Went down to Century Garden yesterday for dental treatment where I met a mother who brought her young girl for treatment too (around 12 years old). After consultation, the clinical assistant asked the mother when would she like the next appointment to be and passed her a calendar.
She was supposed to make an appointment at the end of November or early December, yet she keep flipping the calendar backwards to October and September then August. She then decided to get her daughter who was at the sofa and asked her in Mandarin “This is the 11th month?”, “This one leh, 12th month ah?”. Then, the mother chose a date and asked if it was Saturday, the daughter again told her that was Thursday. The mother could only bring her daughter to the dentist on Saturdays as she works all of the other days.
Looking at the auntie and her daughter, it shows how important education is. And it is somewhat a luxury that we, in this generation have which many of our previous generations could only dream of.
But how many of us in our generation understand the luxury we have and appreciate it? We often just attend schools because we are told to. And worse, many find going to school and studying a troublesome matter and never learn to appreciate it.
And many have dropped out of studies or wasted their education. They never understood how many people are out there hoping to get an education yet unable too. They have also forgotten how the previous generations wanted to go to school but didn’t have the opportunity. They can’t truly appreciate what they have now and cherish it.
But then again, many of us don’t really know how to appreciate things until they are gone anyway…
She was supposed to make an appointment at the end of November or early December, yet she keep flipping the calendar backwards to October and September then August. She then decided to get her daughter who was at the sofa and asked her in Mandarin “This is the 11th month?”, “This one leh, 12th month ah?”. Then, the mother chose a date and asked if it was Saturday, the daughter again told her that was Thursday. The mother could only bring her daughter to the dentist on Saturdays as she works all of the other days.
Looking at the auntie and her daughter, it shows how important education is. And it is somewhat a luxury that we, in this generation have which many of our previous generations could only dream of.
But how many of us in our generation understand the luxury we have and appreciate it? We often just attend schools because we are told to. And worse, many find going to school and studying a troublesome matter and never learn to appreciate it.
And many have dropped out of studies or wasted their education. They never understood how many people are out there hoping to get an education yet unable too. They have also forgotten how the previous generations wanted to go to school but didn’t have the opportunity. They can’t truly appreciate what they have now and cherish it.
But then again, many of us don’t really know how to appreciate things until they are gone anyway…
2 comments:
my mum cudn't read malay or english as well.
that is why she rear all her children to universities.
2 out of 3 get JPA.
How great my mum is! =D
wahh... bravo to ur mum then!! hehe....
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