Friday, January 6, 2012

Moral education taking a back-seat in Singapore

Recently, Singapore's Prime Minister has urged parents to pay attention to their children's moral and national education on top of encouraging them to do well in their studies. However, this has been simmering in the background since before the election where our government has been putting too much emphasis on education and of course, making money. Case in question? A scene I saw at a cafe in Singapore.

Scenario. 2 families queuing up to gain entrance to the cafe. Family A consist of 2 individuals which looks to me like a father and daughter who is most probably still schooling. The other family B consist of 3 individuals, with a baby-in-tow. The waiter ushered the first family to a 2 seater table. The daughter saw a 4 seater table vacated and requested (to me, it sounded like insisted) to be re-seated to that 4 seater table. Waiter explained to them if they can stay at the 2 seater table because of family B. The daughter refused, saying that they came first and a whole of non-nonsensical reasons (to me). The father was silent throughout the whole conversation. Both families look Singaporeans to me.

This is what Singapore has become. Before someone bring religion, high and mighty, etc in the picture, this has nothing to do with it. This is called, "Common Courtesy".

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