I wonder why it is so hard to find out what others' think. Are they telling me the truth? They tell me something, and yet act otherwise.
I guess that's why the really pro people can read people's minds and wow audiences with that.
Perhaps we all lie to one another, just that we don't realise it sometimes.
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Elitism.
A few years back, an RGS girl (or was she ex-RGS?) wrote about her point of view of elitism, about how the demographics of the school population in the Raffles schools have changed to be one of high social standing (and definitely rich). She was slammed by the public for her blunt and inaccurate remarks.
To this day, even though many of my friends in my school are not as well of as she puts us to be, there is still an undercurrent of elitism that I see whenever I go for competitions (representing my school, obviously). Kinda appalling at first, but not surprising. After all, our principal and those higher ups have been encouraging us to view ourselves as the premier school in Singapore.
Yet, is that view wrong? Granted, it is blunt (and not always true). But I think that why many of us have such an innate streak of elitism in us is because of the public perception too. It is kind of impossible to admit you suck if you are from my school. and it sucks. People expect you to do better, or much more. I think it is partly also due to the public eye that these stuff happens.
We are not hard to beat. In fact, I think we have been beaten more times that we had over the years by other schools. But we have also triumphed in so many other areas.
I think it is inevitable that elitism will exist. It will not go away. And I think it is somewhat good, as it encourages competition between the schools. And yet it can also discourage the hearts of many, both in the 'elite' schools and others.
A few years back, an RGS girl (or was she ex-RGS?) wrote about her point of view of elitism, about how the demographics of the school population in the Raffles schools have changed to be one of high social standing (and definitely rich). She was slammed by the public for her blunt and inaccurate remarks.
To this day, even though many of my friends in my school are not as well of as she puts us to be, there is still an undercurrent of elitism that I see whenever I go for competitions (representing my school, obviously). Kinda appalling at first, but not surprising. After all, our principal and those higher ups have been encouraging us to view ourselves as the premier school in Singapore.
Yet, is that view wrong? Granted, it is blunt (and not always true). But I think that why many of us have such an innate streak of elitism in us is because of the public perception too. It is kind of impossible to admit you suck if you are from my school. and it sucks. People expect you to do better, or much more. I think it is partly also due to the public eye that these stuff happens.
We are not hard to beat. In fact, I think we have been beaten more times that we had over the years by other schools. But we have also triumphed in so many other areas.
I think it is inevitable that elitism will exist. It will not go away. And I think it is somewhat good, as it encourages competition between the schools. And yet it can also discourage the hearts of many, both in the 'elite' schools and others.
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