Picture courtesy of "I not * stu*pid too" 照片取自《小孩＊＊不笨２》剧＊照
Yesterday, I was out at Junction 8 foodcourt with fellow Teaching scholar Kan*dy when I witnessed something nasty unfold right in front of my eyes.
A schoolboy ‘Alpha’ (in white shirt and pants) and schoolboy ‘Beta’ (white shirt and brown pants) started a fierce arguements, expletives were flying everywhere, and within the next minute, blows were exchanged before they tangled in a mess and rammed against a wall.
Half of their companions were trying to hold them back, but what particularly shocked me was how another ‘Beta’ schoolboy sought every opportunity to whack ‘Alpha’s head.
Eventually they attracted too much attention, and the ‘Beta’s decided to move the fight to the rooftop atrium. Fortunately, the ‘Alpha’s did not follow. All this while, despite having risen to stop them, I stood helplessly, only tensing myself to hold back ‘Alpha’s should they go on out…
It was a traumatic experience, especially so when I had committed myself to the education career not too long ago. And then many questions start popping up in my head:
- Could I have stopped the fight?
- Could I have influenced these students to be happier and gentlemanly?
- !@#$^ ???
And then I think to myself: I’ve had too much of being sheltered and pampered… high time to train my body, mind and soul to reach out to these kids in future.
昨天中午，我和另一位教育部的朋友到碧山第8站食阁的时候，撞见了一件令人十分震惊和担忧的事。
某校男生A与另一学校的男生B开始在离我们不超过5公尺的地方争执，粗言秽语满天飞，然后不足60秒，那两个男生已经打成一团了！
A和B的朋友试图将两人拉开，也有唯恐天下不乱的几个小鬼头竟然乘乱向A乱碰乱打。我心中正酝酿着莫名的恐惧与担忧。
当时食阁以内的人已然听见了两人的争吵，目光都转移到了我们这个小角落。B显然想要为此事做个“了断”，便抛下战书意欲在楼顶户外广场上摊牌。好在A并没有尾随对方到外头去，否则后果不堪设想。在这一切发生的同时，我只能呆呆地站在那头，像孩子一样的无助。脑海中只想着：“决不能让A跟着出去。”
那是一个令人相当震撼的经历，尤其在刚投身进入教育界的这关头，更是令心绪久久不能平静。许许多多的念头在心中闪过：
- 倘若插手，我是否有能耐阻止他们的暴力行为？
- 倘若为人师，我究竟有没有能耐开解他们，引领他们向上向善？
- ·#（*￥—）？？？
