Secondary 3
 2. All special programmes (HP, SMRP, BCP, etc.) will be MERGED into a giant thing called Centre for Scholastic Excellence.
 3. There are no classes in CSE, only a homeroom and we don't know what that means either.
 
 What the hell?! And if that's not enough, here's 'Clauses' 4 and 5:
 
 4. You will spend 6 months outside in Secondary 3. Basically you won't go home for 6 months. Oh no, you will be in Beijing, in a boarding school.
 5. Projects Day and this "China studies in chinese" will count for your MSG in Secondary 3.
 
 Can you believe it?!
 I was so angry, I made a poem to *ahem ahem* condemn this new plan...
 
 A Plan Condemned
 
 We came in full of hopes
 We came in full of aspirations
 This dream of ours was for us to keep
 Yet, this dream of ours, was destroyed by you.
 
 YOU were the one that promised us the dreams
 YOU were the one that impressed us with the supposed programmes
 But this year, YOU decided that we were to become elitists
 No, not elite people, but elitists.
 
 No one [whose MSG is] below 1.5 would qualify for the selection test
 The Special Programmes would be lumped into a Centre for Scholastic Excellence
 Where did they go?
 Where is the promise that you established with us...?
 
 We had trsusted you
 And that homeroom that your plan had
 Was nothing but sheer nonsense and logic-defying
 And only 8 IP classes?!
 
 Seriously, do not think that we would buy that
 Especially excelling in EP3
 Spending 6 months outside of home
 With the bulk in Beijing!
 
 Will we have time to prepare for competitions?
 NO!
 Will we be able to win the competitions that YOU hold on so dear to
 To keep up the reputation of the school?
 
 NO!
 So, we need a new motto
 No more will it be win-win
 Nor 自强不息
 No, it's the elitists of society
 
 A generation of elitists that transcends time
 YOUR name shall be recorded in the books
 If that was what you wanted
 As the crappiest person ever
 
 Since the merger in 2005
 And the IP
 Your contributions weren't much
 But that doesn't matter!
 
 Are you too blind to see?!
 Who is the one that launched the Consortium System?
 Who is the one that rose from a mere Physics teacher to a Principal?
 Who is the one that owns The Hon Page?!
 
 So, I [we] beseech you
 Do not let our dream fly away
 Lest we all become the elitists
 The ones that are northing but snobs
 
 For as elitists always say,
 "Go away, from my cold elite face."
 
 ~EnD~
 Copyrighted Look Woon Wei
 2007
 
 That felt good.
 Hope that sufficed and made up for that superficial and lacklustre attempt to revive my blog posting.
 
 See you...on Wednesday (since I only return from DEBATE CHALET [:D] on Wednesday)!
 Till then, :D
 
 
 
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