Monday, September 10, 2007

To revive an old tradition

As of now, not much of us are posting stuffs about our school, and my only resource for our Alma Mater's news is from Mr. Peter Khiew. But here's something that I'd like to touch about.

Not all of us have heard of the Silver Spoon tradition. Not even me until Mr. Khiew mentioned it when we last spoke. Apparently, it's a gift from the school, that is if one is a student of St. Michael's since kindergarten up to Form 6. As of graduation, one will be given a silver spoon as a gift from to school, an insignia of one's life in St. Michael's Institution.

All of us younger generation of Michaelians didn't get to know that tradition. But that would be nice to bring back. Not just in memory of the school and keeping the school alive, it's also a way to get all the sons of St. Michael's to stay loyal and not stray away from the school too much. As most of us know, some of us have spent 11 to 13 years of our live in St. Michael's.

With the prospect of the government requesting that current schools should have a kindergarten school, the silverspoon is not a bad idea. A 15 years of memory, all represented by a silver spoon.

4 comments:

JV said...

I've heard of this tradition... My brother got one, not a silver spoon but a silver fork I think... He was from La Salle but spent 7 years in SMI... I think there's also something for those who've been in SMI since primary school, not necessarily kindergarten...

Andrew Lim said...

lol... i need to find out more about this from one of our teachers... i'll post more information on it...

Peter Khiew said...

Dear Andrew,
A highly commendable effort in coming up with this blog. It suits well with Michaelians who are in colleges and those who just started work. Do work on the blog by posting more information so that they can keep themselves updated. It is important to keep ourselves rooted in our tradition.

Sai Mun said...

Wow, the silver-spoon tradition is no more??? How sad...

Anyway, some clarification:
1) A silver-spoon is given to those who completed their full primary and secondary (Std 1 to Form 6) in SMI; not necessarily from kindergarten.
2) The silver-fork idea was started by my batch as we thought that those La Salle primary school deserved the recognition as well. But we didn't want to break with the tradition. Hence the spoon vs fork. Great idea, right? (At least it did sound like one at that time...)

Michaelian, Silver Spoon holder, Grad. 1994.