Sunday, August 19, 2007

Just finished reading Miss Julie. It's like a more violent and sexual version of Hedda Gabler. Coupled with the other world lit text of Medea, one cannot help but wonder if the male dominated school is trying to send us a subtle message, like WOMEN CHOP OFF MALE BALLS AND THEN COME TO NASTY ENDS, or something equally pleasant. I sort of felt the same way for Twelfth Night which included a cross dressing heroine, as if the underlying message was HAY DRESS LYK MAN. WE R GRT :D

Somehow looking at History too makes me think the school is trying to send out a message by teaching Warfare as a subject (though it could be argued that anything military based is ultimately attractive to boys, who consist of 90% of full/HL History candidates in school I think, therefore easier to teach), like they're trying to psyche up the guys to be
excited! for National Service or something.

I know it might be paranoia or something, but when it comes to this school, I always feel like there are so many layers to everything, that the school is trying to psycho us to have a certain type of thinking or something (minus the obvious devotions and sermons), like one has to be constantly be on guard or be sucked along by the subliminal messages.

On another brighter note, Jia Hui sent me the soundtrack to Jeux d'enfants (:

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