I wasn't able to head down personally to sign the petition at the Speaker's Corner this evening.
But I'm definitely happy that the response wasn't too bad, according to 杨君伟.
(http://blog.omy.sg/dannyyeo/archives/3160). I especially loved the words on the poster.
I'm sure if the event had more publicity, or if the time allocated was lengthened, more signatures would be garnered.
I sincerely hope that this "last line of defence" will not be broken. All these years, we've seen how our Mother Tongue was sidelined and de-emphasized. If it is to be given a less importance at the PSLE level, I'm pretty sure the erosion will be unprecedented.
Keep it at status quo, I say. Going (effectively) bilingual isn't easy of course. I admit effective bilinguals are of a rare few. Most people like us are "neither-here-nor-there". But at least it has had given us advantages over, say, our counterparts in other countries. We can survive in a Western and Eastern environment. We are uniquely Singaporean.
If we cut the weightage for PSLE, we'll be taking a major step BACKWARDS in the bilingual policy. It wasn't a perfect policy, but we shan't make it worse off.
I'm lazy to post an argumentative essay here now. Let's just see what is being announced on the press conference on Tuesday.
人生是黑白的.
11:29 PM <3
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