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The old saying, "boys will be boys".....
To illustrate the point of the state of todya's youth:extract from today's Shit Times, Tuesday September 29, 2009 page B1 (Part B) title , Pagent organiser: We didn't know...from Miss Low "Asked why she did not come clean about her conviction from the start, she replied: "It's still a record, but it's not as though it's that big...I was given a second chance to change".. ( you mean to lie again).
The point is, what are the younger ones today becoming? these are the future of the country???...
They have no moral values, parents no time for time for them, schools do not teaches values...playing pranks, stealing, smoking..are NORMAL.
We are rotting to the core..from the top of the pile, where no one wants to admit or pay for mistakes..and like Ris Low remarked " "It's still a record, but it's not as though it's that big...I was given a second chance to change"
ROTTING TO THE CORE!!
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Cushion flies out bus window
Schoolboy prank disrupts service, delays 40 passengers. -TNP
Tue, Sep 29, 2009
The New Paper
By Hedy Khoo
THIS was one 13-year-old schoolboy's idea of fun: Open the emergency exit window on the upper deck of a moving double-decker bus and fling out a seat cushion.
Fortunately, nobody was injured by his thoughtless act of mischief, but it disrupted the bus service and 40 passengers had to be transferred to another bus.
The incident took place on 16 Sep.
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Said bus driver Teong Hong Wang, 33, of SBS Bus service No 62: 'This is not just vandalism, what if the cushion had hit someone?'
The PVC cushion seat is about 50cm long by 40cm wide and weighs almost 1kg.
Mr Teong, speaking in Mandarin, said a group of 11 teenagers in school uniform boarded the bus at about 1.30pm along Sengkang East Drive.
Bus No 62 is a loop service which goes from Punggol Bus Interchange to Lorong 1 Geylang.
The students had moved to the back of the upper deck, but Mr Teong could hear them talking and laughing loudly from his seat.
He continued the journey, but 10 minutes later, an indicator light on his console lit up, alerting him that the upper deck emergency exit window had been opened.
He pulled up at the next bus-stop and went to the upper deck to check.
The students had occupied the entire row of seats at the rear, including several of the twin seats.
The emergency window was closed and the latch secured, but he noticed that the bus service number plate displayed at the window was missing.
Said Mr Teong: 'It was there when I started my shift. I asked the students if they knew what happened to the number plate, but they ignored me and kept quiet.'
He then alighted and walked to the back of the bus. 'I wanted to make sure there was nothing wrong,' he explained.
But to his shock, he saw a bus seat cushion on the ground.
He said: 'I was quite upset. Some school children can be quite mischievous and rowdy but removing a seat cushion and throwing it out from the upper deck is crossing the line.'
Mr Teong quickly contacted the SBS' operations control centre to report the matter. The centre also informed the police, who arrived on the scene.
Police confirmed the incident and said they are looking into the matter.
Recalled Mr Teong: 'Some of the adult passengers were annoyed as they were going to be late for their afternoon shift.'
Ms Tammy Tan, the vice-president of corporate communications at SBS Transit, said: 'We do not condone this act of vandalism on board our buses. Not only is it inconsiderate, it is also a reckless and dangerous act to other road users.
'The repercussions could have been severe if the cushion had hit pedestrians or motorists. We have since alerted the school of the matter.'
When contacted, a spokesman for the school said it had conducted its own investigations and a Secondary1 student had admitted that he had thrown out the seat cushion.
The school requested not to be named and did not want to reveal the student's identity as he had expressed remorse for his act of mischief, and that it would like to give him a chance to repent.
The student does not have a prior record of misbehaving.
The spokesman said: 'He was questioned and reprimanded by the discipline master and made to reflect upon his actions. It was made clear to him that his act of mischief could have injured someone.'
Cried
The spokesman said that the student regretted his actions and even cried.
'He understands that what he did was wrong. We also told him to inform his parents and he did,' the spokesman said.
'Both his parents came to see us and apologised for their son's behaviour. The student will be writing a letter of apology to SBS Transit. His father will be taking him to apologise to the bus captain in person as well.'
The school said it has also made arrangements for the student to meet with a counsellor.
When told of the action taken by the school, MrTeong said he hoped the incident would send out a message to warn other school children not to vandalise buses and engage in reckless behaviour for their own safety as well as for others.
'A student in uniform represents his school. If he misbehaves in public, it reflects badly on the school and this is unfair to other students who behave themselves,' he added.
This article was first published in The New Paper.
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To illustrate the point of the state of todya's youth:extract from today's Shit Times, Tuesday September 29, 2009 page B1 (Part B) title , Pagent organiser: We didn't know...from Miss Low "Asked why she did not come clean about her conviction from the start, she replied: "It's still a record, but it's not as though it's that big...I was given a second chance to change".. ( you mean to lie again).
The point is, what are the younger ones today becoming? these are the future of the country???...
They have no moral values, parents no time for time for them, schools do not teaches values...playing pranks, stealing, smoking..are NORMAL.
We are rotting to the core..from the top of the pile, where no one wants to admit or pay for mistakes..and like Ris Low remarked " "It's still a record, but it's not as though it's that big...I was given a second chance to change"
ROTTING TO THE CORE!!
=======================================================
Cushion flies out bus window
Schoolboy prank disrupts service, delays 40 passengers. -TNP
Tue, Sep 29, 2009
The New Paper
By Hedy Khoo
THIS was one 13-year-old schoolboy's idea of fun: Open the emergency exit window on the upper deck of a moving double-decker bus and fling out a seat cushion.
Fortunately, nobody was injured by his thoughtless act of mischief, but it disrupted the bus service and 40 passengers had to be transferred to another bus.
The incident took place on 16 Sep.
Related links:
» NTU students pull prank on bus-driver
» Teens at gravesite just 'childish morons'
» Students, behave!
Said bus driver Teong Hong Wang, 33, of SBS Bus service No 62: 'This is not just vandalism, what if the cushion had hit someone?'
The PVC cushion seat is about 50cm long by 40cm wide and weighs almost 1kg.
Mr Teong, speaking in Mandarin, said a group of 11 teenagers in school uniform boarded the bus at about 1.30pm along Sengkang East Drive.
Bus No 62 is a loop service which goes from Punggol Bus Interchange to Lorong 1 Geylang.
The students had moved to the back of the upper deck, but Mr Teong could hear them talking and laughing loudly from his seat.
He continued the journey, but 10 minutes later, an indicator light on his console lit up, alerting him that the upper deck emergency exit window had been opened.
He pulled up at the next bus-stop and went to the upper deck to check.
The students had occupied the entire row of seats at the rear, including several of the twin seats.
The emergency window was closed and the latch secured, but he noticed that the bus service number plate displayed at the window was missing.
Said Mr Teong: 'It was there when I started my shift. I asked the students if they knew what happened to the number plate, but they ignored me and kept quiet.'
He then alighted and walked to the back of the bus. 'I wanted to make sure there was nothing wrong,' he explained.
But to his shock, he saw a bus seat cushion on the ground.
He said: 'I was quite upset. Some school children can be quite mischievous and rowdy but removing a seat cushion and throwing it out from the upper deck is crossing the line.'
Mr Teong quickly contacted the SBS' operations control centre to report the matter. The centre also informed the police, who arrived on the scene.
Police confirmed the incident and said they are looking into the matter.
Recalled Mr Teong: 'Some of the adult passengers were annoyed as they were going to be late for their afternoon shift.'
Ms Tammy Tan, the vice-president of corporate communications at SBS Transit, said: 'We do not condone this act of vandalism on board our buses. Not only is it inconsiderate, it is also a reckless and dangerous act to other road users.
'The repercussions could have been severe if the cushion had hit pedestrians or motorists. We have since alerted the school of the matter.'
When contacted, a spokesman for the school said it had conducted its own investigations and a Secondary1 student had admitted that he had thrown out the seat cushion.
The school requested not to be named and did not want to reveal the student's identity as he had expressed remorse for his act of mischief, and that it would like to give him a chance to repent.
The student does not have a prior record of misbehaving.
The spokesman said: 'He was questioned and reprimanded by the discipline master and made to reflect upon his actions. It was made clear to him that his act of mischief could have injured someone.'
Cried
The spokesman said that the student regretted his actions and even cried.
'He understands that what he did was wrong. We also told him to inform his parents and he did,' the spokesman said.
'Both his parents came to see us and apologised for their son's behaviour. The student will be writing a letter of apology to SBS Transit. His father will be taking him to apologise to the bus captain in person as well.'
The school said it has also made arrangements for the student to meet with a counsellor.
When told of the action taken by the school, MrTeong said he hoped the incident would send out a message to warn other school children not to vandalise buses and engage in reckless behaviour for their own safety as well as for others.
'A student in uniform represents his school. If he misbehaves in public, it reflects badly on the school and this is unfair to other students who behave themselves,' he added.
This article was first published in The New Paper.
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