d a r e -to-be- d i f f e r e n t [04S33]

Friday, May 21, 2004

perhaps im stupid.

but i really wonder who on earth you could be talking about.

....roo. dared to be different! @ 7:01 PM

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By the way, although I am mainly speaking up for someone, I really feel that that person is not the only one in class to feel that way. There are yet others who feel the same way. Thus our efforts in being sensitive and sensible towards others should extent towards the whole class as well (Or other people).

....Togrias dared to be different! @ 6:53 PM

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But if you don't even make an attempt, no matter how subtle, people will still feel excluded. Some people don't feel part of us right from the start. It is up to us to make them feel included first. If we make them feel included, then they would have already felt a sense of belonging in the first place... They won't feel that hurt, knowing that our efforts are done FOR THEM.

And I don't really feel all of us are insensitive. Only a few are. The person I am speaking up for has friends aplenty in our class, but just doesn't feel included in the first place.

And it's rather sad. The things people are pushed to do when they try so hard to get included... It's quite depressing when one thinks of it.. The current state of matters.

....Togrias dared to be different! @ 6:41 PM

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Wednesday, May 19, 2004

does the person know youre speaking up for him/her?

all i have to say is that, its not a one way process.
and also that. if you make a pointed effort to include pple. its making it all the more obvious [and thus hurtful] that these pple are not included. this extends to excluding pple too btw.

generally we lack sensitivity. i'll agree that much.

....roo. dared to be different! @ 9:05 PM

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I was responding to what yE wrote on the TagBoard.

Since you didn't get what I implied, I guess I'll have to make it more explicit.

I am not that good at expressing my own feelings, and thus, expressing the feelings of another person is that much harder.

What I'm refering to concerns our class of course. If you have not noticed, it seems that our class gets along reasonably well. However, if you look deeper, there are individuals that lack the sense of belonging to this class. As united we may seem from our rowdiness as a class, there are less obvious cracks. We aren't what we seem to be. I am not merely refering to myself. There are yet other people who feel that way. It doesn't mean that when one is surrounded by classmates all the time, he/she feels a sense of belonging to the class. On the contrary, "some people" do so because they don't want to feel alienated. Our class is alienating (not geri). I am not making this up, or merely guessing. It is true. I am also speaking up on behalf of another. Just look closer and you'll see.

What I feel is most important (as I still regard 04s33 as my class) is to make an attempt to include these individual(s), as well as to be sensitive to other's feelings. Obviously just taking things as they are isn't doing us much good. I don't know about you but I know what it feels like to not have a sense of belonging. If you truely cherish one another as a class, I guess you should look closer and do what is right.

Oh ya yE do you mind if you have more politeness next time you post?

....Togrias dared to be different! @ 12:33 AM

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Tuesday, May 18, 2004

okay. i dont know what is going on. since i dont see any previous message by ye i dont see the relevance of raymonds reply to ye.

and well. raymond, if you do see a problem and the rest of us dont, please state the problem properly and clearly. on my side, i dont understand what you are trying to say.

but personally perhaps the whole class shouldnt be so unmanageable. we are a rather unruly class you know. even in the classes of the teachers we like, we arent exactly quiet. or as mr koh would say, quiescent. -_-
my point is that its time to be serious and get down to work. for me i dont see how the rest of you can fail tests and be flippant about it..thats just me. cos i cant be flippant about such things la.
my take, on an issue that bothers me. you dont necessarily have to agree with me.

but whatever it is.
take care, all of you.
hard time ahead.

....roo. dared to be different! @ 8:35 PM

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what the FUCK?

....Anonymous dared to be different! @ 6:33 PM

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To yE: Then look harder. Hear that? That's the sound of the invisible termites gnawing through a steady-looking piece of wooden furniture. It would be too late when it finally crumbles. Remember: The thinnest of hairline cracks can sink the greatest of ships.

And there's more than one. It is us, as a class, by action and inaction, by indifference and ignorance, that we manage to ignore the danger. My advice to all is to realise it soon enough.

....Togrias dared to be different! @ 5:57 PM

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Tuesday, May 11, 2004

This is slowly dying...

I'm not just refering to this blog though. Slowly suffocating to death. It's not just me you can dun care about me... but some have already given up hope.

This is just a gentle reminder. Hope you can take a hint. Spare a thought. Take a closer look around you. Before it's too late.

....Togrias dared to be different! @ 10:57 PM

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