Do you take care of things?

Dear students, I hope you will one day learn to take care of your things and other people's things.

I could not tell you how upset I was when I saw you mistreat the games that I bought for you by ripping the containers apart and leaving the pieces everywhere. 🙁😭

I bought these games for all of you using my own money. I didn't want you to pay for them because I know some of you and your families do not even have enough money to buy food or reference books. I know a lot of your parents (and school teachers) do not believe in the power of games. They think we are wasting time and money.👺 But we know better. Games make us smarter and happier people. 😉

Now you see, when you get something for free or when you have access to something, it is called 'privilege'. You enjoy privilege, but be careful, privilege can also be taken away from you anytime if you are not managing it well. So we should always be thankful for what we have by taking care of it. 😇

Take water as example. A lot of people in Africa don't have clean water to drink. People in Selangor don't have water supply in their houses now. But here in Johor, we have free flow of water to drink, shower, and wash things. So we have the privilege to be able to access water. When we are given the privilege, of course we enjoy it and use it to our advantages and needs, but we also appreciate it by taking care of it.

Same thing goes to these games. You enjoy them, but you also take care of them. You make sure after you play, you count all the pieces, and you keep them in the containers prepared. ✅✅

Dear children, every time you get very angry when your friends make fun of your parents. So I know you are good kids and you love your parents very much. You should also honour your parents through your actions. I am sure your parents have taught you good manners. Use the good manners in school. Ask for the games nicely and take good care of it. We are polite and smart students right? Don't be like a troop of baboons fighting over a coconut! 🐒🍈

Dear students, tonight I had fixed the pieces and fit them into new boxes. Hopefully it will be easier for you when you clean up. Tomorrow we will start again.


(extracted from my Instagram post, written on March 15)

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