My letter to The
Straits Times Life Section on the above subject is published today, Saturday
7th November.
I refer to May Seah’s feature in St Andrew’s family
of schools in Potong Pasir (Built For The Boys, Nov, Life)
Every time I travel pass by St Andrew’s Village, I
would recall that song, Up And
On that we used to sing in school. It is a tune that
is synonymous with St Andrew's.
In
the 1950s, when St Andrew's was built in Woodsville, it was the only Christian
school beside the Kallang River offering education to children of farmers,
hawkers and lower middle-income families living in what are now Balestier, Toa
Payoh and Potong Pasir areas.
Although not all the teachers at St
Andrew's were Christians, they all recognised that a good education meant
imparting good values and knowledge to produce an all rounded student.
Out of this education at St Andrew’s,
values such as honesty, integrity, equality, fair play, friendly competition
and sportsmanship nurtured a strong bond. Such values are practised until this
very day.
Raymond
Anthony Fernando
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