Tuesday, November 27, 2007

STOP the abuse.


Terror, sadness, fears, and tears. STOP the abuse of children.

I'm not talking about physical abuse. I'm talking about something much more inconspicuous but equally sinister. I'm talking about psychological abuse. The unholy massacre of childhood. To take away something so pure and innocent in my opinion is an unforgivable sin (BURN! BABY, BURN!).

I was trudging my way through the day (as i always do) when i came across a randomly selected article off the 'Net. It was written (seemingly) anonymously, signed of as "A Concerned Parent" and was entitled "Don't Rob Kids of Their Childhood". Appalling stuff.

How developed a society do we consider ourselves when our children (not the 25-year old buffaloes still staying at home, but the younger ones) start doing the Singaporean thing and begin to practice ritual suicide to atone for their 'sins' ('sins' being falling 0.00017% short of a 101%). Let me explain how this absurdity began...

UPSR results came out not too long ago. UPSR. Ujian Peperiksaan Sekolah Rendah. 12 years old? Is that about right? A little girl who had collected her results and fell short of 5As had hung herself. That took a while to sink in. My condolences, sympathies, thoughts and prayers are with her soul and her family. This is the sort of shite that can make a grown man cry. Another innocent life snuffed out. Why? Because they were jaded with their situation, to the point where they felt that there was no other way out, no salvation, no options? At 12 years of age? What i want to know is, who the hell is responsible for this?

Take a look around. Its the parent themselves. In this post-modern meritocratic world we live in, we are becoming more and more result oriented. Parents think that they are doing the best for their kids, but in fact, they're actually doing whats best for THEMSELVES.
"My son got straight A's. Oh, yours didn't? Nevermind-lah, can always try again next time what?"

We're all so entangled in this huge web of illusions that many of us are stuck. Even if the light is a step away, we can't seem to bring ourselves to go towards it. We just stay in the dark and feel embittered that we were not in the Light in the first place. But while this complex becomes increasingly complex with age, children today are suffering from the same complexes with equal intensity, but not the maturity to handle it adequately. So they resort to something...else.

When i was 12, i wanted to go out for a run-about, get new toys, make new friends (Ok, the last one was a lie. I had no friends when was i was small, and Christmas trees were tall. And i still don't). What i didnt want at the time was, shitting myself silly, worrying about some dumb results from a defective education system. Our education system is like, a blind man telling you how good you look. Anyways, many children out there, spend so much time doing something they don't like, i.e. studying, but they do it anyway! These children want to try their best, to achieve the best and to make their parents proud of them.

What do they get in return? Angry parents who refuse to go to their graduation ceremonies. Angry parents who shout at their children in front of everyone else telling them how stupid or useless they are. Parents who punish their children by confiscating their games or toys. Anger, anger, anger. This isn't the World Cup for Pete's sake (who's Pete anyway? I never figured that one out..). Its only children. Why can't we just let children BE children.

For the love of freedom and innocence, lets just think about the kids, man, THINK ABOUT THE KIDS!

....and crucify the parents.

As a future parent, i don't quite fancy taking a bath in the B L O O D of my young 'uns. Anyways, i'm not Singaporean. Whatever that means. Probably means a "whale's vagina". Probably not. But maybe, just maybe...

1 comment:

Hinky Pinky is back! said...

hehe...my cute cute friend! So many words...I lazy to read! will read next time! lol