Friday, January 25, 2013
Malaysian news: A six year old, William was kidnapped eight days ago.
Last night, a corpse was discovered at a river, and today it was identified that it was indeed little William who died.
Little William and his two siblings were left on the car while their parents went to buy a washing machine. His younger sister soon started crying for mommy, so William went down the car to look for their mother to calm his sister down. He was kidnapped there and then. For eight days, people in my country have been frantically sharing William's photo on Facebook, hoping someone would have seen him somewhere. Police have carried out a nationwide search, everyone was praying for the boy to be found and returned to his family safely. But no, he died, killed and dumped into a river. An innocent young soul, he left at such a tender age.
As a teacher trainee, I couldn't help but wonder what has gone wrong with our education system? Was it family background, peer influence, media influence, or the failure of education that lead to such a murder? What can I do as a mere person to help to change this? What can I do to prevent such a case among my future students? Or is it just beyond my control after all? -insert confusion and fear-
But people, I didn't just want to share a sad story with you today. (Though yes, indeed, it was a sad story.)
Today is a reminder for me that, 世界越黑暗,我们越要努力发光。
The more evil there is in the world, the more good we shall do.
To outshine evil with good, to use generosity to repay brutality, this is the challenge for you, and for me.
I say all this, feeling good again about the things happening in the world.
But if I were to be in William's parents' shoes, how is it even possible to not hold a grudge?
Last night, a corpse was discovered at a river, and today it was identified that it was indeed little William who died.
Little William and his two siblings were left on the car while their parents went to buy a washing machine. His younger sister soon started crying for mommy, so William went down the car to look for their mother to calm his sister down. He was kidnapped there and then. For eight days, people in my country have been frantically sharing William's photo on Facebook, hoping someone would have seen him somewhere. Police have carried out a nationwide search, everyone was praying for the boy to be found and returned to his family safely. But no, he died, killed and dumped into a river. An innocent young soul, he left at such a tender age.
As a teacher trainee, I couldn't help but wonder what has gone wrong with our education system? Was it family background, peer influence, media influence, or the failure of education that lead to such a murder? What can I do as a mere person to help to change this? What can I do to prevent such a case among my future students? Or is it just beyond my control after all? -insert confusion and fear-
But people, I didn't just want to share a sad story with you today. (Though yes, indeed, it was a sad story.)
Today is a reminder for me that, 世界越黑暗,我们越要努力发光。
The more evil there is in the world, the more good we shall do.
To outshine evil with good, to use generosity to repay brutality, this is the challenge for you, and for me.
I say all this, feeling good again about the things happening in the world.
But if I were to be in William's parents' shoes, how is it even possible to not hold a grudge?
Today, spend a minute to tell the people around you how much you love them. If you're too shy to say it, show them.
For no one knows how long these people will stay in our lives, or how long we'll stay in theirs.
.leave.a.hug.
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