Today I would like to discuss about a topic that is very recent. Once again, Hwa Chong has appeared on the infamous "Stomp" social website. As usual, it is not any matter to start rejoicing about. This time, it concerns public transport and food.
Recently, a few of our students were caught on camera for consuming ice cream. This is of course not allowed and wrong of them to do so. As a result, due to this little "crime", an annoyed commuter on the bus decided to post the picture onto the Stomp website and back it up with the title being "Even elite school students can't follow the law". Firstly I would admit that I am rather enraged by what this person has done, especially to the school's reputation. The poster is exaggerating the matter in my opinion. Thinking about it, the general public has a very bias image of elite school students at this point.
What most people think about Elite School Students is that they are "perfect" and absolutely flawless- and that every error is a major downfall. Let's face it, elite school students are still ultimately humans. All humans commit sins and wrongdoings. What this article on Stomp is trying to bring out is that anyone and everyone not from an elite school cannot do something wrong and incorrect without a care in the world while for the case of elite school students the perpetrator must be brought to light and should be reprimanded and dealt with very heavily. Reality is not like that. The people like the contributor of this stomp post have a selfish and thoughtless mindset. They like to push the blame to the better. He should be scolding himself for not taking the initiative to stop the students from consuming the ice cream.
I feel that regarding this issue, the bus drivers also have a partial responsibility. I am sure that many of us have openly brought food up the bus before when we did not know about this law yet. However, has the bus driver ever stopped you? I don't think so. At least, not from my experience. The bus drivers have a responsibility to warn everyone who eats on this bus, including these students, not to do so. If the bus drivers had imposed this law more strictly, then this would not have happened.
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