Whos calling Who Inconsiderate NOW?
Tuesday, July 12, 2005 9:07 AM
Stop calling us students inconsiderate.
Why? Because you live in Singapore and you're one of us too. You're every bit as inconsiderate as us.
The forums on Sunday Times are flooded most of the time with 'kaypoh', 'judgemental' so called adults, who feel we students are a pain in their asses. We take the aisle seats, we don't move back, we don't give our seats to the elderly, we don't this, we do that. Complain complain complain about our behaviour and lack of courtesy.
Hello! Who gave you the right to pass judgement on all of us?
When I painstakingly move to the back in attempt to be kind for a speedy bus trip, all I see are people unwilling to make the second move although I've already made the first. SO WHAT if the students aren't moving. Don't you have a pair of feet too? Don't you have a brain that tells you, "Theres space, should move." or a heart that says, "They don't move, I'll move." All you do is blame it on the cocked up area and the students. They don't move, YOU can. By not moving or at least trying to make your way to the back just because the people in front of you aren't moving makes you every bit as inconsiderate as them.
Everyone wants to stand near the door. Thats a fact. It may be inconsiderate, but if you think they're blocking up, just squeeze pass (since you're in a position to comment about their moral standards) and head to the back like the rest of the considerate students.
About the aisle seat. Has it ever occured to you that you could always ask for them to move in? But no! You don't want to open your golden mouth, so BLAME it ALL on the poor inconsiderate aisle seater. I don't think what they are doing is in any way inconsiderate. I mean, since you obviously don't think asking for the seat is worth opening your mouth for, you don't really need the seat!
And about the flak students get for 'sleeping' on buses and avoiding the poor stares from old folks. Let me say my piece. I see MORE students giving up their seats to those grannies and the lao gong gongs than adults. I may plug in my earpiece and listen to music and read a book, but I'm not oblivious to the surroundings. When I see an old person, I will give up my seat. Most of the time students don't give it up because the old person is TOO FAR away! And if I sit up someone younger like those accusing adults will take the seat leaving the poor old person without a seat in the end!
Sometimes I feel, adults are just pushing all the blame on us, the younger generation. I dare say, alot of us are more morally upright than most adults.
And who were the ones who taught us to be selfish. Its not our parents. Its the adults in general. You think you're all grown up. Fact is, some of us are more grown up than you, you group of bad excuses for adults.
Blame us all you want because we're but a mirror and the fingers pointing back at you, carrie
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