for the kids

i have to say i am quite the traditional person. taking two issues in the news recently, to highlight this :

1. my friend AF has an article in ST under the review section today. its about naming kids. i think i've blog on this before.

and i already told him i consider myself quite the traditionalist when it comes to names. so my thoughts echoed what he wrote.

anyway i was just thinking again,...so i smsed him just now: "hey,in case you want to know, if i have twins i will give them traditional names. one's ketumbar and another jintan".

that's traditional with a twist hor..new-agey..following the trend of stars naming their kids after cooking ingredients or what you can find in the fridge.

2. getting girls into vs..the school. not their new hostel ..in the news lately was the proposal of allowing girls to study in vs making the school co-ed. when i first heard that i thought it was just some silly rumour. until he said it was already in the papers..

i was not from the victorian family, and obviously i was never from a boys school. in fact i am actually from a girls school who simply love the boy(s) from this school. so for that and a few other reasons i do have a soft spot for the school.

plus i am a traditionalist. it's sacrilegous to even consider converting a non-coed school to a co-ed one. especially it being one of our older schools with a tradition. and a reputation.

i know the people of bkt timah and the west probably would not be bothered about this ..but for us people at this corner of the island, it is one of the last non-i boys school around.. (i am thinking far here)

and you know, each school has its own identity. would not want to generalise but i have friends and acquaintances who pass through certain schools, they kind of have the same traits, character and mentalities. which is not surprising given that companies and countries have their own culture, which affect how their people think and work. so do schools affect kids at the stage of development.

and the reason given for the proposal is almost like a dollar and sense decision type of thing. to have girls to improve ranking. almost like why you sell the raffles or certain football clubs. with the lame reason of its just neccessary for survial. was just wondering if it's really a neccessary solution or is it just the easy way out.

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the petition against co-ed: vs.jonaize.com