What's the first priority in your life now?

Today, I talked to one of my students on msn. He asked me to help him find a job. But he is 15 only. I don’t think there’s any job which is suitable for him. Most of the fast food shops, restaurants, supermarket, would like to employ the people who finish form 5, 16above and have experiences. He said he needs money, because his family is poor. ( well, his family is okay, not that poor) then finally he told me because he used the money his parents gave him to buy some old textbooks, which aren’t suitable for his new school year. So, he needs money to buy the books and he told me his goal, he doesn’t want to use his parents’ money, want to make money himself for pocket money, tutorial and piano fee, and save money for studying oversea. His thinking is good, but the most important thing is study hard. He will go up to form 4 this coming school year, which is a big gap for form 3 students , they have to prepare well for the public exam in next year, and the only thing they should do is, focusing on studying but not working. And if he works after school everyday, he won’t have time to do his homework and revision. I deeply believe that, if he needs money for studying and learning something, his parents MUST support him.

Anyway, I talked to him for awhile, he just didn’t listen to me, and even I told him that I saw too many people who can’t study well and no future now. And your family can afford you to study oversea is good, but if not, study in Hong Kong is really good enough. He thinks that what he thinks now is right, and I just hope that he won’t choose the wrong way.