what an irony! you guys still recall doing an english essay on the pros and cons of schools becoming co-ed? to think that we are actually bringing in those points into this situation. what an irony!
if beating DHS is all that we care about, well i think there would be no end to this 'competition'. it is a pretty obvious fact taht vs can not only do substantially well in the academics but also excel in the various ccas. after beating dhs, who can we beat? ri? rgs? chs? sji? and after becoming the top school eventually in singapore, who can we challenge? regional schools? international schools? there is no end to such competition.
it is meaningless to thus talk about how becoming co-ed allows vs to rise up the rankings. we are basically arguing over something so simple. such an action will only bring about short term effects? what about long term?
what about our 129 years of fine tradition of being an all-boys school. and for that matter, the only government all- boys school? where is the pride that victorians have? its disappointing to know that old victorians could possible have fueled such ideas into actions. it only goes to show that we take pride in this instituition only when it is going through the good times. but what about times such as these? do we go co-ed at the expense of our rich tradition and culture? it has taken literally hundreds of batches of boys to bring us thus far. doing such things will only nullify all the efforts of the old victorians.
once a victorian, always a victorian. i wonder who will find pride in this school if the proposal was accepted, knowing the vs that we once knew is never the same again.
if the proposal is accepted, let us wait another 129 years for the new batches of students to realise that whatever they've done is equivalent to zero.
then they'll know and finally understand what the 129 years of past batches are feeling now.
NIL SINE LABORE
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