hrmm... orientation has started :)..
yeah.. it's all fun and stuff, but besides the occasional rebel, there was one comment from the juniors that piqued(woohoo, BIG WORD) my attention:P
umm... i believe she said that upon being approached to crack an egg on her head, she said that she "had self-respect" and thus didn't want to be dirtied and so proceeded to refuse the offer of having and egg on her head... heheh, amazing how i'm able to make ragging seem so nice;P...
anywayz, i'm of the opinion that ragging DOES serve a purpose and IS good for the juniors...
here's why i think that is ISN'T degrading, and IS beneficial... tell me what u think...
Does refusing to get dirty show you have self-respect? do garbage collector's have self respect? if anything in orientation would show you don't have any self-respect i would think it would be all the vulgarity and coarse language in the cheers you have to shout out to the whole of IMU to hear that would be "degrading" or that shows you don't have any "self-respect"... as it is, most if not all of the juniors are willing to put up with all the vulgarity but the (IMHO)spoilt few aren't willing to put up with the getting dirty part.
if anything, refusing to get dirty shows more about YOU(jr.) then about US(sr.)..
1. you DON'T have a sense of humour.. what, you don't find getting dirty fun? go live in an air-conditioned box...
2. you are a SPOILT brat who doesn't know how to roll up your sleeves and go thru suffering wif a smile on your face... which if you don't know how to do, i seriously advise you to quit studying medicine or whatever it is you're studying and learn more about real life... real life serves up ppl who REALLY want to put your face in the mud and step on it, while we seniors are merely presenting a "physical metaphor" of what you're gonna get for the rest of your life from ppl around you, ppl close to you, and ppl whom you don't know...
3. you DON'T know how to be a friend... your frens all around you are "suffering"(since you view it as such) and yet you aren't willing to help support them and "suffer" along with them...
hmm... that's all i can think of... it makes perfect sense to me, but i fear it could be because i'm standing on the other side of the fence...
anyone on the junior side(way down below there looking up on us hi n mighty seniors:P) care to "enlighten" on why ragging is bad?
2 comments:
Aiyar...cracking an egg on the head also call ragging ar...that's so lame :P
Anyway, just becos ppl will treat us like dirt doesn't mean we 'teach' others about that hard facts of life. The thing is, one should try to make IMU a better place to learn, rather than reinforce the mentality that ppl are out there to get you...don't you think.
Sometimes we go through shit in church to...does that mean we 'rag' new believers?
i would say it serves a purpose.
more of to humble them and take away their pride, as you know how juniors can think they are 'bigger' than the seniors.
william...
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