The poem above tells us about how much this soldier loves his country, England, and the young men in Singapore will have to serve in the national service, and personally, i think that the national service is very important. Singapore is a small and powerful country in economic, but having a strong economic doesn't mean that we are absolutely save. in order to protect ourselves, we will have to train Singaporeans to defend themselves and the countries in the time of crisis.
It is natural for the national service to be compulsory, have talents are not enough, we need an strong army too to keep Singapore safe in time of crisis or else these talents will be for nothing.
I do not think that I have the same sense of patriotism for Singapore as the sense of patriotism presented in the poem, as I am not planning to stay in Singapore for long.
Dear Zili,
ReplyDeleteI am Jia Neng. Just to start off, there is a spelling error "save" in line 5. It should be "safe".
I agree with you that national service is important. National service started off with the utmost aim for defense. It is still very important nowadays. Singapore will have to train Singaporeans to keep Singapore safe. In the event of any crisis, it is too late to defend if our own people -- the singaporeans, are not well trained.
Zili, what do you mean that you are not planning to stay in singapore for long? Are you leaving very soon? What happened? I can understand your reasons for not having the sense of patriotism for Singapore if you are leaving soon. If you are leaving soon, there is not much reason for you to have the sense of patriotism for Singapore. You might feel that being patriotic to a country that you are leaving soon is quite useless as it is "not your country" anyway. Can you please elaborate further and let us know why you are leaving,etc. Thank you.
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Best Regards,
Ng Jia Neng
Dear Zili,
ReplyDeleteI am Jerome. I noticed you have a grammer mistake in line 8. "have" should be "having". That is all about your mistakes.
I agree with you that on your view of National Service. Yes, we indeed should not take it for granted that having a strong and good economy will prevent the country from having any danger. We must still take precaution and be always well-prepared to keep Singapore safe once under danger.
I agree with Jia Neng too. You did not elaborate in the last part as to why you are leaving. Is Singapore you country where you do not truly belong? But definitely, if you are leaving the country you will not have the sense of patriotism for Singapore because of a simple reason: Your heart is not there anymore.
Overall, an averagely done blog prompt I should say and further elaboration is needed to make the readers understand your blog prompt.
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Thanks.
Regards,
Jerome