Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Taking a break from Chem SIA! Managed to do it up at http://discover-jurongisland.blogspot.com. It's riveting, I'm sure (: Anyway, there's been a lot of hooha about school spirit of late, and I was reading something in Fascist Rock (Claire Tham, Singaporean ladayyy) that's pretty relevant and that I think captures the essence of the whole issue quite well (albeit with lashings of cynicism.) Nonetheless! :D

What really irritated her was the whole issue of college spirit, however. People seemed to think it was a magic word to galvanise a tardy college into action, and pupils sat around in groups earnestly discussing how they could chalk up the college spirit index. Suggested solutions: cheering sessions, false enthusiasm and a lot of talks about it by the school principal, who bore a striking resemblance to W. C. Fields. It was all play-acting, a big con-game designed to give a seething mass of pupildom some sense of legitimacy. Perhaps that was necessary. But she did wish somebody else besides the cynical, affluent, blase prats of the humanities classes would point out the fragility and essentially synthetic quality of the college spirit ruse.

Baha what do you think? Doesn't personify NY's situation per se but I think it's an interesting take (: And one that most people would secretly agree with too, judging from the marked lack of enthusiasm that I've seen in my peers with regards to cheering.

- school spirit?
by @ 10:03 PM