What lies after PE has made me learnt a few lessons. Important lessons that will help in the survival of society. In fact, I have discussed about it in my secondary school days with my friends. We all have seen it, felt it, or even participated in it. It is something scary yet no one dares questions it. POLITICS. Even t such young age where one might question the maturity of teenagers, politics has played a major role in our lives. Who gets the job and who doesn't? The deciding factor, more often then not, is non other than the politics that goes behind closed doors.

The event that took place after PE was non other than the heats of something that is going to happen on 18th of April. Even when it was a last minute notice as to the date and time of the heats which was just 20 minutes away after we were informed, we kinda got ourselves a few remaining classmates to participate. So in the end, it was Kang Li(poor girl), Ting Xu, Sheng Wei and ME. The other 2 guys thought there might be a chance of winning, depending on the opposing team. However, it was decided at the last minute(again) that girls of 07S309 and Daniel will join us. Despite the unfairness in the decision, that is not my main point. In fact, it is about the 2 teams that competed before us. S304 and S305. The thing that hapenned was this. S304, having a large and steady 'anchor' Felix, was bound to win as compared to the scrawny maybe a bit muscular guys in the latter class. And so it really happened to the first 2 rounds. The people were enjoying the short moment of victory until a fellow opponent spoke up. And who happens to be the 'fellow opponent' but the most prominent figure in the faculty which the students are participating in this reducdant heat to represent. And so the 'lackeys' of the faculty were told that some of the rules were broken and they have to rematch. And so they did, twice. We could see that S304 had given up despite their true strength was the real winner. For they have seen and understood the strength that can win all these was not muscles, but politics. Who would allow the prominent figure to lose to another team which relied on their abilities? Political strings were pulled, and thus so did the winning position. Such was the politics in the non-academic sector.

Another example, would be yet another very powerful organization that exists in all the tertiary education systems. Nominees as seen in Presidential Election were pulling votes from the student body. And hence it has shown that the student body has a part to play in deciding who makes the rules, enforce the rules and 'listen' to what we hace to say. Yet this is not the real deciding factor in making some people's dreams come true. To be exact, the dark underground actions were the ones that decided who gets to wear that simplistic badge that holds authority. As heard from the grapevine, there are some nominees who has not garnered enough votes to be accepted as an enforcer of the school rules. Yet because of his/her close and 'intellectural' ties with the few vital individuals who holds the last decision, they have climbed up the ladder towards success with no need for the votes of the student body. However, not all of the nominees depended on these external push to climb up step by step themselves. There were most that really worked their way into the student body's heart and touched us with their sincerity and promises. They were not neglected and with the support of the student body, the path towards their goals were paved. Even though there were some who couldn't climb up that ladder due to their attitude in the past that leads to the barrier that prevents them to do so.

And hence, this is the true yet ugly side in school that not many adults have seen. Due to the change in times, politics has moved towards the younger generation and is played as if it was a toy. However, this 'toy' has the deciding power in bringing success. The cost will be losing friends and your true self as the darkness of such underhand methods allures you deeper, and of course having more people like me critising you. In fact, these politics are just a smaller scale version of that that can be seen later in our lives. Having no mind to question big scale event that affects the entire country, I shall be like the other meek commoners who dare not speak up against the wrong actions done so by the one who holds the power.

Today, other than being very tired and having dosed off in lessons much more than all the years in my life, I have written the BORING essay which consists of my views of this disgusting thing that shall affect my life in the future. So have a fun time reading! Haha.

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