The Wee Kim Wee Spirit

One Year Ago

One of the school's many traditions is The Last Lecture.

Graduation is an emotional process - Chrystal Chan.

Perhaps what most people don’t know about WKWSCI is that our school is a close knit one. Every year, only a very lucky batch of 200 (or less) students get admitted into the school to study communications.

With such a small cohort, it means that almost everyone knows everyone else. What reinforces this bond amongst us is that most of our classes are held within a tiny building inside NTU that belongs solely to us. This blue-windowed building is what we came to see as our “home away from home”.

We are also united by the fact that every single one of us has willingly chosen to take this path, despite knowing that our futures may not be as bright as those in law, medicine or business – even though many of us have the grades to successfully enter those courses. And because many of us get flak from family or sometimes even peers for choosing to do this, we understand the pain we each had to go through to get here.

It is not hard therefore, to see why WKWSCI students are such a tight bunch.

All that I’ve mentioned only points to one thing, that graduation holds much significance for us. If not for any other reason, the graduation ceremony marked the last time we would ever be together as one, made even more poignant by how close we are.

Wonderful article from fellow classmate of 2010. And no, I don't read Her World. The fun thing being a graduate of the Wee Kim Wee School is that you see familiar names and faces in the newspapers, magazines and television shows and you feel proud that they have made it. But I have not. Hopefully one day my peers will be proud of me too.