Donations
The joys of working late shift: I do not have to rush through breakfast, and I get to read the newspaper before going to work.
Saw some comments regarding NUS alumni not donating to help needy students in NUS pay their school fees. My first confession: I have not been following the issue, but from what I read between the lines apparently some dork from the alumni must have made the suggestion that the government should dole out monetary help. My second confession: I am one of those alumni who have not made any donation. Although I do not think asking the alumni for donations is a good solution, but to ask the government to step in is worse. It is such a typical Singaporean solution; just past the buck to the government.
Can Singaporeans just face it, if they do not have the money then they do not have the university education? The society does not owe those less fortunate a university education. It is good if there are people willing to donate money to help, but it is ludicrous to blame others if there is no donation. It is so easy to wallow in self-pity and play the blame game instead of thinking of ways to pay for the education. Nobody is saying you have to enter university at 19 years old for females and 21 years old for males. Delay the education, work 2-3 years, save up part of the education fees and consider taking a bank loan for the remainder. Is this not a plausible solution?
I am not about to make any excuses as to why I do not donate money. I do not feel proud of being an NUS alumni and I simply refuse to part with my hard-earned money in this manner. I much rather donate to charitable organizations dealing with care of children. Children do not have the means to work or fend for themselves and they genuinely need generous donations from the society. If you have limited resources to help the needy, consider helping the children.
Yamosh felt frustrated @ 11:50 PM
3 Comments:
Seriously, I am not proud of the fact that I am an NUS Alumni too. No doubt I can't really blame NUS for everything since I tend to be a loner. However the few times I had to deal with the administration gave me a real bad impression. I had to deal with everything myself; information was hard to get and it's actually much easier to go around asking other students about what to do than to ask the office. Basically, it's sink or swim, the sea is here, just pay an entrance fee to be pushed in.
Would I bother donating? NO. Firstly, I am almost a low-wage worker. Secondly, I'd rather save my money towards getting my own roof over my head (sigh, can only aim for a simple roof). Lastly, I agree with you that there are more deserving charity candidates. True, education is very important. But it's more important for people who have difficulty getting food / shelter to have a basic education.
Couldn't agree more. I still recall NUS failed to mail out the letter requesting me to turn up for matriculation as well as to confirm my course acceptance. Only heard abt it from other JC classmates also going to NUS.
Went down asking them for my documents, took some time rummaging somewhere and then they came out with my documents in an unsealed envelope, meaning they do not even intend to mail out and the due date for matriculation was in 3 days' time.
I really wonder how many students they have ruined in this manner. NUS is nothing but a self-professed world class university.
Hah! and I'm going there later today as my boss is giving a entrepreneurship talk...
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