[[* More 'Anglo' Than Chinese* ]] By Joseph
Hmm, wonder if any of you notice that in ACS, public enemy number 1 is always the Chinese teachers, not mainly because their personalties are boring (some are), but because most of the pupils HATE Chinese. Now you all know HATE is a strong word, so when I say HATE i mean HATE. They don't even listen to Chinese songs, nice as they are... You ask them who is FIR or Zhang Dong Liang, they either give you a blank look or a 'dots' look. In my class if you talk in Mandarin to anyone except Jacky Kong Bang Kiat (Malaysian Scholar who talks so fast you can't hear what he's saying. P.S He is 1 metre tall, comparable to Emily Ong), you are very lame because English is the only language that is favoured. Being in ACS, it's so tiring and boring with everyone speaking in English, they don't even say the Chinese pledge as often. We say it like, what, 2 times a month? Compared to the Tamil Pledge every Monday and Malay Pledge on one day of the week. English is for the rest of the days. So you can see how much Chinese is hated by ACS. Although this is supposedly supposed to be comfortable for me, the pressure on my Chinese and other subjects in TNS, is what I really miss. Call me crazy. But without the peer pressure, I feel that after being in a pressure cooked in 5I, 6I under the tutelage of Miss Koh, now being too relaxed makes me feel somewhat uncomfortable.