Discipline & Care

4 Sept 05
Students of WYHK will find a tight enforcement of punctuality when they returned to School last Friday (2 Sept). In particularly, the boys have to arrive at the new main gate 5 (five) minutes before the first lesson starts (at 7:55 am). There were 27 students registered to be late on the first day of normal school days.

Punctuality is just one of the many guidelines at the school to ensure the smooth running of the College and the harmony of the Wah Yan community. These are in fact rules but are called guidelines as it was felt that the Wahyanites should develop their own self-discipline. This is a good intention as this is a characteristic of Wah Yan to give her students considerable leeway and freedom.

However, increasingly these rules are not observed for one reason or another. Typical examples are cleaniness at the tuck shop area and annoying noise of the boys when moving from one classroom to another.

So it is a good idea to reinforce the discipline and let the boys know what the guidelines mean, particularly for the lower forms.

But that is only the first step.

At the mass today, Fr. Yeung Ming Cheung told us that "Love surpasses all laws" 愛
滿全法律. If you care about the campus as your home, will you continue to flow rubbish on the floor? Or disturb those who wish to study by excessive noice? That is why the Jesuit Fathers of Wah Yan have set good examples of love and care of the boys and other people in need. This tradition is one of the main reasons why Wah Yan boys can contribute so much in the community of Hong Kong today. That is the spirit of Wah Yan.

God bless
Simon