St Michael School ... the journey gonna ends soon Thursday, October 12, 2006
The predicament certainly was not forthcoming but that's the reality. SMS gonna be just another closing chapter in the history book. It's hard to take morever like me who studied more than 10 years back in the mid 70's. Ironically , the principal himself used to be my classmate back then. I knew all along that he was striving so hard indeed to ensure that they keep afloat in the face of adversity but with such small numbers of students at disposal who could blame him. During the 80's it was normal to cramp 50 plus students in a room. But these days with so many schools mushrooming it's almost impossible to attract new students let alone improving or investing in the school facilities.
My personal contribution to the school during the golden jubilee anniversary in 2005 was certainly will be my last one. Such a pity that the teachers will be retrenched in the process. I know that some of them were in the business for ages so they might be the ones that most pyschologically impacted. The senior master, Michael Nayagam in particular joined when I was still at the school and 25 years service is a testament of his loyalty to the school. Not easy to get such a committed person and my sympathy to him. He must be thoroughly upset to learn such abrupt decision to close down.
Nothing much we can do tho'. Just hope that they will move forward, realign their career to the good and deep inside our hearts we'll certainly cherish those good memories.
posted by m o g L i e @ 10:22:00 pm,
2 Comments:
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At Monday, October 16, 2006 10:27:00 am,
anakbrunei said...
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Hey buddy, nice to see your blog. Yes its sad about St Micheals ah. I was there for a few years until primary 2 kali. Perhaps they should have gotten their prestigious alumni like the Minister of Foreign Affairs II to be on the board, so they can get subtantial contributions from the big guns like QAF, QESS, SKSWood etc... *sigh* Yet another seria institution bites the dust...
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At Monday, October 16, 2006 6:05:00 pm,
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Thanks for dropping in. You're quite right pal. Today's world is run by virtue of it's financial clout. You need to be "smart" to be able to survive ... that's the unwritten rule to follow. Hard to take but life has to go on.
