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| Photo courtesy of Akmal Wahid. |
This word just happens to be the name of what will potentially become the best batch of students to have ever walked through the hallowed halls of SM Sains Rembau. And this name, or rather its usage, has come under a bit of scrutiny of late.
As it turns out, the new Form 1 students this year had apparently decided to use the exact same name for their own fledgling batch. A Facebook group had even been formed (ultimate symbol of official-ness). This sparked somewhat of an outrage from several of my fellow batchmates.
So, me and my very stimulus-deprived mind decided to voice out our own point of view on the matter. A short post on the wall of my batch's group triggered a nice, healthy discussion over whether the name 'Valedictorians' should be allowed to be passed on or not. As a result, my brain was so stimulated that I think I took maybe two hours to fall asleep last night.
The conclusion? Well, it's not for me to say, but it was good to see that my friends had not completely lost their powers of critical thinking. And it was also a demonstration of the diversities that exist in human thought.
Everyone is entitled to an opinion, as people view the world from different perspectives. Is the glass half-full or half empty? Nike or Adidas? Messi or Ronaldo? Apple or Microsoft? I could go on, but you get the idea.
Man has been said to be the acme of creation. Every single one of us is different: we have different looks, tastes, thoughts, et cetera. This is even more amazing when you realise that there are over seven billion people in the world right now, and when you add that to all the people who had come before us... glory be to God the Creator.
That being said, respect and embrace differences. Don't force people to change, unless what they're doing is morally wrong or something like that. It is all this irregularity that makes the world a much more interesting place to live in.
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