SMJK Keat Hwa: Memories of Paid Concerts On School Day Relived

Just saw a promo about a concert in SMJK Keat Hwa 1. Tomorrow the school is having a paid concert during school hours. Can schools do that? Not everyone can pay the RM12 or RM18 tickets leh. Thought schools are supposed to be a place where everyone is supposed to get treated same. But they are having a paid concert.

So how can we have so many strata in the school student population for tomorrow... RM12 paying students, RM18 VIP paying students, students who didn’t buy the tickets stay in class while the ones who can pay get to sit in the multi-million air conditioned hall??? Or will those students who are not paying for the concert be given the opportunity to watch the basketball tournament which is on now.

There was a  Hari Ko-Kurikulum earlier this year but not all students were allowed to participate in it.  Only the AJK members were allowed to be in the Hari Kokurikulum. The rest of the students had to stay in the class cos lessons were supposed to run as usual. That is rather strange, it being a Hari Kokurilum.

Seriously, can we consider this an exploitation? Cos if you were to have this as a CNY celebration, shouldn’t it be free? Later in April or May, when they have the Hari Anugerah Cemerlang (HAC), the prize winners will get the watch another concert free. Then after the HAC, in previous years another paying concert is carried out during school hours. Tickets are sold to students to get back the money spent to prepare for the HAC. Winners get to watch free... the non prize winners HAD TO PAY.... go figure. Prize winners are already feted to adulation and praises while the common masses (read that as the ordinary students with non stellar performance) will need to pay to watch the same concert, and that will be during school hours too.

Btw, never did agree with this kind of thing cos there is supposed to be a level playing ground in schools... since I am out.. and I just saw the promo, just remembered this practice in this school.

If the purpose of tomorrow’s concert is t celebrate CNY, make it free for all... don’t take advantage or dangle ticket sales by offering students the chance to get out of class. Then when results come out and if it merosot, the admin will say macam-macam about the need for extra classes la....

Paid concert on a school day.... kids will happily be exploited. 😂😂 Dunno whether adults smart or kids dumb...