Mountain climbing not for 12 year old kids!

[micromachine]

First and foremost, my deepest condolences to the families of the students and teacher who died from the Sabah Mount Kinabalu Earthquake. I believe those students and teachers who survived the tragedy must have suffered tremendous trauma and I hope that psychiatrists are sent to provide the necessary counseling to help them overcome their traumatic shocks and pain.

This article does not seek to pin the blame of the earthquake deaths on anyone. It is true that no matter whether you are an adult or a child, you are subjected to the same risk to death from such sudden acts of nature. However, there is really much to fault MOE and the school for approving and allowing 12 year old kids to go on such a "Mountain Climbing Expedition".

The common excuse given was that the Primary School has been conducting this expeditions for the past few years without incidents, so we should assume there is nothing wrong in having such expedition for 12 year old kids. This is absolutely wrong argument to deflect responsibility for both MOE and the school. It is like saying you have won a few rounds from the Casino and thus, gambling in the Casino is absolutely safe!

The other flawed argument is that when we walk on the street, we also face risk of being injured or killed by car or other accidents. The key thing is, you do not have a choice to face such risk in our daily life but we do have the choice whether to allow our young 12 year old kids to face unnecessary risks for such expedition!

Some people say that we do not want to cultivate kiasu kiasi (timid and cowardly) people so we should continue to support such expedition for 12 year old kids. This is totally a erroneous perspective. We should not cultivate the mindset of recklessness in a bid to secure gungho (overly tough) training for our kids! We should tread the middle path, learn how to take calculated risks and deal with them.

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[xebay11]

What's the difference if the dead were 16 year old kids?

 

[enterprise2]

It's unhealthy uponemanship among the parents.

 

[mei mei]

Why don't the 12 year olds start with Gunong Tahan first, once they can tahan, then they can try Kinabalu.

 

[steffychun]

Why don't the 12 year olds start with Gunong Tahan first, once they can tahan, then they can try Kinabalu.

Climb HDB flats first.

 

[blackmondy]

Why don't the 12 year olds start with Gunong Tahan first, once they can tahan, then they can try Kinabalu.

Tahan is a more arduous climb than Kinabalu, though only half as high as the latter. You actually start Kinabalu climb at around the 2000m mark.

 

[zookeeper]

now youngsters should learn how to walk properly (without their eyes glued to phones) before they learn how to climb...

 

[Dark Knight]

Why don't the 12 year olds start with Gunong Tahan first, once they can tahan, then they can try Kinabalu.

I bet most 12 year old kids can't even really tahan walking up the "first 50 to 100 meters of steep slope" up Bukit Timah hill several times a day.
Don't even think about Gunong Tahan or Mt Kinabalu.

 

[virus]

What's the difference if the dead were 16 year old kids?

they would be horribly dead 16 yr old kids

 

[virus]

for the same excuse, whorejinx will be declaring tml that losing another $50bln is nuthing since they have been losing bln after bln year after year.

 

[steffychun]

then is nudity on a moutain top acceptable?

 

[virus]

only if the girl display the aurat sign but not with a stuffy cunt. it will foul the air and make the mountain gods angry. then have to send jo there to ask them why they angry.

 

[steffychun]

only if the girl display the aurat sign but not with a stuffy cunt. it will foul the air and make the mountain gods angry. then have to send jo there to ask them why they angry.

virus cunt yourself. May your female relatives be fucked literally.

 

[laksaboy]

What's the difference if the dead were 16 year old kids?

The kids would have grown up stronger thanks to additional years of puberty. Stronger bones, more muscle mass, greater stamina. For a physically demanding activity, that's crucial.

 

[laksaboy]

for the same excuse, whorejinx will be declaring tml that losing another $50bln is nuthing since they have been losing bln after bln year after year.

It doesn't matter how much money they lose. It's how much money they take in: either from extractive policies or from 'creative' ways of making money.

 

[GoldenDragon]

First and foremost, my deepest condolences to the families of the students and teacher who died from the Sabah Mount Kinabalu Earthquake. I believe those students and teachers who survived the tragedy must have suffered tremendous trauma and I hope that psychiatrists are sent to provide the necessary counseling to help them overcome their traumatic shocks and pain.

This article does not seek to pin the blame of the earthquake deaths on anyone. It is true that no matter whether you are an adult or a child, you are subjected to the same risk to death from such sudden acts of nature. However, there is really much to fault MOE and the school for approving and allowing 12 year old kids to go on such a ]

Well said. Fully agree with your comments. There is always an age for certain types of activities. Would the reactions be different if some of our NSmen suffered the same fate? Sure, it's a loss abd a nation grieves. But to expose pri sch kids in that manner? Even if no earthquake, so what? These kids are not old enough to be aware of the danger they are exposed to?

Let's see if MOE still encourages such activities next year.

 

[Montoya]

Why don't PAP just ban climbing at Mount Kinabalu?

 

[KopiO]

Why don't the 12 year olds start with Gunong Tahan first, once they can tahan, then they can try Kinabalu.

Kinabalu is a walk in the park compare to Tahan. What happened was not because of difficulty but an unexpected natural phenomenon.