I don't like this system of meritocracy; I don't like how it makes us all blind to the humanity.
"Congrats you're in NUS, and congrats for getting to stay in hall cos you have enough hall points.
F*ck you ITE students you didn't do enough to come here so you'll suffer, and f*ck you whoever-doesn't-have-enough-points you didn't do enough for you to stay so please leave"
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Yes, meritocracy sucks; and yes, it was meritocracy that brought me here where I am today; and yes, I don't think there's a better system.
No, ITE students are not to be blamed; and no, it's not your fault you don't have enough points to stay. Or maybe you do, but the root problem lies in the system; there're bound to be winners and losers in this system, no matter how hard all of us try.
And there's nothing wrong with being on the losing end, really. But I hate it, when the winners blame everything on the losers as though we have never tasted defeat before.
And yes, the sad truth about Singapore today, and especially true among my groups of friends here in NUS, is that we have rarely lost... We are too used to be the winner that we don't see why the losers lose. Forget that we are naturally endowed with the undeserved; forget that we are the more-fortunate; forget that it's not a level playing field...
In the eyes of the winners, losers are just what they are: losers; never a fellow human being.
And this is true anywhere, and everywhere......
