28 June, 2012

Society to a Person



By 3D Lung Hiu Fung

  No matter you are black, white or yellow, we are all born from a society and once we are born, we need to fit in the values and rules of the society that you belong to. So obviously, we being Hong Kong citizens have to live under the values and rules of Hong Kong.

  However, there’s a question to address .Every human being is born different, with different levels of ability, talents and personality so why does a human society have to be formed ? It’s kind of irony actually because a human society limits the development of a person though it is formed by humans. Lets say in Hong Kong, everyone must take 12 years of compulsory education or he will be charged of breaking the law. But what if a person is way more talented in cooking than in the school stuff? It’s definitely a waste of talent to have him “locked up at school for 12 years! One more example, the present government wants every student to have all-rounded development. That’s why there’re tons of homework to be dealt with every day. On top of that, focusing on a specific aspect is always more preferred to trying to get achievement in every single aspect as most of the people cannot be perfect in every field. For instance, an expert in science can rarely be an expert in literature stuff.

  “Existence precedes essence.” This statement by Jean-Paul Sartre comes to my mind as I’m writing this article. I don’t know much about Existentialism actually but let me tell you how I take this statement. The existence of a person shouldn’t be judged by the objective standards (i.e. ethics, community values etc.) and don’t try to think what you should be - just live your life and you will know what will come to you. Look at our society, lots of people just follow what people tell them to do. It seems that society has molded everyone in the same shape and the uniqueness of individuals are undermined.

When everyone is just trying to fit in the standard of what the society tells you, I guess we are just a machine rather than a human being.

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