Sunday, July 16, 2006
[6:34 PM]
hence knowing how much others can influence our life and character, don't you think it is necessary for us to choose our friends wisely and put in as much attention if not more and be as fickle as we would when it comes to shopping and picking out clothes for a special occasion? sometimes it can't be helped. your friends are most of the time a result of proximity due to the different places you go along the journey of life. which is why it is also important for us to choose the places we want to go correctly so as not to be involved with the wrong company (this term is highly subjective but the definition is what society would stereotypically define it as).as for that i don't think we are living in a less open-minded community if you actually compare the state of things between then and now. i seriously have no idea what the bloody hell is the problem with kids nowadays who argue that they lack the freedom (and stop short in their argument, unable to clealy state what they mean by 'freedom', which of cos then reflects how much of a kid they are). i don't think it is very conservative of me to be saying as long as you haven't reached the age of 18 your only concern should be education and how you are going to go about conquering the world many years later.
that's the reality of life whether you like it or not as long as you're a citizen of this country because of the great emphasis on paper qualification. in fact, i believe the same thing applies to the global context. if you don't do well in school what makes you think you will do well outside school doing something different altogether? of course school here refers to an institution where you get yourself educated regardless of what form of education is being provided (obviously i'm completely ignoring the truth about the practice of rote learning in our country). so until the focus shifts away from your capability in producing magnificent results, just do yourself a favour by doing well in school.
freedom comes with age and it takes on a different meaning at every stage of your life. do you think it is appropriate to be liberal about a fourteen-year-old child's social life when he is not even concerned about how he's doing in school, producing grades that make your eyes sore terribly? no i don't think so. if you can prove that you can handle your education well by producing good results and working hard to achieve it at such a young age without getting nagged at by your worried parents then perhaps you deserve the freedom of a sixteen-year-old. but if not, the only thing you've proven is your sheer incapability hence you deserve nothing.
i'm speaking out of experience so my claims i believe are well justified. but i can't deny the existence of prejudice in this writing so do take my points with a pinch of salt. but i doubt the incongruity of whatever i have written and still stand by it regardless of what you say especially if ur younger than me. i'm sorry but i am totally against having a child telling me what's right and what's wrong if you haven't proven yourself worthy of such respect.