Hi guys,
Browsing through the pages of 2O1's history, I have come to a conclusion. Our class lacks camaraderie. Short, seemingly harmless, yet pressing and fatal.
The first sign of a un-bonded class is the unwillingness to help out each other in schoolwork. I would like to express my appreciation to those who really help me as well as the other classmates in the class. Yes, that means Martin, Jonathan, Hui Ming, Zhi Xin, Dexter etc. However, I feel that sometimes we are unwilling to help others, including me. Although help is still rendered in the end, I occasionally get a little frustrated or irritated. It is just human nature to be selfish and self-protecting. I promise that I will help everyone to the best of my ability.
The second sign is the flaming of classmates on blogs. From the posts that I have read, many involve unreasonable and often fictional descriptions of another classmate. It is extremely saddening to see fissures forming in the class. I hope that there will not be anymore hatred in the class, especially unjustified ones.
The third sign is the many “social circles” formed in the class. Well, it might not be bad if it was an open social circle, however in the class it is an extremely closed social circle. Somehow I feel as if the whole class has been divided into a few factions opposing each other in subtle ways. There is no sense of belonging to the class.
So how did the lack of camaraderie affect us, you may ask. Well, for one we got into a lot of trouble with our results. Our MSG ranking dropped 10 positions. That is one great “accomplishment”. However, I think this could have been averted if the class had enough teamwork to help each other out. Though it might seem troublesome, you never know when that person might help you in return. Furthermore, by repeating your knowledge to others, you are actually learning yourself! As the Chinese saying goes, revise the old and learn the new, you are able to gain knowledge just by thinking about it again. It is not a disadvantage to you to be helpful to others, in fact it is beneficial to you.
To solve the problem of the lack of camaraderie or the lack of class-spirit, I propose that we have more outings/CIP activities. Having fun is the best way to develop teamwork and camaraderie (unless you prefer the more painful solution-going through very hard times together). It will not be easy, but it is possible. For a better class, it must be done.
Whether you are a member of “fearsome four____” or the “waterpolo brothers” or the “mighty muggers”, I sincerely hope that everyone will be able to put aside their personal feuds and start anew, to rediscover the class in a whole new way.
Thank You
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Just to add on, the "waterpolo brothers" are always fighting over personal issues. You can confirm it with our captain.So I don't think that being a member of the 'waterpolo brothers" has anything to do with the social circle. However, it will do good if the 'waterpolo brothers" can put aside their differences and from there improve the class lack of camaraderie.
Dear Samuel, we feel the pressing urge to clarify this,
1. We are called LRCI if you must use a collective term. Not the "Fearsome Four----". We would appreciate your respect on this issue.
2. FTH does not see the point in you regurgitating what others have posted before and merely rephrasing it.
3. CIP and outings is a rather counter-intuitive proposal, considering that respective groups will still tend to stick to each other to partake in such activities, which will only serve to strengthen the bond within the respective groups and lessen the need for class spirit to be present. And not everyone is willing to participate in such events.
Yours sincerely,
Hui Ming
Public Relations, LRCI
Dear Marcus, I am very interested in the little tiffs between the water polo DG3s. Kindly share them with us :)
Hi Samuel,
Just some issues...
I believe that we all have our likes and dislikes. Some people may hate you for the things you do but some may just love you. Its all a matter of perspective. Perhaps, then, the unwillingness of some people to help you with your work is justified? Camaraderie may not neccesarily mean that everybody likes each other, there is bound to be people who hate each other right?
There are always misfits in any class, and you can't expect everybody to be at peace with other, I believe. That is overly idealistic. In my opinion, I believe that the bonding of majority or half the class should suffice for a class bond. There are bound to be people who do not want to bond as a class, no matter what you do.
I do agree with you on the third point, though. Social circles, especially the tighter ones, cause disharmony in the class, as they might have different beliefs from others, and might get into arguments with other social circles. However, social circles are nonetheless quite common, as the saying goes: "birds of a kind flock together" People tend to gravitate towards others with the same interests as them. And still, you can't expect everybody to have the same interests, right?
I don't agree that camaraderie was the cause for our sky high msg, though. If we are unbonded this year, it must have been because we were unbonded last year too, right? So how did we get that top 2 position last year if we had no broken camaraderie too? I believe it all boils down to hard work and personal peseverence. If you want to do well yourself, you will do well. And I doubt that the "student teacher" lessons advocated by mdm last year were that useful after all, though it was a brilliant idea.
The cmc will definitely do their best to try to organise class outings this june holidays, so do look out for them! but then again, who in our "bonded" class do you thin will go? Definitely not everybody will go. That, in itself is an irony, don;t think? for an even that is supposed to bond a class will not have a good number of people to bond... But of course, I'm being overly pessimistic, am I?
Yours Sincerely,
Lim MX
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