Through Gerwyn's Eyes #25 - Life .

 

Through Gerwyn's Eyes #25

Life .

 

 

This post is dedicated to all the teenagers out there in this generation .

 

 

Are you as tired of life as I am ?

Thinking what have you REALLY done to your life ?

Let me show you the things that have GONE WRONG in our generation .

 

Look around .

Social Media ?

Maybe things have " toned down " now , but can you really forget the things that our generation has done ?

 

How many of us are smoking right now ?

How many of us dropped out of school ?

How many of us are involved in gangs ?

How many of us are wishing we didn't have school , exams , tests ?

How many of us thought that this is the life we wanted ?

 

 



Tell me honestly , how many of us are actually " clean " ?

I mean , no " dirty " thoughts , no " indecent " behaviour ?

How many of us has NEVER insulted / criticised someone ?

How many of us can BALANCE social life & school ?

I'll tell you , we can't .

 

The people who score well are most likely people who don't socialise as much .

The people who socialise can't seem to score well .

But , ARE RESULTS THAT IMPORTANT ?

 

So what , you have straight As but you can't make friends .

So what , you have good results but don't know how to communicate .

Why are we draining ourselves for results , when we ourselves KNOW they are not going to bring us anywhere ?

 

Because this is the LIFE we were TOLD TO LIVE .

Parents say " Make me proud , get good grades for a good school . Then only will you get a good job . "

Teachers say " That's not good enough . Why do you still not understand ? "

School say " Take exams , tests . Stress yourself up . You'll learn how to work under pressure ! "

Society say " You're useless without a degree . "

 

I'll tell you something .

I'm TIRED of hearing these .

I'm also striving to get As , and it's ridiculous because , that is the only way to be " ACCEPTED " into this society .

 

Recently , I saw this video on Facebook that was sort of trending .

It uncovered that side of me , where our brains ACTUALLY work .

 

 

Why I Hate School But Love Education - Sulibreezy

 

 

Think .

All our lives .

Why do we even study for ?

STUDY -> GOOD GRADES -> GOOD SCHOOL -> GOOD JOB -> MONEY .

We FORGET the things we learn .

We MEMORISE for the sake of that exam / test .

We STUDY without knowing our PURPOSE .

 

What I'm just trying to say is .. I hope everyone in this generation can WAKE UP .

Listen to ourselves .

Smoking , gangs , other activities we SHOULDN'T be doing .

What are the REASONS ?

Can you HONESTLY tell me that they were NOT :

- Peer pressure ?

- Society ?

Please tell me why .

I think , that we resort to those activities because .. We don't understand life .

We want an escape .

 

I mean ..

Studies these days , have you realised how intense it has become ?

Maybe I'm a failure to you , but I'm tired of teachers saying ..

" You need to work harder , you have to . "

It just feels as though they think you didn't work hard enough .

BUT , you worked your ass off .

 

I'm NOT the only one who thinks ..

" If I study & I don't get good grades ; and even end up getting blamed for ' not working hard enough ' , why should I even bother to study since I get grades without studying ? "

 

I was in the MRT yesterday with my friend . We were thinking .

What if the poles of the MRT were cut ?

Can they even be cut ?

If they were cut , would the poles fall off / bend / retain its shape when someone uses it ?

You MAY know the answer . But I don't .

We tried to think off all the things we've learnt .

But , in actual fact , NOBODY TAUGHT US .

 

We were taught things like Pythagoras' Theorem , Properties of Circles , Trigonometry ..

WILL WE EVEN USE THEM ?

Tell me , would you ONE DAY use Pythagoras' Theorem to find the height of an escalator ?

I think you'll say I'm crazy .

Nobody ever wants to calculate that .

UNLESS you're an engineer .

 

But tell me , how many of us wants to be an engineer ?

Why can't we learn the things that we are INTERESTED in , or maybe PURSUING A CAREER in ?

I mean , most of the things we learn are JUST FOR EXAMS .

I'd rather we get to learn things that would HELP US IN LIFE .

 

I'm ranting a lot here , because I can't take this life much longer .

Money and grades , we're all working for these materialistic things .

People say Singaporeans should be happy .

But , we're NOT .

Simply because ..

We're studying for the sake of grades .

We get grades for the sake of work .

We work for the sake of money .

We get money for the sake of living .

 

All our lives .

We would just be EARNING TO KEEP US ALIVE .

This is NOT the life I want .

 

 

I Will Not Let An Exam Result Decide My Fate - Sulibreezy

 

 

I see YOUNG KIDS learning so much .

Musical instruments , abacus , dance lessons , singing lessons .

KIDS just want their childhood .

Why are they learning so much ?

To get ahead of others in society .

 

I have some health problems , caused by the stress we're facing .

That's the scary thing about society .

They affect you without you knowing it .

If you still don't know , I have bipolar ( also known as MANIC DEPRESSION ) .

Let's keep the rest of my health problems out .

But bipolar is scary .

Because I didn't know I had it as it's so similar to regular PMS .

 

If you've skipped the videos above , VIEW IT .

Listen to what he's saying .

This problem is no longer a national problem .

It's a GLOBAL problem .

 

There are things that I didn't type out ; because the videos said it all .

 

I'm NOT telling you to give up on studies .

I'm NOT telling you to drop out of school .

PLEASE .

Just remember that life is NOT based on results / your salary .