Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Crush the hand that feeds you

being split into classes based on personality? sounds very very tempting on paper. no more fretting over any fissures and cracks forming due to contrasting personalities. the spontaneous, light-hearted people can gather in one class and have the best two years of their lives. the ones who spend their days burying their heads in books and notes (though not necessarily learning anything) can get together in another class and... i don't know, do they call it fun? well, whatever. but then again, if the class can affect you, then it could potentially affect everyone. maybe we were brought together so we can influence each other in ways that can only be brought about by conflicting personalities. after all, the best diamonds are those that have been polished over. i've seen the miracle of change happen before; maybe it can be extended.

personalised education? the school was really shooting for the stars with the IP programme. regardless of the holes caused by frequent collisions with reality, i will concede that the original concept is very alluring, if not very far-fetched. but at the end of the day, it still reeks of elitism. people must think that i have a split personality for hating the very system that has benefited me beyond my wildest imagination. but then again, people think i have a split personality regardless. a joke quoted from somewhere: the best part of split personality disorder is that there is no good part about it, you idiot.