socratic Seminer

B.B and the Taximan's Story

On 28th April, we discussed about two stories, B.B and the taximan's story, wrote by different writers, Chiam Potok and Catherine Lim respectively.

B.B
Introduction:
Characters: Dad, Mom and B.B

DAD-doesn't like to have children after little Timmy died.
- Dad doesn't wants to go through all that HELL with another sick child.
(I would like to emphasize on the word "HELL" as this clearly shows that the father of B.B is annoyed and frustrated with children and Mom's pregnancy makes him
Feel worse.
-relationship with B.B very close.
(Confiding secrets to him such as his football dreams and aspirations but not to his wife.)
Has many problems that he could not share to his wife as their relationship is strained and there are disagreements and arguments between them.

MOM-loves children
-has a strained relationship with husband
-family means everything to her
-has a fragile heart but a strong front.
("Cries secretly when no one is looking")

B.B-Hates fights between parents and has no one to confide in to his problem as his parents are always quarrelling.
-very filial and mature
-has great emotions
(Cried a lot that night)
-relationship between parents is quite close

Taximan's story

- Father and lay choo's relationship is not very good and Lay Choo seems to hates the father.
- father strict and do not understand his daughter
Visa-versa
Daughter is stubborn, do not understand father.
-lack of trust in the end

Common Theme

In both Stories, they talk a lot about relationships between
-father and daughter
-mother and daughter
-father and mother

We can also refer these stories to a similar story village by the sea
In all stories, the father is the one who created the mess, leaving the children to be victims.

Hwa Chong Track n Field

On 14th April 2010, there was our anual Nationals Tack and field competition. Sprinters, jumpers, throwers and pole vaulters came down to the famous event, not to mention half of the secondary one classes. 1O3 was also selected and hence, we made our down Chua Chu Kang Stadium to witness this extraordinary event.

The event started with high jumpers and students throwing javaline. Hwa Chong outdone the rest in Javaline and high jump too. In the end, one Hwa Chong student got 1st! Now came the much anticipated event, the track event. Mrs Anu, Zihan and I was chatting and had a bet who would win. Mrs Anu began talking about how GREAT indians were and how fast they were. So Mrs Anu bet on a Indian girl, me on a hwa Chong girl and Zihan, as usual, the prettiest he could find there ( so desperate )! Mrs Anu was indeed smart and the indian girl won.

Later, many races took place and had even more bets. This time, it was Jack to play. We bet and I won the bet 4 times in a row! However, the B division boys had their best 4x100m relay which they have been winning for many times. So, having some information from Jack, I was sure that Hwa Chong would win. Thus I said to Mrs Anu:" If Hwa Chong don't win, you can beat me up."

In the end Hwa Chong lost and Mrs Anu.............