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Tuesday, May 16, 2006

My last post was dated like 2 months ago.
So I shall blog today!

Today, during LA, we talked about homosexuality again.
Gays and lesbians.
Personally, I feel that there is no right or wrong so why should there be discrimination against this group of people?
They are are absolutely normal, maybe just because it is not common in today's society, that's why people "look" at them in a different manner which makes them very uncomfortable.

Perhaps we should know more about them before jumping to conclusions. I guess that is the least we can do.

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Also, we had a talk about teenagers being apathetic (I get easily confused by this word with empathy) about the politics. It was an interesting talk, basically because the speakers were good and engaging.

However, what strikes me most during the talk was when one of them talked about democracy and I totally agree with her. In primary school (just a normal neighbourhood school), almost all of us come from similar backgrounds, a family with average income and live in HDB flats. Thus, we will always get quite excited when we know that any of our classmates lives in a private property. We had thought that it was a big deal then, or even being envious.

Later, when i had a chance to come to nanyang, I realised that it is going to be a very different environment from my primary school's. There will definitely be a lot of people from good primary schools and rich families. Sometimes i just wonder why is it so unfair. Let's not talk about secondary school education as most of us got in through our PSLE marks, our own merit. But what about those top primary schools? They are always situated at places surrounded by private housing and thus children living there will obviously have a higher chance in getting into that school compared to those who live further away in HDB apartments. This will then result them to have a better chance in getting into top secindary schools. Is that democracy? I really wonder...

That's how I learn that life wil never be fair. If it is fair to you, it may not be fair to some other people. So is the "democratic society" we are reciting everyday even practical? That's food for thought.

11:24 PM