haha i was surfing around yesterday and i went to some vj site created by students for students. so yeah, found in the archives


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While I'm relatively neutral to the actual outcome of any anthem change, I figured I'd probably have to play devil's advocate and speak up for those who might otherwise remain silent.

To the VS boys in VJC or those who're on this blog: have you *seriously* considered (to paraphrase the title of a Madonna song) "what it feels like for a girl"? One could, conceivably, laugh the matter off as political correctness gone overboard, or cite dictionary definitions of "son" that 'prove' that the word refers to both genders.

Yet the point of the whole feminist campaign against discrimination in language is that language shapes our social reality. The popular example usually raised in these discussions (on how much we are 'determined' by language) is how there are many more words for 'snow' in the Innuit/Eskimo language, and how Middle Eastern languages tend to have more words for 'sand', as compared to English. The words that we have shape how we see the world.

Which brings me to my point that, if VJC girls are perhaps that little bit less enthusiastic about showing their support for the school, can you blame them? In little but real ways like these, people are made to feel less than welcome. One response we got from a recent school survey conducted went: "The school song is a boy's school song. I wish I could change that."

The argument from tradition doesn't hold that much water, by my reckoning. By way of analogy: slavery's existed for eons - does that justify it or make it morally right in any way, just because it's been around?

This is not to say that traditions aren't important, that we should just change them upon every passing whim and fancy. But I think we should be open to the possibility of change, rather than automatically resist it out of an unqualified devotion to the past.

"Victoria, we belong to thee" would get my vote, I think. :)
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so, really, do any of you feel the same way, i.e. the school song comes from a boy's school and i dont like the notion of it? and because of that, i dont feel like being as enthu as the guys in participating in school events, ect. hahaha just wondering, because, if it were me, i don't have any problem with the school song if it had it's origins from a girls school.
and futhermore, wouldn't you think it a little shallow that creating a new school song just for the purpose would make vj more politically correct and would otherwise push for equality between genders?
hahahaha just food for thought. and shows how bored i am. lol. cya, im going practice piano le!
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