OK, so I was at my friend’s place today and there were some little Asian kids humming aa song together… and it was “Pomp and Circumstance”, the song they play at graduations. Now first of all, I hate that song because I hate graduations (bring your DS or PSP to those things!). And I hate the title of Pomp and Circumstance as if graduates are somehow more elite than other people. Not that achievement shouldn’t be celebrated, but the word Pomp seems to imply an air of superiority. But the fact that little Asian kids started, in a group, humming this song together made me laugh and die a little on the inside. I’ve always ranted about how Asians concentrate so much on achievement and academics, so much so that it can be detrimental to one’s spiritual and emotinal health. But to see little kids humming the graduation song…. STOP THE INDOCTRINATION!!!
