Youth Avenue and the minister

Youths in Singapore are damn fortunate,and I don't mean only having material needs fulfilled to a large extent.They also have a government who's willing to listen to them.actually Youth Avenue is something that would be an example for further bridging of gap between JC,Poly and ITE ppl


background check 1:JC:there are 2 worlds.top 5,AC,AJ and SA have a world unto themselves.er actually it's the latter 3 circling as comets.the rest are in another orbit
Poly:5 'continents' in a single 'world'
ITE:another world.this time round it's distant to the JC orbit


background check 2:Youth Avenue are concieved by some RJC Pre-U-Sem participants(fyi,PUS is some super prestigious thingy that normal mortals in JC don't get a grand chance,not even if your dad is some minister.entry's by nomination only).Poly and ITE do have their own forum.but having these 3 coming together for some groundbreaking thingy is something unpredecented in our stratified society


well...if you want to do such a thing,do it well.hands on,minds on,hearts on.even if you crash the opening ceremony at RJC(this is becuz dear old AJC didn't send anyone.they all had Delta shite).In fact I used to be as narrow-minded as most JC students,but the presentation of the ITE councillor just made me rethink how important is the cohesion.the segregation is such that some JC students think that poly and ITE students are inferior.but that's based on how you define success.luckily someone had the initative to start the ball rolling(although it should be done long ago),it's better late than never.in fact that's another segment of our war against terrorism.because unhappy youths are actually responsible for all the hardship in the world,be it thru ethnic cleansing(Rwanda and Slobo),riots(Paris) or bombs(London and Madrid).the first thing to help youths is to polish and ensure coherence between different type of talents.


looks like the ability to be able to interact well with different groups are key to being an MP.even if you're an IP student or a straight A king from Raffles.but let's not forget the bottom strata who would be the most frustrated and forgotten.as always the government would do well to assist in student initiated projects promoting cohesion,as is expected of youths(i mean the latter)


actually the q&a session's quite a nice one to watch,especially with a minister.particularly about gaps to bridge with SAP students,madrasahs and all the mission schools...offers an insight other than JC,Poly,ITE...and more importantly,between students of differing streams(i.e:start early).that's because in most schools(those with normal stream) express stream students tacitly tolerate normal stream people(from a few ITE people they said they were disadvantaged when they wanna stand for council) and SAP schools,and the brand names all are in another world...and hardly interacts with neighbourhood school students,let alone show any empathy


finally,to end this off...i didn't expect to see germ 2 and geri.in fact geri was the one i remembered more from rmun...good to see them and holla


at the end RJC and ITE students got to talk to Vivian Balakrishnan,Minister for Community,Youth and Sports during the reception,and I got into the act too.even got to take a photo with him.I shall post it in here later,to let all shellshocked AJCians see.My sis allegedly calls him the most handsome Cabinet Minister right now.and who would wanna pass up a rare chance of getting a signature of a Cabinet Minister


to all JC students:mugging is no excuse for not taking time out to show concern to people of different education background