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Sunday, August 20, 2006University Grads = Experts
I was just casually commenting that I'm surprise that LHL knew about blogs and Internet when my young brother said, "because he is the expert". I rebuked his words, saying that politicians need not equal to experts. He shot me down with this: "You are not an expert either, university = experts".
To tell you the truth, his words hurt. I wanted to fly into a rage there and then but I held back. It is the truth and the truth hurts. This is not a new thinking, nor a revelation of some sort.
It doesn't fail to haunt me nor give me a break. This failure of mine. Failed to get into University. Every time someone got to know that I went polytechnic after I failed to go to a Singapore University here, they’ll somehow say the same thing "Oh, won't you be wasting two years of your life? Will you be going to a University after your poly education?" I felt as if I’m branded a failure, so early in my life. I can't imagine the social stigma my brother will face in the future.
It is true that people perceive that University graduates are better. If not why the difference in pay? Why the difference in rank at work?
If I had that money, I will go to an oversea University with my grades. I didn't fail my A Levels and there are people with worst grades than me but studying overseas. But they have money, I didn't. My dad didn't want me to go to a private University either because he felt that it is much more expensive and less established.
It made me sad. Because I can feel the struggles I will have to make in the future, just to prove my worth that are not stated in my paper qualifications. Perhaps I'll venture oversea in the future, to look for a society who will accept me.
Perhaps there is no such place out there after all.
