Expectations

To my 1E1 PE class, who put up a dismal show for the 2.4km run NAPFA retest

"You think that it is unfair that people have high expectations of you? The day no one expects anything of you, you should be sorry for yourself, because that's when no one bothers whether you live or die. You should feel privileged to have peoples' expectations on you - it means that they care about you, and want you to do well. People in the normal tech classes are often there because no one cares about them or expect anything out of them, that is why they cannot see the point of doing anything."

They are a terrible class, this lot. Smart but most of them lack proper values. They question good intentions, barely show enough respect to others, a few Chinese girls blatantly and viciously discriminate against an Indian girl, have not much discipline or any other positive values or virtues. It is a shame that kids nowadays can turn out like this, and I see it as my mission to make sure they don't turn out to become intelligent and immoral beings.