This is a painful cry from poor students of a school located on a small mountain in a small island to donate funds to their school. The poor students who pay 6000 odd dollars per year of school fees are studying in a classroom that is approximately 30 years old. The seats and tables in the classroom are "squeaking" out loud for help after seeing batches and batches of students who eventually graduated to contribute to the small island's economy. The seats and tables, when interviewed by a concerned student, expressed that in their close-to-break-point (known in engineering as 'yield point') states, they should be allowed to retire in glory and let new young lads take over their prestigious duty of serving future batches of young minds.
With increased emphasis on health and welfare in the society, experts in biomechanics and human posture are called in to examine the facilities of the school. The analysis results called for better positioned tables to be used in the classroom. The students in the school were reported to can't even sit up right to attend lectures because the tables are so low that they have to BEND forward to write on the table. Experts warn that prolonged usage of such facilities will result in long-term backaches and stiff necks. This is a design flaw of the facilities that turned up because the population on the island had grown 30cm in average height over the past 50 years. When the facilities were first set up, they were reported to have suited the students perfectly.
The poor students are also told that they will not be doing experiments in their school because the school does not have enough funds to give them the global standard education claimed in their promotion gimick. Some of the student who went to a local research institution to work, found out that students from other education systems have used all the equipments, that the poor students saw only for the first time in their lives, in THEIR own schools.
This is also an appeal for the potential donors to specify where they will like their money be spent on upon donating. This is to avoid money being spent on better looking fountains and more established glass buildings that students are not allowed to stay for prolonged periods of time. (You finish your business in the building and get out.)
disclaimer: The above passage is entirely fictional and should be read for your reading pleasure only. Should any of the mentioned persons or occurances relate to any persons, alive or dead, and occurances, it is purely conincidental.
1 comment:
tell me about it.. too bad we can't do a single thing about it! except complain of course :P
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