Aircons Heat Tempers

In the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, I'm pretty sure the right to have functioning air-conditioners can be slotted in somewhere. Mr John Cranwell and Ms Shree would certainly fight to the sweltering death for that. Air-conditioners in college are starting to malfunction inexplicably, making us wonder whether our college is in dire financial straits.

CASE ONE: Monday morning, Mr Cranwell's room. Halfway through class - well to be exact, 10 minutes in - aircon switched itself off. Mr Cranwell, muttering inaudibly, walked off to switch it on. 10 more minutes and it switched off again. Mr Cranwell continued teaching, insistent that "it'll go off the next time I turn it on anyway", but when faced with 13 helpless students who are more intent on swatting the next bead of sweat that comes their way than Task 2, soon he relented and stormed off this time.

10 more minutes and it just went off like God was playing with the switches and wondering which one would allow us poor souls to skip school. This time, Mr Cranwell seriously turned a deep hue of red, one normally seen on tomatoes and murder scenes, and huffily told us to pack up our Task 2. We got our library trip to watch Jean de Florette, Artsy Fartsy albeit Oscar Winning French Movie.

CASE TWO: Chemistry Lab 1. Both aircons spew hot, humid air, specially imported from a Third World rainforest. Ms Shree and the student body have complained incessantly, but to no avail. Maybe posting it HERE, where any of the Executive Officers at UEM Bhd can read it, will result in an amicable solution.

We do not ask for marble-tiled floors nor for gold-plated lab equipment. We just feel our sponsors are getting a raw deal if we are deprived of the basic right to study in a conducive environment.

We will FIGHT. Not yield. Till the bloody end.