i count myself lucky to have graduated from secondary school last year. reading the article about the new school rules in the school, i can't help but pity my juniors still in fuhua secondary school.

i understand the rationale behind the trimming of girls' fringes to prove that the rules are not just for show to scare the students, but given the large amounts of available staff in the school, doing nothing but data entry and minor clerical work, they could have sent an escort with the student to a nearby barber(which is a little more than a road away) for trimming, rather than snipping it off like some useless rag, or even better, extend the $5/cut in-school barber to the school's female students. suspension from school until their hair is of acceptable lengths is also a good option to take up rather than just chopping off their locks.

no jackets/sweaters even on rainy days is like pure discrimination against students with a weaker immune system than others. banning the use of jackets/sweaters until the students are unwell is like immunization after contracting a diease. what happened to 'precaution is better than cure'? does the standardization of apparel worn in school weigh over the health of the students studying in the school? why not the school issues a standard set of schooling materials: from uniforms to shoes, socks, underwear, hair accessories, bags, spectacles, outer coats, stationery, and textbooks so that everything is 'standard with no room for comparison between the lower and upper income groups in the school', and no need for concern over the colour of underwear, length of socks, colour of shoes, etc in the school. there. all issues solved.

the absence of toilet lights in fuhua sec has been on for about 2 years or more, as far as i can remember. as quoted from the vice principal of the school here, "The school also explains the reason for switching off toilet lights, that these "are efforts towards energy-saving", and that this message was conveyed to staff and students when the practice was implemented in 2005. The lights, the school clarifies, are switched on during rainy days or when the sky is dark.

the reason for switching off toilet lights, that these "are efforts towards energy-saving" - how nice. please explain the cases of the shining ccorridor lights on bright, sunny days, thank you.

The lights, the school clarifies, are switched on during rainy days or when the sky is dark. - LIES. ask ANY fuhua student from 2005 and they'll say the same thing.

oh. and whatever happened to that $10K statue strategicly placed and hidden between the bushes, currently blocked by the hugeass banners tied to the green fencing in front of the school? not to mention the fact that less than 50% of the fuhua student population knows about the existence of the statue itself.

seriously, at this rate, fuhua can dream of an increasing intake in january 2008. or even worse - face an increase in the number of transfers from the school if this continues. this may be acceptable in the past, but with all the protective parents around, rules and punishments like this will only upset the parents and students furthur.

oh well.



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