A 14-year old boy had been jotting down all his miseries, grievances and his hatred towards a trio of seniors in his diary. The little black book was found and read by one of the trio. Later, he was requested by two other seniors to go back to the dorm while he was eating with some other friends at the canteen. The unsuspecting boy followed these two seniors only to be met by the mean trio in one room and got the worst thrashing he had ever known. He was bruised badly, experiencing soreness on his tummy, pain on his shoulder and his knee hurting.
The trio had already been suspended and the case is under police investigation, as accorded by Section 149, Penal Code.
And it’s all because of some people who just don’t know how to respect another person’s privacy. Worse, these same people came from a sekolah agama, had been taught Islamic values and norms for four years.
My boss claimed that some parents purposely send their 'naughty' children to sekolah agama hoping that the environment would be able to help changing and motivating their kids to become better, nicer, kinder persons.
(Then again, when a sekolah agama no longer preserves the values and norms of a sekolah agama, what could one really expect from that school's products?)
For goodness sake - the poor boy was only letting off some steam in the most harmless way - writing to himself in a diary. It's not like he had been reporting to the Principal or poisoning the trio's food or putting a scorpion in the trio's lockers or making any other such attempt. He was in need of some medium to let go of his anger, his frustration and the diary was his solution. That's the most private channel to let off steam - the trios should have known better when they found the poor boy's little black book. Let it go, leave him alone.
They gave him an undeserving thrashing instead - and what good does it bring? None. Instead this incident might put the fourth formers at a risk of not getting a good testimonials once they leave the school after SPM. In a dog eat dog world, getting just good grades without the much needed strong recommendations and testimonials could affect their chances of getting a place in any good university/college. All the hard works, efforts, achievements in the previous years gone down the drain. Just because they could not help themselves from being mean to a weak junior.
But then again, I guess some mean boys remain mean no matter where they go, study or live.
4 comments:
I think what is missing in our education system is the concept of consequence, that each one of our actions has repercussions and therefore the best thing anyone can do is think things through.
Hmmm... reading back my comment, I think what's missing in our education system is the concept of thinking. We focus too much in the facts and figures and too little on what it all means.
najah: i sometimes wonder what are kids learning at school nowadays... not long ago, i helped out with organising some impromptu quiz for some secondary schools - all questions on Euro 2004, Akademi Fantasia and the likes were answered promptly and correctly. Ask them the capital of Portugal, when Melaka was attacked by the Portuguese, (one girl was not even sure the year Malaysia became independent) - and most gave me blank looks. I once asked what's the capital of Afghanistan, and somebody confidently shouted "IRAQ!"...
Not only are they not thought how to think, some kids can't even get their facts and figures correct... Hmm alahai...
It's a fact that kids are easier to grab things that interest them. Therefore, why dun we lay all the facts in front of them in a fun way? If we say that TV affects them very much, then why we dun put the facts in the TV in a fun way? I believe, even the text book they are using at school right now looks pretty boring to attract their attentions, let's alone to make them read willingly. :)
Yusof: I'm quite sure that those at MoE's Department of Educational TV are looking for/finding ways to do what you've suggested.
A few friends of mine though are claiming that their kids have become more active, creative and imaginative since they were introduced to no-TV-activities.
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