This STOMP report is about three Hwa Chong students being captured by the public eating ice-cream on the bus. From the comments, there are two main sides of looking at this case.
The first perspective would be that from the STOMPer's point of view, that students' from elite schools can't even show proper discipline in public, and are only "nerds" to them. I find that this point of view is a very biased one, as it might be the viewpoint of members of public who detests these students from elite schools. This can be evident from their repeated usage of the term "nerds", which is an impolite term used to describe people who only studies and does nothing else. These type of thinking is more prone to people who are unable to view things in the larger scale. When students from neighbourhood do such a thing, would they blow up the matter? Why is it such that the actions of pupils from elite schools "deserves more attention" from the public?
The second perspective, which I believe is a fairer view of issue, is that students in Singapore are not disciplined enough to follow rules. However, I still feel that this mindset should be instilled into the people, as it is only the minority of the population who are ruining the reputation of the country. When one commits something wrong, such as eating in the bus, the issue is immediately blown up and pictures and information are released onto the World Wide Web. When doing so, wouldn't the STOMPer, in this case a Singaporean, be ruining the reputation of his/her own country? Why is it such that only negative images are portrayed and showed to the members of the public, and not the helpful, the understanding and caring side of our citizens?
I find that blowing this case up by putting it onto the World Wide Web is a bad move. The STOMPer should just have informed the school of this misbehavior outside school compound and let them handle the issue behind closed gates. In fact, I think that the whole set-up of STOMP was a big mistake. NS men having maids carry bag packs, students kissing explicitly in neighbourhood parks, China hawkers attacking patrons for taking extra ikan bilis; is it really a necessity to have all of these undesirable news to be placed online for everyone around the globe to view? What would their impression of us be? Thus, I believe that usage of this online platform, STOMP, which only gossips and does harm for our reputation as a Singaporean, should be highly discouraged.
*No stand is taken in the issue of the Hwa Chong STOMP case here to avoid undesirable comments.*
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