Just had another "sars meeting" today and we were all told to expect things to get worse in terms of dirsuptions to regular school activity. We were told to accept whatever that was happening now in school as "the norm" and that it will be considered mild in comparision to the bigger headache that is coming our way - the twice-a-day measuring of temperatures by ALL students in the school. You know MOE is giving free thermometers to ALL students and teachers and also all SAF personnel right? That basically means almost every household in Singapore will have a thermometer. And Singapore is the only country (capable of ) doing this. According to my principal, the thermometers meant for school are being manufactured right now in Japan. Anyway, the headache comes when we have 1400++ students all measuring temperatures at the same time, and then all going to the toilet to wash their thermometers. No little plastic covers will be supplied as they are costly, so the thermometers will have to be washed with soap after use. So logistically, we're probably going to have a big problem. This also means that about 2 periods a day will be taken by temperature-taking. That means cutting down on curriculum time! How do we complete our syllabus then?

Beats me.