but with poor upbringing - 新加坡人有教育没教养?.
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For once, I cannot but completely agree with Anna's comments in her blog titled Anna's Closet.
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My agreement with her entry is also due to a recent encounter I personally had with a wasted young chap, clad in his SAF uniform, blatantly shouting vulgarities at the top of his voice on the road in the middle of Orchard Boulevard. A young national service man mind you, a person who might become a potential leader of our society behaving like a barbarian - I've lost any respect for today's youngsters honestly.
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Singaporeans are educated, but they have poor upbringing which is somehow true. I believe this is highly due to our social evolution; both parents are buried at work while their kids are left with the maids or daycare centres. Some lucky kids goes home to face their concerned grandparents; who cannot take the younger generations at hand due to generation gap or out of love for them.
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In the blog entry posted by ex-local deejay Anna Lim, Anna admitted that the entry has the potential to offend many, but said that there was a pressing need to discuss the issue.
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She told the newspaper Lianhe Zaobao that: "Singaporeans reserve seats with tissue paper packets and they leave trash behind after gatherings. On the MRT, they do not give up their seats to the needy, neither do they allow alighting passengers to get off before squeezing their way into the carriage." - This, I completely agree as I patron foodcourts and take the highly efficient MRT too.
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For once, I cannot but completely agree with Anna's comments in her blog titled Anna's Closet.
.
.
My agreement with her entry is also due to a recent encounter I personally had with a wasted young chap, clad in his SAF uniform, blatantly shouting vulgarities at the top of his voice on the road in the middle of Orchard Boulevard. A young national service man mind you, a person who might become a potential leader of our society behaving like a barbarian - I've lost any respect for today's youngsters honestly.
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Singaporeans are educated, but they have poor upbringing which is somehow true. I believe this is highly due to our social evolution; both parents are buried at work while their kids are left with the maids or daycare centres. Some lucky kids goes home to face their concerned grandparents; who cannot take the younger generations at hand due to generation gap or out of love for them.
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In the blog entry posted by ex-local deejay Anna Lim, Anna admitted that the entry has the potential to offend many, but said that there was a pressing need to discuss the issue.
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She told the newspaper Lianhe Zaobao that: "Singaporeans reserve seats with tissue paper packets and they leave trash behind after gatherings. On the MRT, they do not give up their seats to the needy, neither do they allow alighting passengers to get off before squeezing their way into the carriage." - This, I completely agree as I patron foodcourts and take the highly efficient MRT too.
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In her post, she pointed out that such behaviour was also evident in young children. Students compete both academically and in the sporting arena, "every one of them more fiercely competitive than the other", she said. "It certainly makes us afraid and it saddens their teachers," she added. Anna also mentioned how two coaches were engaged in a fierce verbal tussle when one side lost in a badminton match.Commenting on the case, she tressed the importance of a good upbringing - It is perfectly acceptable to lose a game, but not one's values, she said. There's so much truth is her comments as I've also personally witnessed how youngsters these days behave and they are very much an empty walking shell without that "values" substance.
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Although Anna's entry might appear to be the harshest critic against Singaporeans by referring to words like 'not having a good upbringing', her entry and thoughts does ring an alarm to every personality isn't it? After all, what's the point of being a MBA, PhD holder and a high flyer but without good upbringing?
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In her post, she pointed out that such behaviour was also evident in young children. Students compete both academically and in the sporting arena, "every one of them more fiercely competitive than the other", she said. "It certainly makes us afraid and it saddens their teachers," she added. Anna also mentioned how two coaches were engaged in a fierce verbal tussle when one side lost in a badminton match.Commenting on the case, she tressed the importance of a good upbringing - It is perfectly acceptable to lose a game, but not one's values, she said. There's so much truth is her comments as I've also personally witnessed how youngsters these days behave and they are very much an empty walking shell without that "values" substance.
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Although Anna's entry might appear to be the harshest critic against Singaporeans by referring to words like 'not having a good upbringing', her entry and thoughts does ring an alarm to every personality isn't it? After all, what's the point of being a MBA, PhD holder and a high flyer but without good upbringing?
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