Sunday, February 05, 2006
Every now and then, I tend to study different perspectives of life and and perceived based on what I have learnt or known about issues that are happening in my life. Perhaps, many may say that what I have written might be wrong or what I have written has no meaning to you but it was what I perceive as.
I wonder that do anyone has aim in life? If they do, what they do in order to reach their aim? For instance, if you want to be a superstar in chinese music industry, you would have done a couple of things to reach your aim such as signing up for auctions in all types of competitions, getting vocal lessons with a well-known teacher, or even sent your own tapes to producers in various music companies. This is what you will do if your aim is to become a superstar. Do correct me if you get me wrong. Different people have different aims in life whether be it to become a superstar, a lawyer, an entreprenuer, a musician, an artist etc. Different aims will have different directions to follow and different directions will make you a different person from the other. However different your aims are, the types of qualities that you use in order to achieve may be the same. For instance, you will run the extra mile if your passion lies in running and become an atheletic, you will dream big and dream the impossible in the passion that you have undertaken. You will feel good about the things you do and thought maybe noone could beat you in that passion. You will perhaps be jealous of people who are better in that passion of yours. Everyone has that gift of doing something, however you must learn to cultivate that gift, be on the right path, nuture that gift and learn to find that gift that you have. Everyday, we learn to use a gift we have all the while. This gift is specially for you and you only and noone is able to take it away from it. Learn to use it well!
Anyway, on Friday, our vice principal announced that we had our own pioneer superstar, which is a good friend of a classmate of mine. It prompted me to ask a question. Is mainstream schools supporting musicians to develope their talents? I thought it was a good thing though as music is something we appreciate; it is a form of recreation. It is also a talent that is so unique that only certain people could master it. Personally, for me, I could not even carry a note, let alone sing a song. However, it prompt me to ask... is this one of the key areas that education want to niche in especially in a junior college context? Are schools now heavily advertising the need of a 'superstar' in the school? In my opinion, a junior college education is to provide the neccessary skills and knowledge to make us effective in going to an university. Of course, there is a music course in universities. However, the key point is this, are school emphasing musical talents or 'popularising' them? Take for example, superstar stuff and idol competition, do you see them going back to schools perhaps to get popularity in their alumni? Sometimes, do you ever wonder about the things that haven been going on and what are their motives behind it? Do you feel manipulated if for instance, your school has been advertising so and so and you should vote for them? I would certainly feel manipulated by these actions for instance, in a case whereby I was asked to take out my mobile phone to vote in to support so and so, I would feel manipulated that the outcome is not due to talents, rather it is the popularity. Perhaps, it is not for popularity, it might be a gratitude, or a showcase of their talent. Whatever it is, I certainly hope that whatever the school is emphasizing, it is for our own good and no unneccessary negativity is done to us.
I wonder that do anyone has aim in life? If they do, what they do in order to reach their aim? For instance, if you want to be a superstar in chinese music industry, you would have done a couple of things to reach your aim such as signing up for auctions in all types of competitions, getting vocal lessons with a well-known teacher, or even sent your own tapes to producers in various music companies. This is what you will do if your aim is to become a superstar. Do correct me if you get me wrong. Different people have different aims in life whether be it to become a superstar, a lawyer, an entreprenuer, a musician, an artist etc. Different aims will have different directions to follow and different directions will make you a different person from the other. However different your aims are, the types of qualities that you use in order to achieve may be the same. For instance, you will run the extra mile if your passion lies in running and become an atheletic, you will dream big and dream the impossible in the passion that you have undertaken. You will feel good about the things you do and thought maybe noone could beat you in that passion. You will perhaps be jealous of people who are better in that passion of yours. Everyone has that gift of doing something, however you must learn to cultivate that gift, be on the right path, nuture that gift and learn to find that gift that you have. Everyday, we learn to use a gift we have all the while. This gift is specially for you and you only and noone is able to take it away from it. Learn to use it well!
Anyway, on Friday, our vice principal announced that we had our own pioneer superstar, which is a good friend of a classmate of mine. It prompted me to ask a question. Is mainstream schools supporting musicians to develope their talents? I thought it was a good thing though as music is something we appreciate; it is a form of recreation. It is also a talent that is so unique that only certain people could master it. Personally, for me, I could not even carry a note, let alone sing a song. However, it prompt me to ask... is this one of the key areas that education want to niche in especially in a junior college context? Are schools now heavily advertising the need of a 'superstar' in the school? In my opinion, a junior college education is to provide the neccessary skills and knowledge to make us effective in going to an university. Of course, there is a music course in universities. However, the key point is this, are school emphasing musical talents or 'popularising' them? Take for example, superstar stuff and idol competition, do you see them going back to schools perhaps to get popularity in their alumni? Sometimes, do you ever wonder about the things that haven been going on and what are their motives behind it? Do you feel manipulated if for instance, your school has been advertising so and so and you should vote for them? I would certainly feel manipulated by these actions for instance, in a case whereby I was asked to take out my mobile phone to vote in to support so and so, I would feel manipulated that the outcome is not due to talents, rather it is the popularity. Perhaps, it is not for popularity, it might be a gratitude, or a showcase of their talent. Whatever it is, I certainly hope that whatever the school is emphasizing, it is for our own good and no unneccessary negativity is done to us.
what we could have been, 9:26 PM.
