NTU cab fare cheat on the loose

20 Jan 2011. Asiaone. STOMP

From this article, I really felt disgraceful and ashamed for this girl. I know that there are many people out there trying to con money because of their environment that forces them to do such cheating. However, this girl is a NTU student, how could she do this?! Lying to the cab driver by acting out to put her bag in the cab, but the bag was actually filled with crushed paper?!  The girl had no sense of moral value and betrayed the trust of the cab driver which believed her, thinking that she was trustworthy since she was a NTU student. NTU is a renowned school worldwide. By her disgraceful actions, she has really put shame to the school.

This news article actually led me to realize that students in Singapore are actually moving in a bad way now. In terms that students nowadays often think that if their grades are good, others aren’t important. Despite having good results that might promise for a better future is not wrong, but not learning about moral values and improving yourself as a better person in life is far worse off. If someone does not have moral values but with excellent results, do you think that the person will succeed. The answer is NO! If he/she has no sense of moral value, how would the person be able to work with others? Maybe the person might one day earn a high position in a company, but he/she will not earn respect from others. In addition, life is not all about achievements and succeeding in their career too but so much more. In conclusion, I wish you would be conscious about your thinking too. Remember, life is not about only pushing yourself to the highest level in terms of studies or career but there are so many more that makes one’s life a successful and a complete one. Do not be blinded by such worldly things (e.g. results) that seem to take control over the world but to look things in another way.  J

Felicia Tan

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