Thursday, July 12, 2007

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Ting Tit Lei (It took me a minute to figure out what it means! You still wondering?! It's like 'Relax' in cantonese?) asked me in my other blog if Aidan has trouble singing Baa Baa Black Sheep.

Funny I am asked this question, because, well, it's not that I have just realized it, but it never occured to me to blog about it, but since we are on this topic, I think children here, well, at least in Melbourne, I think, they are not taught this song. I've never heard one so far!

Why now, you may ask. Some say there is a racist overtone to it?

Where is the simplicity in life? Where are those days where we can say anything, and not worry that we may offend anyone? Why are people getting so sensitive today?

IT'S JUST A SONG, FOR DURIAN, RAMBUTAN, PUTU MAYAM SAKE!

Why are adults teaching their children to be more sensitive? And for those who do it, it means we, the more simple minded ones, have to teach our children to be sensitive to their sensitivity, in order not to be clobbered. Am I making sense here?


*Blink blink, shake head to clear complicated sentence. Huh?!*


Why can't children just enjoy being kids? Like WE used to?

5 comments:

Mommy to Chumsy said...

You have been tagged ;D http://chumsyashley.blogspot.com/2007/07/tag-four-thang.html

TingTitLei said...

haha my est teacher once told us that the media is now really corrupting the kids.. like hansel and gratel, mary and jane for male & female relationships, popeye, tom&jerry for violence and all. people nowadays just think too much

Sweetpea said...

WH - *slap head!*

TTL - they want things simple, yet the complicate them. isn't it complicating? :P

eastcoastlife said...

Huh? Cannot sing Baa Baa Black Sheep? Got such thing meh? Ok, I make sure my son don't sing this when we go to a sheep farm next time.

Sweetpea said...

ya! no humpty dumpty as well! :P