Q&A in a blue ocean

what i might have said, if i was on the stage
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"what are the 7 things in SQA?"
(honestly i wouldn't try answering this one)
"1. leadership 2. customers 3. processes 4. results 5. information 6. people 7. management?"
(aside: that was typed without referencing, and isn't quite right. PLANNING not MANAGEMENT.)
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"are you wearing school socks?"
"hmm yes." *pulls up pant leg to reveal school socks*
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"can you sing the school anthem without mistakes?"
"in days of yore, from western shores
Oldham dauntless hero came
and planted a beacon of truth and light
in this island of the main
here may it stand, from year to year
emblem of grand endeavour
the regions round echo the sound of ACS forever

sing ACS forever more, our ACS forever
God save our land and Heaven bless our ACS forever

our students hail from China's plains
and the land of rising sun
we have many sons from India's strand and the islands of the main
our hearts our hopes, our aims are one
no discord e'er will sever,
we'll stand together for the cause of ACS forever

(repeat chorus)"
(side note: yeah i typed that without referencing, from memory)
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"what colour do you bleed?"
"red. red is a colour associated with passion; furthermore by saying red I am showing you that I will do my best in being a truthful and direct councillor. I know of the possible metaphorical underpinnings behind the question, but in a situation like this why not just go straight to the point?"
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"how far is initiative a part of responsibility?"
"okay. to answer this i'll first establish the parameters for initiative and responsibility - responsibility as what is expected of you, both in a mechanical sense as well as in the social-societal sense, and then initiative is what you choose to do out of your own intention, typically above and beyond what is established for you as responsibility.

so i'd say no; while it's true that we should go out of our way to help others, beyond our responsibility (IE initiative), we should only do so as far as is reasonably comfortable for us since we can say that that would violate responsibility to ourselves. the idea of expecting initiative, presenting it as a responsibility, is dangerous."
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"it has been said that leadership is lonely, so what'll you do to maintain connected with others?" (not too sure how close this question was to the actual one)
"having some personal experiences in this area, i will apply my best efforts in maintaining open communication lines and allowing for participation of the student body in decisions, using the frameworks of forums and referendums(i'm not sure if this is the right plural form). generally for more minor decisions referendums may be acceptable but for major decisions forums are better recommended since they allow an expression of consensus rather than plurality. i know it's tough but i'll do my best."
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"what is one practical initiative you can do right now to change the school for the better?"
"implementation of better assembly discipline control, for the y5s and 6s. eg by stationing more people there and asking the CTs/PCTs to be more vigilant?"
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"i see that few of you have got many acad awards or are renowned sportsmen, so what makes you think you are worthy to run for council?"
"despite having received quite a few acad awards, i'd like to say that i don't think these should be prerequisites for running for council. i mean, while it is true that asking those with academic awards and/or renowned sportsmen could possibly have some kind of correlation with responsibility, intelligence and other positive traits that might be expected of a councillor, i think that the most important trait a councillor should have might not correlate so well with these two. personally i feel councillors require a heart of service for the school; i see this as to some extent different from acad award recipients / sportsmen in the sense that the latter seem to gain glory that's largely personal, while it's true that councillors get a nice CV, the tasks seem to be of a very different nature. so it's really not about winning loads of acad awards or being a renowned sportsman, but more about showing that you care and really have a heart for the school."
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As a side note, I've been talking about it for a few days now, but "You Are" is awesome. I first heard it during Mr Kan's worship during a Chapel sometime last year; I found it a rather interesting song, with descriptions reflecting different facets of God. I didn't remember it much later until Shaun Lee gave me the Faith CD for my birthday, which had Mark Roach's version of it (presumably the original; at least, he composed it as well). I started listening to it more since I'll be singing it for worship on Saturday and... yeah. It's a really beautiful song.

Also: Physics Test, survived with 24. In my class I think that in addition to that only Clarissa and Nick Lim passed. Math Test: Wow I never realized my math class was so pro at math, with plenty of scores on the high end of the 40s! Oh, and my results are =D

jk.