Every School a Good School Quotes

“The school you come from does not make you more or less likely to make bad decisions, or more or less deserving of forgiveness. The school you come from does not make you more or less susceptible to peer pressure.”
― Ng Ziqin, Every School a Good School

“I know that where you come from, maybe someone who goes to poly or ITE is considered a failure. But who's to say that going to poly or ITE can't be another person's dream? Maybe you think that we're not ambitious enough. I don't know. But where does it say that only going to JC or university can be considered an ambition? Everyone has their own goal to work towards. And even if our goals are different, that doesn't mean that we don’t have to work hard for them, or that we don't struggle to reach them too.”
― Ng Ziqin, Every School a Good School

“Sometimes, it felt like in Singapore, following your passion and studying what you loved was a privilege and not a right.”
― Ng Ziqin, Every School a Good School

“Any monkey who can study can get good grades. Getting good grades while juggling lots of other commitments on the side? That's a signal of your true worth.”
― Ng Ziqin, Every School a Good School

“Holding on to resentment is like drinking poison and hoping the other person will die.”
― Ng Ziqin, Every School a Good School

“Political parties became like football teams. You defended your team, not because it was good but because it was yours. You voted for this politician or that politician, not because you liked his ideas, but because he was from your party, he spoke your dialect, or you could see yourself sharing a beer with him at the kopitiam. Taken to the extreme, parties could poison democracy... Individuals changed theirs minds. Their views evolved. Part manifestos seldom did.”
― Ng Ziqin, Every School a Good School

“Auntie Geok Peng had lived long enough to know that oftentimes, the most useful and important lessons of all were the ones that seemed the most useless to us at the time we were learning them.”
― Ng Ziqin, Every School a Good School