Pride

An email was sent out to teachers by the teacher of the student council, asking us to excuse those Sec 1 students who are to attend councillor selection. There is a whole list of people from the top 2 Express classes, and only 3 names from my class, the last Normal Academic class of the Sec 1 level. Two of them were nominated by me, but a few others wanted to go for it too. So after assembly talk today, I called them out and asked them to submit their forms asap if they have not done so.

I don't know why, but I am upset by a sense of injustice from seeing the list. I had been discerning and only nominated 2 of my kids with clear potential to be good leaders. I am not sure how many of those in the long list of Express students were actually teacher-nominated (the rest have to get the form themselves and look for teachers to endorse their nomination), but even for these students I suspect there is a lack of care in selecting them, or perhaps over-zealousness in wanting to promote these students. My kids have fine personal qualities too, and I want to ensure that they have equal opportunities.