Today’s crowd was a little less active as compared to last week’s. As such, our brilliant plan of playing exciting games related to music did not quite work out well. However, I think that the kids enjoyed themselves with musical chairs, the colouring and the drawing. And to me, that is what matters most.
Song presentation was quite a flop because of the song choice. Who would have thought that “The Climb” by Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana) and “Love Story” by Taylor Swift would actually be strangers to the young kids? Instead, “Baby” by Justin Bieber, “Just the way you are” by Brueno Mars and “Bad Romance” by Lady Gaga were so much better at striking a chord with them! My friend told me kids nowadays (yes, including primary school kids) tune in to 98.7. I didn’t believe her until I really witness it for myself today.
I wonder if they understand the lyrics. And even if they don’t understand the lyrics, will those lyrics actually subtly shape their value system? I have had experiences whereby some songs I listened to in my secondary school days randomly found its way into my thoughts and I find myself agreeing with the lyrics (mind you, those lyrics didn’t exactly make sense to me when I was young and ignorant in my secondary school days). What if such things happen to the kids? With so many songs about sex, it would be disastrous if they eventually understand the deeper meaning to those words they sang and find themselves thinking that sex is okay even if you’re not married.
We can’t change the songs on 98.7.
We can’t forbid the students to tune in to 98.7.
But we can teach them when to tune out by thinking critically.
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