An apt description by 安老师 to sum up my time in DHS (:
一转眼, it has been 6 years!
It sounds incredible, doesn’t it.
To think i could still remember people saying at Sec 2: “can you imagine SIX years in DHS?!?!”
(and those were the people who subsequently transferred to supposingly more ‘branded’ schools)
well, i did it.
i mean WE, the 2nd Dunman Senior High cohort, did it, and have no regrets – it has probably been the best years of my life. (:
the simple, but heart-warming farewell ceremony put up by the teachers on Friday really reinforced this belief.
though their singing wasn’t perfect,
i was touched by the pure sincerity of the teachers, and also our beloved principal Mr Sng(:, who genuinely cared for us,
(teachers even came back from the MOE HQ to pay us a visit!)
the juniors and seniors who sent their well-wishes,
and friends who are ever so encouraging,
every single familiar face i see throughout my years in DHS,
the whole feeling of a DUNMANIAN FAMILY – where no one gets left behind.
all that would be different if it wasn’t Dunman High.
which school charts your growth and progress throughout 6 years, and grounds your moral values with 诚信勇忠 like DHS does?
in fact, i didn’t even get that feeling when i was in Sec 1 and 2.
perhaps it really does take 6 years to inculcate the distinct Dunmanian identity,
which i daresay is obvious to anyone that steps into the school, or gets to interact with a group of Dunmanians.
No doubt there had been instances when i felt that DHS had been so overwhelmingly protective.
In a sense DHS is just like a greenhouse,
and us Dunmanians are 温室的小花, sheltered from the turbulent storms.
in a way, this is bad, as homogeneity narrows the mind, and causes us to gradually lose touch with the cruel reality that exist outside our nice-nice Dunmanian world.
(yup i really do think that the % of nice Dunmanians are higher than the % of nice people in the rest of the world!)
and it’ll be a bit of a culture shock when we leave DHS after 6 years and realise that the world isn’t as nice or as small as we used to think it was ><
Nonetheless, life in DHS has truly shaped to me into what i am today.
it grounded my values system, showed me the warmth, and taught me to reciprocate.
this experience is similar to what i’ve felt in Guides, just to a greater extent, and is not something that i can describe in a few words.
I don’t know about others,
but i believe that’s what education is about.
not just the academics, but also the character building, which i believe DHS has done a great job.
i really feel that the school has successfully inculcated in us the values of 诚信勇忠, which would serve as our moral compass as we proceed on with our future endeavours.
i’m sure Dunmanians will go a long way in the future,
if we stay guided by our moral compass of 诚信勇忠,i believe we will never go astray (:
I am proud to be a Dunmanian, and forever will be. (:
my Dunmanian memories!
GUIDES!
4E’07!
dhsGUITAR!
6C12!
FRIENDS!
TEACHERS!
SENIORS!
MR SNG!
presented in no particular order (: