Jiang Lai Controversy

As we all most likely should know, especially when pertaining to Hwa Chong and students of other elite schools, there has been recent gossip and controversy over a Singaporean blogger.

Simply to summarize the blogger's posts, the female blogger known as of now by the name of Jiang Lai, was a Chinese Relief teacher. She on her blog has posted critical comments about students from elite schools mostly related to their looks and most superficial impressions. She labelled Hwa Chong Institution as "ugly" and that alone has sparked a lot of rage and unhappiness among students.

Most of the people around me, especially students of these elite schools feel very enraged by Jiang Lai's posts. Firstly I would like to comment on Ms. Jiang Lai as a very ignorant and egotistic person. She is very evidently prejudiced against students of some schools. She is also a very suspicious person as there might be other motives behind what she has done. She has also been heard to be harassing few students from a particular in which she used to teach in.

My personal response to this incident is very simple- ignore. As our ESTEEMED Humanities Teacher states: "The best response is to simply ignore this person as giving her the attention only brings us down to her level". It is very true. The motives of a proud and ignorant person is for people to bow down to him. Similarly, Jiang Lai intends for people to think of her as very "great" and entertain her. So by not giving her the attention she wants, we do not lose anything nor bring any unhappiness to ourselves, however at the same time it serves as the most effective weapon against Ms. Jiang Lai's posts that lack intellect.

I personally think this situation will eventually subside and serve as a moment of comedy in history. I conclude that there is not need to pay any attention to Ms. Jiang Lai at all.