Hamstery

More often than not, if you ask someone if they've heard of the term "class tee" or "class outing", they wouldn't shake their heads. But when you tell someone that the class has a "class pet", would they believe it?

Thats exactly the reaction I got when I came into class this morning and saw a hamster cage on the floor at the corner of the class room. Not that I'm entirely against the idea of having a hamster, but why the hell in class?!

Well, firstly, it distracts the teachers. Its almost the same as playing with your handphone in the middle of class. So what if its NOT a handphone. If distracts the teacher, it SHOULD be confiscated, organic or not. I mean, look at Ms Teo (our trainee chem teacher). She already said that she's scared of hamsters, and yet the girls can take out and play with it. If you were her, won't you too feel distracted?

Next, even if it doesn't distract the teacher, it definitely distracts you. Imagine this : a class with 32 girls and 3 hamsters constantly being passed around. Some of the very few words that might be said may include things like "AWWW, so cute!" or "SHHHH, he's sleeping!" So do you NOT agree that it distracts you from giving your supposedly undivided attention to the teacher?

Lastly, who the hell is gonna bring it home at the end of the day. Today after our last lesson of the day, I kinda stayed back awhile to see how would Marilyn YanBing Peilin and Qian Hui would take the hamster home. First you see them deciding if they should bring it home together with the cage. So they felt that its too bulky and decided to transfer the one that was in the cage into a box. And so they went to our Pulau Semakau to randomly take a dusty box and they put that hamster inside. If you were the hamster, won't you feel...eeyer-so-dirty meh?

I dunno about you guys, but please, i'm begging you, to think before you all actually get pets. Be it at home, or in school, these little rodents do in fact have a life. Not that I hate hamsters, but please...at the right time and place.