(攝於Hamilton Garden 特色花園入口處)

Oliver 今天進行班級內複賽
因為他老師沒法決定選誰
所以今天找學年主任Mr. B一起再聽一次
Oliver告訴我 他今天演講時間控制更好
可是他還是沒進final 他很高興不被選上
因為他不想再講第三次 甚至第四次(夠懶吧!)
他沒被選上也好 這樣他就可以去忙他自己的事
雖然他也沒什麼好忙的 反正除了網路就是電動

以下是Oliver的講稿 全部是他自己寫的
各位 小犬獻醜啦!

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You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. Sounds familiar? That’s because someone broke the law. Laws affect our lives and society in a variety of ways. We obey them everyday or face their consequences.

There are many types of law and they all affect our daily lives without you knowing it. Naming every type of law will go well beyond my time here, so I will just list the ones we usually encounter everyday. Property law defines what you can do when buying, selling, or renting real property like homes. Constitutional law is for creating laws, protecting people’s human rights, and electing political candidates, while administrative law allows ordinary citizens to challenge the way government use their power. International law regulates affairs between other countries in everything from trade to immigrants.

But why, do we obey laws? Why should we even bother? The main reason why we all obey laws is that not that we don’t want to, is that we don’t want to face the consequences. Who would like to get a detention with the nice teacher who calls you an abomination? Who would want to stay in a cold, dark cell with a demented madman? I definitely don’t want to. Every time you break the law the punishment is thing that keeps you from doing this again and convincing others also not to. But still even when some people know all about this, they still think can get away with it without being caught? How stupid is that?

We all know laws put us and criminals away from bad temptation, but are all of them good? Criminal law helps us get rid of deadly criminals. However, not all laws are good. Many innocent people died of unfair laws in the past in which some people didn’t have a chance to fight back. For example, in medieval times many women were suspected as witches for having “a dark mark” and were burned on a stake without second thought. But some laws aren’t even necessary or downright outrageous. For example, chewing gum is prohibited in Singapore because it is a means of "tainting an environment free of dirt." Or another example is that in Atlanta, Georgia, it is illegal to tie a giraffe to a telephone pole or street lamp. Where would you find a giraffe in the first place?

Now imagine for a moment a world without laws. Criminals, cutthroats, thieves, muggers and all other manner of people driven by greed would be free to do as they please without anyone standing in their way. Well, almost. No laws mean we could do anything we wanted as well. No fear of getting caught. In other words, we would become as bad as them. Earth would be a ruined, tattered world.

I hope you learned a bit more about laws and why obeying them is so important. Hey you! You’re lucky you’re not in Singapore!