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Friday, June 26, 2009

I was on Facebook a moment ago and I came across a note about our school principal, Mr Sng.
In case many of you havent read it, here's what it is about: (P.S. I copied and pasted the translation from an ex-Dunmanian who commented on the note.)

At a panel conducted by various principals for a Chinese Schools Association forum,
a "challenge" was issued to Dunman High by an ex-principal of Chinese High.

He urged Dunman High to “加把劲”, or to pull up its socks/jia you/stive for improvement so as to give Hwa Chong abit of pressure, “让华中不断提升，创造双赢的局面” (so as to let Hwa Chong continually improve, creating a win-win situation)

In response, Mr Sng related a personal anecdote. Before the Beijing Olympics, he visited China and saw an enormous advertising billboard. The image was that of an African sprinter, and Mr Sng was curious as to why the tagline was in English and not Chinese. The tagline was “The person to beat is not the one in front but the one inside.”

This, Mr Sng said, was the creed/ideal by which Dunman High operated by. If DHS should someday exceed Hwa Chong, that would be the result of their efforts. However, it would never be the motivation for striving.

It is very true that DHS isnt one of the schools people will think of whenever good schools are mentioned. However, there is just this part of DHS which I feel beats every other schools- we have an awesome principal.

What more do I have to say? We Dunmanians all know Mr Sng and how special, unique and different he is.

9:05 AM