YOU have turned my life UPSIDE DOWN and INSIDE OUT. :)

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And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.
- Matthew 11:12

I will take it by force.

here's my two cents worth of the whole situation, sans politics and formalities.

students blame the admin, the SC, the teachers and everyone else around them when what they want isn't fulfilled. they refuse to look at both sides of the story before coming to a balanced conclusion, choosing instead to pinpoint cuz its so much easier. look at the incident with the stolen bags. immediately fingers were pointed at the admin, when the possiblity of students stealing it is so high? hello? the admin's fault that students can't think maturely enough? the teachers' fault that students have no morals? definitely the admin's fault that bags weren't taken care of, but they trusted that JC students would be mature and ethical enough not to steal; obviously they were proven wrong. you say the admin aren't responsible enough to report the missing items for the students, but they've already explained that the police refuse these kinds of reports. then someone claims that an officer says the school should have done it. so, is it the admin's fault that there is a breakdown of communication?

take the bash to be another example. students pestered and pestered us to hold a bash, and raised the idea during the students' dialogue session in LT5. the SC fought for the event to be carried through, despite objections from the TAs as we already have OGL camp, graduation and orientations 1 n 2 on our hands. when we finally got our proposal approved, and presented it to the students, we not only are rejected but insulted for our efforts. hello?! what the hell is your problem? some asshole commented that we gave NOTHING, only took up their lunch time. did you even bother to listen to me make the announcment? did the CG reps even bother handing in the no. of people interested in going? i'm only asking for 5 minutes, only asking for you to drop a friggin NUMBER down at the council room. is it that hard?! (sorry to the CG reps who did bother, this isn't aimed at you). don't you dare come and tell me we gave crap.

another thing. everyone's so pissed off at MJC for being a no-life, stalinistic dictatorship. but everyone's just sitting around waiting for things to happen? all you know how to do is sit there and complain, thrashing out and insulting people who do try to make changes for the better. when we do give you something you ask for, you spit it back at us and say its not good enough. can i ask what's the point? stalinistic dictatorship, but are we suffering? no! the number of students being kicked out has dropped drastically from last year, and even students who are supposed to retain have been advanced. you claim that this school gives you no room to voice out suggestions. take a look at the last time we allowed you to. childish, immature comments, if there were any at all. so when we give you an avenue to lament and complain and make constructive comments, this is how you abuse it. some aren't even interested in commenting, they just want to slam us for everything wrong that we do and overlook the good. its a source of their entertainment. they'll say, 'MJC sucks lah, bloody dictatorship, no life school.' and when someone asks, 'so what do you want to do about it?', they'll say 'huh..nothing lor. like i care.' disgusting, childish, immature, insensitive, ignorant and stupid behaviour.

feedback works two ways. it has to be voiced out first, then received. if we present your feedback to the admin, we expect you to receive our changes. if you refuse to coorperate, how can things change for the better? its like someone spoonfeeding you, and you spitting out the food. we're not gonna beg you to eat. we have our dignity.

if you don't want to take our changes, fine. if you don't want to coorperate, fine. i have nothing to say, nor can we force you to. but don't you dare insult us for it when you're not doing anything for MJC. don't you dare sit around and watch others slog while you fire your insults. you have forfeited that right.

i'm not even pissed at the whole situation anymore. i'm just resigned to the fact that i've been sorely disillusioned; to think that all the shit we take was worth it cuz its for the greater benefit of the students. i truly believed in that. now, i'm not going to bother working for a bunch of people who are behaving so childishly. its not worth my time.

to all those who supported us, and those who do have a right to criticise us, i offer you my apologies. this entry isn't meant for you.

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