Thursday, August 25, 2005
Fall from Glory
"Because of her greatness, China fell into her deep slumber. Because of her greatness, Egypt could not see the future and forgot her past thus falling to one power after another. Because of her greatness, Rome did not die a proper death and until today, still echoes with anguish across Europe. Because of her greatness, the great empire that was Greece flourished and died within the span of a single man's breath. Because of her greatness, Persia fell. Because of her greatness. Because.
ACS is a marvelous entity. I may no longer be in ACS but I share the heritage and I know what it means to be ACSian. And I pray very hard that to be in the ACS chess club will never have to mean understanding the sorrow of having once been the greatest chess-playing school." -- Leung Weiwen, ACS(I) Chess Club President 2004
I take over a crumbling chess club. The signs may nto be so obvious, but they're there indeed. From resettling from the nucleus to the CG room, to the loss of the U14 inter-sch team championships this year, to the impending possible loss of future talent due to the changes in the PSLE system for secondary school entrance, all the signs point to a club which is degenerating at an alarming rate. Following the departure of Mr Kenneth Ong from ACS(I), the chess club has gone slowly gone downhill. Not to say that the other teachers haven't done their job, but I have seen at least 4-5 teachers come and go through their tenure as teacher I/C, causing unsettlement.
We can only pray.
ACS is a marvelous entity. I may no longer be in ACS but I share the heritage and I know what it means to be ACSian. And I pray very hard that to be in the ACS chess club will never have to mean understanding the sorrow of having once been the greatest chess-playing school." -- Leung Weiwen, ACS(I) Chess Club President 2004
I take over a crumbling chess club. The signs may nto be so obvious, but they're there indeed. From resettling from the nucleus to the CG room, to the loss of the U14 inter-sch team championships this year, to the impending possible loss of future talent due to the changes in the PSLE system for secondary school entrance, all the signs point to a club which is degenerating at an alarming rate. Following the departure of Mr Kenneth Ong from ACS(I), the chess club has gone slowly gone downhill. Not to say that the other teachers haven't done their job, but I have seen at least 4-5 teachers come and go through their tenure as teacher I/C, causing unsettlement.
We can only pray.
