AANF (acronyms are no fun)
What's with the acronyms.... We have SEM, WITS, LEAPS, PRIME, CIP, CDP, HRC, SAIL, ACES, ESSS, TRAISI, EPMS, TLLM, TSLN, VITAL, IP, SPA, SOW, SIO, PSLE, CCA, NE, ETD, CPDD, PDCM, COMPASS, CRAP.....
What do they mean or represent?? Frankly speaking, there are so many that I doubt any Jedis can remember.....but seriously, some of them can really be so forced that you just don't understand how lame it can be.. Take ACES day for example.... for 4 years I've always known ACES day as the day when the whole of Simpleville does some workout or something.... Never bothered to find out what ACES mean.... Just realised recently that it stands for All Children Exercise Simultaneously... Duh... if that's the case.. why are the Jedis exercising??? ... hmmm think I shall boycott ACES day next year... unless someone realises the mistake and changes it to EMES (Everyone Must Exercise Simultaneously) day.
Currently doing the HRC... What's HRC? Nope, it's not Hard Rock Cafe. It's a Holistic Report Card where Jedis comment on the young padewans on their behaviour and progress whilst in training. The only condition is that it must only be positive remarks in order not to damage the child's future.
Hence, for a big bully like Tan Ah Meng... his comments would most probably go something like this:
Ah Meng is a charismatic padewan who has the ability to motivate his peers into doing things that they wouldn't normally do.
For Lord L who sleeps in class and ignores his Master when he gets scolded... his comments are as such:
Lord L is able to maintain poise under stressful situations. He is always calm and composed, (meaning sedated) and has this ability to remain focused in his meditation.
For XYZ who always talks and disrupts lessons, his comments would go something like this:
XYZ is an outspoken pupil who contributes actively during class discussions. He is able to share his ideas so readily that had he been a regular participant at the Speaker Corner in Hong Lim Park, the corner wouldn't have died a natural death. (or something to that effect....)
So what's HRC again????? Hardly Realistic Comments. Yup... that's more like it.
The question is why is our society so protective of the young padewans? Why can't we reflect how they really behave? ..... "cos we don't want to write negative remarks which might be detrimental to the kids' future. " "we must present the best and bring out the best in the young ones."
But seriously, who would read the comments in the future? Which employer would judge or hire a person by reading such comments if practically everyone's comments sounds so good? Wouldn't we also present a distorted picture of the child to their parents who think their precious ones are angels in the Villes? Just give the young padewans a wholesome image and everything's gonna be alright. Seems like everything's for show only...
But who are we to question what we do? Who are we to challenge the ACRONMYS... I can just rant about it over here and perhaps declare the month of September a IHDHRC (I Hate Doing H R C) month. Nothing more... That's life... Accept things as it is.. Nothing more, nothing less.
So without further ado.. I shall humbly retreat to continue typing the HRC for my young padewans before the due date... and package them as amazingly outstanding padewans so that they may have a brighter future and that their parents be happy and merry.
Meanwhile, here's a few more acronyms for y'all ............................. LWKUA, QPG, KRP, LPR, BP, LP, ALLL, BWU, SP, JTOM, IBT, IBLU, LM, LUA............
Labels: Teacher to the last
posted by Master Cartwheeler @ 11:25 PM
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