编后补录

我走我的路

陈秀兰 撰写

刚坐下来椅子，我们开始了一连串的自我介绍。当我们说到各自未来的去向时……抿川说：“我是即将到北京体育大学念体育系。”许多前辈与师长听到这么说，突然有种眼前一亮的感觉。通常都会很赞赏的眼光说：“现在独中缺乏体育老师，以后回来可有打算来独中执教？”建和说：“我是即将到台湾中兴大学念物理系。”多数人都会很赞同的说：“很好啊！修物理以后可以成为科学家，发明新事物 ，为社会贡献。”此刻的我，有些犹豫，但还是理直气壮地说：“我是即将到台湾逢甲大学年企业管理系。”我接下来描述的，并没有可以针对谁，这存属我的个人的真实感受。

以我个人的观察，不同人有不同的反应。有一种人人听了后这样说，“企业管理系，不错啊！”，就这样看了我一眼，转移了话题。更有另一种人会好奇地问：“念完大学后有何打算？”。我回答：“我会从公司基层做起，朝向CEO的目标迈进，希望未来可以创业。”他们也只有点点头。还有一种人，听了我这样介绍，就这样说：“以后富有的时候记得回馈独中/母校。”。这三种人有一种共同点，就是想必都以“钱”来看待我未来的道路。但是，这些人万万想不到的事，我是一个对钱毫无兴趣的人。说得明白些，我并不是为了“钱途”而选择了修企业管理。

我之所以选择这条人人觉得“钱途无量”的道路，因为我想在茫茫人海的竞争对手中找出属于我自己的定位，我很好奇“商场”的概念，正因为生活离不开商场，我更要把它摸得透底。看了许多赚了大钱而致富的大翁，在眼前，人人羡慕他的身价、地位、权势与财势等，可是在这好形象的背后，不为人知的秘密到底是什么？他到底是靠什么赚钱致富？当然，还是有些白手起家的企业家让我敬崇万分。就好比曾出现在《富周刊》的头版人物中国首善——陈光标。自幼就拥有一颗经商的头脑，更在17岁时赚了他人生的第一桶金，最吸引我的是他捐出了公司净利润的77.6%，也就是3.13亿。社会上懂得赚多钱的人多不胜数，可是积极与慈善事业的不见得有相同的反响。

我想成为像陈光标这样的人，我不必然要很富有，但在自己能力范围内，我想为这个社会出一分力，也许微不足道，但只求心安理得。用我的双手赚来的钱，回馈这个社会，这是我的目标，更是我一生的理想。我要延续前人对我施舍的精神，帮助更多需要援助的人，才不枉费前人对我得疼惜与爱戴。也许我天生并不是个当老师的料，不能身体力行的教导学生，但是这并不削减我对社会贡献的决心，我相信即使是在商界上闯荡，我更有能力为这社会做出改变。打比如说，我要建立绿色环保事业，拯救生态环境的同时，更能因此给与后代一个自然的环境成长，也同时为社会出一份“钱力”。又或者是，建立低成本事业，以低价出售产品，减少盈利额以便减轻人民的生活消。还是，创立有一营养健康的事业，以低价销售，以达至各阶层人士都能享用有益健康的食品。这些理想，不尽然能一一完成，但是只要在心里燃烧的那火种依然存在，永远都不会太迟。

The Sky is The Limit

By Paul Chong

While we were walking on Petaling Street, I kept looking around for a big compound suitable for a school that holds more than 1500 students. I couldn't find it. Just when I was about to give up, my friend gave me a pat and told me to turn around. It surprised me to no end. There was no mistaking it. The 15 storey building in front of me was exactly the Confucius private high school I was looking for. At first, I thought that Confucius private high school was the only school that was so unlucky. To my further despair, the other two private schools that I came across in KL were not off any better. Kun Cheng was at least 8 storeys high and Tsun Jin was all crammed up in a small area.

I cannot stop thinking to myself that how can a school of 15 storey high be built. How can students be allowed to study in a place like this? Not only is the area of the compound so small, the surrounding area is not good as well. With a rubbish area at the bottom, and a all day market surrounding the school, how can students study in peace? Is that the best the people of Kuala Lumpur can do? I understand that the Chinese community like to stand their ground, hold firm to tradition, but they need to think of our future students. Think of those who are suffering in that 15 storey high building. Think of those classes that hold more than 50 students. Have they enough space to turn around? Have they enough space to relax? Have they got the chance to study in a REAL school? A school that matches educational philosophy should have a generous amount of gardens, big field, ample sports facilities and classrooms. We must provide more space for students to walk about. More facilities for students to relax and exercise. Enough of spaces for students to turn around in class.

Do not just think about the holding our pride, pride is nothing when everything is lost because of our pride. Think of the future generation, find a place for these students to study peacefully; find a bigger place, so that these students are able to run about. In the case of Confucius private high school, I understand that the old building has sentimental and historical values, but I sincerely feels that the school needs to move to a new place for a better future. Even if they insist on staying, they should at least build a new campus. Do not deprive the pupils in KL the privilege of studying in chinese independent schools. Do not make 1500 students study in a 15 storey school. Let one classroom have 30-40 students. Create a new and bigger(not higher) Confucius private high school for people of KL.

During my latest visit to Kuala Lumpur( two weeks after our trip), I had the privilege to visit the school. Everything was just as I had thought. The students did not have enough space at all. That time, The students inside were having PE lesson. Not one student can run about freely without fearing he or she might bump into other students or teachers. What can the students say about their high school life after they graduate? Brag about themselves having studied in the tallest school in Malaysia?

The seventh floor was where the library situated. When I looked down, my body was shivering. I could not imaging looking down from the fifteenth floor. Can a person with a phobia of height study there? Should a school provide students an obvious facility to commit suicide? Death is certain if any of the students fell from that height. If a malicious student accidentally knocked his friend and the latter fell to his death, who would be held responsible?

I know that tall building in the likes of Petronas Twin Tower, Menara KL, Taipie101 and KOMTAR looks magnificent. It shows the pride of the nation and how advance our technologies are. But tall buildings should not be the case in educational institutes of secondary stage. The principle of “the sky is the limit” should not be in the text of an architect when planning out a school buildings. Which would you prefer, as a student? The tallest school or the biggest field? If this situation persist, I daresay one day, Malaysia might produce the tallest high school building in the world.