Today I went to another school(other than my school of course) to try out the piano that we would be using for our 'O' level music practical exams. As this school is a Music Elective Programme(MEP) school, it is the exam centre for a few other non-MEP schools, so my new music teacher(the previous one went to NZ for further studies) requested for us to try out the exam piano. I must say that I was extremely surprised that the music teacher in the school agreed. Competition among schools is often extremely fierce, and the music teacher of that school was really nice to let us try out the exam venue. When we left, she was also very nice, telling us patiently which bus to take.
I cannot say the same of one pupil though. I admit that I am from Cedar Girls' Secondary School(so who's going to throw eggs at me?), and the pupils from my school and the pupils from the other school are not exactly on very good terms. I used to wonder why this was so. I once asked my senior, how come we hate that school so much, so much that at international competitions, we would rather support the teams that are not from Singapore than support that school? She replied that since they didn't like us, so we didn't like them too. Which I found a very unconvincing reason.
However, I finally realised why there was such an 'enemity' between the two schools. I was waiting at the front porch/foyer/whatever-you-call-it of the school to be cleared by the security guard so that we could enter. That's when I saw a girl sitting down, with a green cast on her left foot. The cast was scribbled all over with words and I found myself thinking why people often like to write things on casts. That's when I heard her say, very clearly, to her friend: "Oh, Cedar?? Aiyah, all the students are all stupid lah!!" If someone said that about your school, what would you think??
Most importantly, no one in Cedar says, "Oh, school X?? All the students are all stupid!" At least we have a lot more manners.
