Funny for public property to be destroyed by 'elite' student?



A STOMPer came across this picture of a student with a bent signpost, as if the latter was in the act of vandalising it, and he is concerned that students these days are too caught up in the paper chase and are not learning the right things.

Perry wrote, in his email to STOMP:

"I came across this picture showing a student destroying and showing off what seems to be the remains of a street sign. I request for a clarification and discussion upon the action of this student clad in the uniform of what I believe to be of Hwa Chong Institution which was renowned for its history of nurturing great academic leaders in the local scene.

"The question I had in mind was, does having higher education eventually make the students lose the fundamental values which we are thought to be possessing?

"The showboating of destroyed public property seems to very much amuse the person in the picture.

"Aren’t we told at a very young age that every single of us should partake in the effort of protecting public properties? I am rather intrigued by the mindset of such student and what are the motivating factors which result in such insightful actions.

"Is it a wrong move by the Singapore government, or should I say that is it a wrong move of mankind to focus more on the mathematics and sciences which were deemed as more important and possesses higher priority then moral education? I believed we had made a wrong move and we are witnessing the negative impacts of academic education without a basis on moral education first.

"For example, the formal chairman of the National Kidney Foundation was charged with inappropriate usage of the funds. Think of how much academic qualification he had achieved before he took on the mantle of leadership of the NKF.

"I believed many of us had witnessed students misbehaving in public.

"Students loitering under void decks after school; making a nuisance out of themselves by littering and making noise.

"Underage smoking, sex and alcohol consumption has become common and the abnormality of this issue is that no strong movement against such acts had been seen. For example, During January and February, 1,164 people under the age of 18 were nabbed for underage smoking, more than the 1,113 caught in the first two months of last year and 1,069 in 2006. There are an increasing number of offenders.

"No obvious resistance about such moral issues was seen is it because only the academic results of the kids count? Are our character determined by the number of “A”s we scores? Is such degradation of moral thinking resulted from the academic driven society?"

STOMP is contacting the JC for a comment. Watch this space for updates.
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I feel lost? maybe a little disturbed, hwachong students vandalising public property. Thats more than 4 demerit points and 1 CS session! :0

Oh wait! :/

Did you notice something? Our uniform colour is Khaki, not GREEN. I am sure all Hwachongers would have some thing to say as well. 0.0!

And so i scrolled down to the "comments" to find some brave soul who would point out the egregious flaw/slip of the mind, and found a friend phrased the comment ever so succinctly. This is what he wrote:

Hi there, you are committing a very grave Reductio ad absurdum fallacy by deriving such a conclusion from a single picture.
No doubt there are teenagers who are committing the things of which you have stated but using an isolated example as a the final example to your conclusion of grades chasing > character building is flawed.
-peace-


Recognise the fallacy? hahahahahhahahahahaha!!

THANKS DR RICHARD ARNOLD, we LOVE YOU! xDDDD