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#097 – Orientation
#097 – Orientation
03.12.2009 //
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+ Orientation
+ Report: Wednesday 2nd Dec 09
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Well, I went to my sis’ Orientation Day at NSGHS. Long-winded speeches, although I rather liked most of them, and was impressed with others’ speeches. Some speakers weren’t that good at speaking, but that didn’t matter because what they said is all that is important.
Once again I am disappointed in a lot of the Asians, of which 95% of the people there were. Or rather, more specifically the Asian parents. They go on about being professional, to have manners and etiquette and to not embarrass them or lower their pride. However, they themselves often act like children. Some of the Asian parents were falling asleep and others just couldn’t sit still. Very disturbing, not only to the other people trying to concentrate on the speakers, but to the speakers themselves. I mean, how would you feel if you were up there on the stage having taken ages trying to come up with an appropriate speech that sounds right for the audience and at the same time inspires the students and gives confidence in them; only to have the audience fall asleep on you.
That sucks.
There was one Asian adult speaker who wasn’t very good at English, but I made sure to keep eye contact and to look interested because though she spoke exceptionally slowly what she said was totally correct and I wish that most Asian parents would follow her example, volunteering to be the P & C Treasurer. When I saw that she was the P & C Treasurer I was quite impressed. Most Asian parents never involve themselves with the school their children attend but at the same time tell their child to get the best marks and achieve the best in everything; and yet the parents themselves always avoid meetings and any extra-curricular activities that they could do to help their community.
Imagine an Asian contributing much to the P & C? That would be absolutely amazing. To volunteer for a school – even more. The old generation of Asians seem to be transfixed on money, and academic success. Sports, friends/social life and the idea of volunteering just isn’t part of their vernacular.
Oh well. No matter what I say in the end the older generation of parents brought up in Asia would never understand. It is up to us children who grew up in Western, free society to give our own children a better life than we had. I don’t mean to allow them to do whatever they want and bludge all day long. Rather, give them a greater range of options, allow them to explore more subjects and expose them to more activities and experiences that life can bring. Don’t restrict them to simply commerce/law/health. If they want to be a politician, let them. And actively help them achieve it. Don’t just tell them to get the top marks and then leave them at it; then get all angry at them when they aren’t the best in the class and tell them they are useless.
In the end though parents or people such as my father is a real-life lesson of what not to become and what not to do, ever. So in that sense it is great.
Anyways, I then met Nessa some time later; and after a bit it was time to talk TAP. The afterwards, collect tablet laptops. Took forever because the people handing the laptops out were the same people who parents were asking questions about. They should have had some other people hand them out, and have those with the answers to questions in another area so that people wouldn’t be waiting forever for the tech people to answer questions instead of quickly handing the laptops out to people.
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Report: Thursday 3rd Dec 09
Done Report
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