Blank Doll eats up.

Our teacher delivered a vitriol against the elitism of Raffles Junior College students again. You will know of course that I cannot possibly agree with her even if elitism can be taken to most distasteful extremes. I shall not bother to write an essay on this since I have vented my spleen on this particular issue on a number of occasions. All I can say is, it is the elitism of Raffles Junior College that confers such a cachet to its name.

You are simply stupid or intellectualy slovenly, or both, if you cannot distinguish complacency from elitism. I for one will admit to being too lazy to explain the difference to you since if you chance to ask me for the difference, then you clearly do not belong to one of us.

The fact is, the order of society depends on the basic assumption of inequality. This is the natural order of society, this is why we have always made an effort to counter this prejudice towards inequality. Inequality can take on many disturbingly barbaric forms of which are many but what we are talking here is an inequality that stems from the idea of meritocracy. Our forefathers who established this system of meritocracy founded it on the idea that because we, though all children of Singapore, are vested by Nature with different abilities and are not made equal. That the system seeks to sort the wheat from the chaff merely enables society to enrich itself with the fruits of its labour for those with the gift for leadership, I said for and not of since I do not believe that leadership is an inherent gift and that only certain preconditions may be present beforehand which makes a person a better candidate for the role of leader, may be tutored in the ways of governance and rule.

At Raffles Junior College, we take in some of the best of the youths of our generation. True, we are not all polite, courteous, marvellously creative or even very inspiring people. Indeed, we may be snobbish, spoilt, street stupid, frivolous and even harbour a phobia of public transport and ugly shoes. But it is at Raffles Junior College that we are polished, that we may develop into the guiding lights of Singapore and deliver the impoverished, the ignorant and the base from their despicable plight.

Our teacher then mentioned the fact that we as Rafflesians who are meant to be the leaders of Singapore cannot do so without knowing the people. Well, I know the people and they certainly are not very nice. Human nature is vile, those who are not given the gift of education even more so. What we seek then is to build the foundations of a society of culture, an island civilisation of grace, the very font of social virtue from which all may partake from. We build Singapore as an upwardly mobile society because we want a populace that dreams of better things. It is the people who care only for their little lives, to ekk out their petty livelihoods, these figures made of chaff, that we seek to discourage. Singapore was built on the backs of labourers and petty businessmen, it is time that we move on to make ourselves the indispensable heart of South East Asia as leaders, administrators, innovators, financiers, organisers and educators. Raffles Junior College believes in all this. We believe in the worth of each of us and while this may not leave room for others, our collective abilities more than compensate what we as individuals may not be willing to do.

Then there are the people who accuse Raffles Junior College of being a very incestuoust nest of people with connections. Think about it you pathetic idiots. We are in a sense, the best of Singapore because we are noted not only for our merit but also for our relations. It is the people who come in by connections, who though often do not contribute to the school's repute by their merit, who enrich the school in more ways than one. The finances they provide are marginal when compared to the connections they bring to Raffles Junior College which is arguably the best networking place for children our age. You only have to look around to see that the movers and shakers of Singapore all share a common experience, Raffles Junior College. It is us who take the places at the top universities with our more egalitarian cousins at Hwa Chong, it is us who will with them seek to bring Singapore to greater heights.

Finally, for those who argue that there are also gifted students in other Junior Colleges and people for whom the academic path suits them not, then here is what I have to say. I want to be a fashion designer. I will be applying to Parsons Paris instead of Oxbridge. I did not go to any other school because I want the best that the system has to offer, not just in academics, but in the Quality of the people. You will also find, incidentally, that the people of Quality in other schools are often the exception and not the rule which makes it rather pointless to use them as evidence that our elitism is not justified. Furthermore, the artists, writers and dancers as well as other people who have gifts out of the mainstream will not be those who will govern Singapore. I will certainly not have a say in the governance of Singapore save by my right as a Citizen of our glorious nation. As such, they have their right in doing so and prove only that the inequality inherent in meritocracy breeds diversity and does not in fact quash the creative potential of the individual.

Did I say no essays? Well, sorry, I'm not the stupid shit who don't support elitism.

C'est tout.