Ya Wen

CID 2 Lesson Reflection:

During our CID 2 lesson: A picture paints a thousand words, Ms Huang showed us two pictures. One of which is a man holding a board, saying what he has lost and begging for money. The other one shows a lady carrying an infant in her arms and standing beside a man, asking for money. We had to make a choice between the two of them to see which one needs our help more. At first, I looked down on the man in the first picture as he is healthy and fit, which meant that he should be able to find a job easily in this society. Yet, I was disappointed to see him sitting on the streets, telling. Everyone what he has lost and begging for some money from passers-by. I wanted to help the lady int he second picture but a thought flashed across my mind and I hesitated. As what my classmate has mentioned in class, she might be in a syndicate who cheats money from people on the streets. With this thoughts in mind, I decided to not help them first, just in case what I thought might be true. Sure enough, Ms Huang later reveals that these were true, except that the man in the first picture was an orphan since young and is living a tough life now. Still, I hesitated. It's not as if with one arm lost he can't find a job. Thus, I still stood at my point of not donating. After this lesson, I learnt that we should not be so gullible and be fooled by what we see. Sometimes, there's more than meets the eye.

Poverty (food for thought):

Poverty is the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor. Poverty is a common sight in many countries. Up till today, there are still people who are poor and are struggling to find shelter, feed their kids and find warm clothing. Unfortunately, poverty is often an invisible problem. The voices of the poor are seldom heard. Many people nowadays just care about themselves and they forgot that out there in the world, there are people who are still begging in the streets, leading a tough life. A research have shown that Singapore actually holds the highest poverty rate in high income countries. It's terrible to know that Singapore is a rich country in the world, our government has one of the highest national reserves and surpluses in the world, and we have the highest national reserves per capita in the world, but not to forget, we also have the highest proportion of poor among the developed countries and the countries in our region! This has caused a great problem to us as increasing numbers of Singaporeans are complaining that they would not be able to pay for that extra in life. With this said, I just hope people can perhaps lend a helping hand to these people, and together we will create a better world for each and every one of us to live in.