Tuesday, May 6, 2008
This is a guest blog from Mdm Rozana...
I would just like to clarify that I am not targeting just one group of people, I believe everybody is involved and thus plays a part in this 'Cleon Class Crisis'.
Haiyoz. Are cliques bad? Yes.
Can they be avoided? Unfortunately, No. Inevitably you are going to meet people who you will share more in common with, so naturally you will be drawn to each other. It's OK, it's understandable. It doesn't mean it's bad if you're a part of a clique. But I would rather you call them your 'friends' though.
What is NOT OK, though, is when you clearly draw the line: CLIQUE only. That you will only like, and talk to the people in your clique. That only the people in your clique are right, are the best, are your favouritest people in the whole school. That god forbid you be seen talking to someone from outside your clique, because what will your gang think of you? And that you will automatically dislike somebody who someone else in the clique dislikes too, even if you don't even know the person that well.
If you don't venture out of your circle, how will you know if other people in the class are nice? How will you know that so-and-so is actually a funny person, or shares a lot in common with you?
Often, we are too quick to judge. We don't give other people a chance. And we don't give ourselves a chance. This applies to everyone.
Try it someday.
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I would also like to address the issue of respect in the classroom. I am getting complains of people finding footprints on their chairs. The only type of 'prints' I should be seeing on chairs are 'buttprints'. Chairs are not meant to be stepped on, but if you insist on stepping on one, make sure it's your own. (At this point, you should be thinking to yourself..."Why would I want to dirty MY OWN chair??". Exactly my point.)
Something that I always try to live by is "Character is who you are when no one is looking"
No teacher around? YEAH! All the bad words and bad behaviour come out. No teacher what...it's OK. I can misbehave, be disrespectful, have no regard for my friends' belongings and personal space because I WON'T GET CAUGHT. It's only wrong if I get caught.
It's shameful. It's hypocrisy. And it is unbecoming of a Dunman High student.
Chill.
With Love,
Mdm Rozana
mdm rozana told me to post this.
