why aren't we given concession?

ooo my blogg is getting abit rusty..everytime i try to change a skin i will end up thinking this lame blogskin is the best. so after abt 2-3yrs...this lamb blogskin is still here. =P

anyway there's a serious issue to discuss now. forget abt the lame blog layout. WHY isn't anything dONE at all to help private schools students get concession pass or something?

i really don't get it..why do private sch students get ommitted out of such benefits? maybe u can argue that some of us here are already working..but..how many are there?mostly are only aged 19-22 (due to amry)!! >.<

and i was just wondering..what i could do to help fight for this right..and decided to come out with a draft on this issue.

here it goes..................

Re: Local universities, not students, decide

Reading what Mdm Lim Hui Chin wrote, I could fully understand how she is feeling right now.

Yes, being rejected 5times in a row(including appeals) had waivered my loyalty towards my future in Singapore. To those who could afford to send their children for an overseas education, it would be an alternative for them if they don't get into a local uni. However, not so if you were not born in a relatively well-off family.

Being a student in one of the top 8 JCs, it was indeed with immense disappointment when I received the rejection letters. Scoring straight Bs and Cs,with unfortunately one E,(blamed it on my lack of focus during the 2 yrs in JC), I had no choice but to accept the truth. However, what came next after i was enrolled in a private uni was worse. The tution fees, and the high cost of transport fees. Why do students like me have to pay adult fare?(we are only 19!) Why aren't we entitled to benefits that our peers in the top 3 unis are getting? Is it due to our poorer grades, that we don't deserve such benefits, or is it just that students in my school are generally viewed as a richer breed?

Out of curiousity, I asked several friends about their family background. And surprisingly, or maybe not, many of them are having the same problem as me. Many of them are holding part time jobs (not those 2-3hours tuition jobs).

How will we be able to do extremely well(and get a scholarship) when we have to juggle work and study? Will there be any point calling ourselves full-time student when we work and study?

Many of us wants to ease our parents' financial burden, but how much can we help when we have to pay so much for even our transport costs?(in addition to the tuition fees,food). Can the authorities do something about this?

Can banks don't only provide study loans (those full sum that we can pay off totally only after uni) to NUS,NTU,SMU students and exclude students like us?

Or maybe I should just blame it on my own lack of discipline in JC for this fate.

Yours faithfully,
meifung

yuppss..i do hope i can do something for the school before leaving it 3 yrs later and realising i din't make any difference to it. at the same time fight for rights that are not too unreasonable. i ain't asking for decrease in school fees, or giving us CHEAP concession rates. just some aid to ease the $150+++ i am paying for my transport fee every month, in addition to the $24K tution fees and survival. which i am sure many of us students are facing right now.

bah. time for petition or something.