♥ Friday, February 20, 2009
I agree with the rest. The ANGLES workshop, while informational, was presented in a horribly boring way. It's ironical that they are talking about projecting their voice, when we at the back couldn't hear them, but I guess it really isn't their fault that the auditorium was so vast and the whole auditorium was considerably noisy. Like Eugene, Bowen and Tsun Lok all said, people were chatting amongst themselves and doing their own things.
I am sure the presenters didn't mean to bore us all to death, but sorry, that is our honest feedback. Perhaps the following could have been carried out to ensure a pleasant (and interesting) experience for all -
1. Give a demonstration on stage. Let some of the previous year's winners give an impromptu speech based on response from the audience (nothing nonsensical, of course). An example would have kept the whole audience interested, rather than droning on and on and on.
2. Keep the audience engaged with a more interactive speech. Like what Theodore said, they were basically reading from the powerpoint slides, and we can read.
3. (In reference to point number 1) Talk less, show more. For all we know, they could be some random people picked from random classes. There is no visible distinction between them and the rest of the seniors. What separates them from the rest of Hwa Chongians their level? What have they done to qualify for ANGLES/3NGLES?
Secondly, I would like to talk about the individual class selections. How can they judge us based on a scale of 10? Like Wiseley said (actually i dictated half his post to him, so really, the end bits are mine) each judge has their own standards, and one may be more lenient or strict than the others. The ANGLES Finalists (namely a few from each
class) should have been asked to go for another round of auditions to determine the real elites of Sec 1.
The situation in class with our "judge", Jay Ong, was mildly chaotic. Mildly in the sense that no one in class was running about screaming "I R MASTERCHIEF. ROFLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL." , but chaotic in the sense that no one really cared what the speaker was talking about. It's not Jay's fault the class was chaotic. There was also an abundance of people who spoke... crap, for want of a better word (I acknowledge my part in this crap).
This concludes my stand on the ANGLES workshop. Now I shall talk about capital punishment, as Zheng Hong brought up.
Imagine you were the relative/friend of someone who was brutally murdered. Let's say [insert morbid stuff here]. Would YOU want to personally [violently morbid stuff here]?
Do you REALLY believe that a mass murderer could turn over a new leaf? I doubt so. What, you think a criminal mastermind could turn over a new leaf? Actually, I agree. If he is smart and cunning enough to mastermind a bank robbery, if his genius is put to good use, then he could be a really good leader. Have you watched the latest Batman movie? My first reaction when I watched the scene of the bank robbery was "wah, pro". If you haven't watched it, do. The Joker backstabbed every single one of his robber-buddies by manipulating them into backstabbing each other, and finally betraying the guy who thought he was the joker's right hand man by putting a bullet into his brain. He made off with all the loot (I'm not sure if Batman stopped him). This is pure genius. Another example could be a book by Terry Pratchett, Going Postal. Sorry for my unsupportiveness of the Yellow Ribbon Project, but I don't like all these mass-crime committing people.
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The victim [ offender ] might suffer intense psychological torture after knowing that he/she is going to be executed." You think a man without a conscience feels that kind of psychological torture?
"This sadism, and 'reverse happiness' might have future negative effects and cause psychotic traits in some, especially if the family member/close friend has been deeply grieved about the murder of the said family member." Of course. He'll never be the same again, especially after the death of a really really really really really loved one.
This concludes my horrendously long post. Some of you may deem it TLDR, but yeah, that's what I think. At least i didn't put it in Courier.
P.S. Why is our blog theme "The Bluely Feeling"?
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