Tuesday, January 16, 2007
; 9:35 PM
Driving today was alright except for a particular part when i was turning to make a right turn and the stupid car behind horned at me which made me became panicky. Damn car!!! Watched the arena and it was a battle between St nicholas Girls' and Methodists Girls'. They were debating about youths now are selfish and self-centred. Well, the way they bring out their stand is good especially MGS. They were confident and poised in delivery their point. Are youths self-centred?? Do they really do things the way they want it or they did it to benefit others. St nic made a good point where self-centredness may not necessay be negative for example, one person giving him/her seat to the elderly to someone who needs it more. This is a form of self-centredness because he/she did it to made them feel better or to let them feel that they had made a good deed. So actually, self-centredness may not be negative to other people but in turn brings beneficial things to the people around them. Studies had shown that 70 % students in school had their academic place first against other stuff and it's very true. I myself also put my studies first but that doesn't mean i'm self-centre.In schools, we see people sharing notes and helping one another in studies and that show that althought we placed our studies first, we still want our friends around us to do well also. In secondary and JCs, we have CIP. Does students really put in effort in helping the poor and the disabled or because it's a compulsory thing they had to do in order to achive good grades or a merit to enter JC. This is a judgmental question because everyone thinks differently. I can see students doing their flag day to help the poor and the disabled but to my dismay, some were making a fool of it or they were disgusted by doing it. Do they have a choice to say no to CIP?? the answer is no but they still managed to scrape off it. But this is only the minority group as i also have seen students doing their CIP effortlessly. But, is doing CIP a form of self-interest or a form of self-centredness?So is selfishness and kindness work hand-in-hand??? I dun think so, being kind is another is from u volunterily. U can be mean to other people but u chose not to so people can get helped. But does it mean that because i wanna do it to made my selfish feel better and that i'm selfish?? MGS also made a very good point in saying that. Helping other people is a form of self-interest and not because of self-centredness. We must have a division between self-interest and self-centreness. Being self-centre, means that u are egocentric, egoistic and that u will always place yourself first in everywhere. You give the benefit to yourself instead of other people. But is benfitting other people an act of selfness and self-centredness??? To me, i don't think so.Self-centred defined as concerned solely or chiefly with one's own interests, welfare, etc.; engrossed in self; selfish; egotistical. Self-interest defined as regard for one's own interest or advantage, esp. with disregard for others. So does these two terms means the same or different?? When u are doing something, are u doing it with your interest at heart or are u doing it because u r self-centred??Interesting debating topic... =)
