Sunday, November 16, 2003
In defence of the RGS girl...
On Friday, at the top corner of the Life! section of the local newspaper, runs a suspiciously subtle "anti-RGS" teaser for a Sunday Lifestyle column. Today, I flip furiously looking for that particular column and discover it to be no longer than a quarterpage, plunked disrespectfully at the bottom of a page, located off-centre and generally being rather unnoticeble. Nonetheless, the damage has been done.
"Less marriageble", "assertive" and "competitive by nature" were just of the few traits that the columnist, herself an alumni of the school, brought to light. It was in the context of not sending her "hypothetical" daughters to the same school she came from. In comparison, Methodist Girls are "gentler" and "more feminine", while Singapore Chinese Girls "marry well".
Having met alumni from all three schools, I will admit that I still like Rafflesians best. GEPpers aside, those hailing from RGS have struck me as making their "less marriageble" traits the very thing that makes them attractive and appealing. I believe that the ideal mate is someone who would challenge me (but not to the point of contadicting me 99.9% of a time) and be there for me in whatever I do. I might feel threatened by her successes, no doubt, but in the end, one can only be proud of achievements. And I will always be proud of whoever I marry.
Anyway, you can find the article here. I want to hear starfish's comments.
On Friday, at the top corner of the Life! section of the local newspaper, runs a suspiciously subtle "anti-RGS" teaser for a Sunday Lifestyle column. Today, I flip furiously looking for that particular column and discover it to be no longer than a quarterpage, plunked disrespectfully at the bottom of a page, located off-centre and generally being rather unnoticeble. Nonetheless, the damage has been done.
"Less marriageble", "assertive" and "competitive by nature" were just of the few traits that the columnist, herself an alumni of the school, brought to light. It was in the context of not sending her "hypothetical" daughters to the same school she came from. In comparison, Methodist Girls are "gentler" and "more feminine", while Singapore Chinese Girls "marry well".
Having met alumni from all three schools, I will admit that I still like Rafflesians best. GEPpers aside, those hailing from RGS have struck me as making their "less marriageble" traits the very thing that makes them attractive and appealing. I believe that the ideal mate is someone who would challenge me (but not to the point of contadicting me 99.9% of a time) and be there for me in whatever I do. I might feel threatened by her successes, no doubt, but in the end, one can only be proud of achievements. And I will always be proud of whoever I marry.
Anyway, you can find the article here. I want to hear starfish's comments.
