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Monday, September 03, 2007 This week is a good week since there is no need to go for training, since everything is supposed to be online, or rather an exercise in lip service. Since we need to head towards an technologically-savvy world, we must walk the talk and do work to make up for our physical absences in class. At least I attained something I have not done for a while since the holidays- wake up late on a legitimate, "Blue Monday" morning, which makes up for the excess work allocated to us. ~ ~ I went back to my former school on the eve of teachers' day. It was heartening to see that most of the kids still remembered me, and in return I got a earful from my former superior, for causing them to be off task. But I do not mind the lecture, since it was done in good faith, and I am sure I do not want my future kids to be off task when faced with an unexpected happening myself. In any case, I decided to head to the back of the hall, and later the canteen, where I was less conspicuous. I talked to some of my kids, as well as waved at others. In case, I neglected any call-outs, I must apologize, but at least you can nudge me online or spam the mail. I appreciate all the call-outs and exchanges: 1-3, 1-6, 1-8, 1-9, a couple from 2-3, and the kids for my intensive English lessons (I am sure I did not forget anyone, check this space if I do; and I do not mean "kids" in a derisory manner, just a warm manner of address). ~ ~ Incidentally, I heard that quite a few of my brethren has chosen, or contemplating to leave the service, for official or personal reasons. Indeed, the brain drain is immense, and the lure of the outside world is tempting. As a newly-bred entrant to the service, I must say the private sector has its appeals, but it would be so foolhardy to expect that the returns are only financial (but nobody would say no to more money) and self-deluded forms of achievements. I always insist the private sector is out to make profits, and the personnel are just cogs in the gear, to make more money. Fueling these aims, involves invoking a rational person's raison d'etre, which is actualization of worth. For instance, if the boss gives me more bonus, does it mean I am regarded in a more worthy sense, or that I just helped him get promoted, so he can get somewhere amidst the mess of nuts and bolts? I always find the world amusing when I see happy but deluded people who made their first "insert choice word of the moment", since it necessarily leads to the next "betterment", and the cycle goes on. We must first recognize the rat race is inevitable, since it provides us (in a relatively prosperous nation) a comfortable-enough existence. If we can extract ourself from the rat race that seeks to impose itself upon us, we will become liberated, and not think too gravely of this illusory world. Worth is what we seek to impose on ourselves, through the lenses of others. In our desire to satisfy the desires of many others, we often do not realize why we are doing the things we do. This leads to defeatism and the perceived inability to manage ourselves. I am in a tough vocation, as most people would say, but mindsets do matter, and hopefully, I can brace myself for the challenges ahead. ~ ~ It has been a few busy weeks in the education circle. There are many initiatives rolled out, to benefit the masses, as well as the talented. I am a critical person, but I will retain some critiques of the system to myself, since reasoning the system thoroughly will require an overhaul of what is defined as education in the first case. Instead, I will talk about something that is pertinent to school-goers, which is about the elites and the supposedly non-elites. It does not take a very learned person to recognize that the world is necessarily unfair, and anti-social. We exist interdependently, because we grudgingly recognize we cannot do everything by ourselves. There will be people who need to lead, and people who need to follow, in order to establish an accepted form of social contract and normative rule. As such, justice becomes flawed, since people do exist on unfair terms, right from birth. Education becomes a route to iron out the deficit caused by birthright, but if we presuppose that the elites will do better since they already get a head-start through no fault of their own (cue: blame the system), then education is likely to be less instrumental in deciding who gets to the top, in the presence of instituted hierarchies, which seek to propagate more of their own, ie. born-elites. Self-made elites are sufficiently rare as to give the have-nots, some hope of beating the game of life, but in the end, leadership is necessarily vested in falsehood. Education in the context here is partial liberation, to entice betterment of society and the achievement of goals which makes the system persistent, yet gives some hope to people who exist within this enclosed cage. Elites are in name but here to stay, yet non-elites (including yours faithfully) can rest assured that we have some form of recognition, which makes life more meaningful. ~ ~ Let people who want to achieve fortunes and fame seek their own, but what we do for our loved ones will remain our own, untempered by others-made prejudices and unreasonable demands placed upon us. weijie froze in time on 3.9.07

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