Recently, we started learning about war poems. War takes on many different forms, from civil wars to racial wars. There are many different reasons why people go to war, but I am focusing on a 'so-called' reason, patriotism.

Patriotism is not a reason that started war, but more of a reason why some soldiers want to take part in the war. However, what is true patriotism?

The dictionary meaning of the root word of this term, which is patriotic, is having or expressing devotion to and vigorous support for one's country.

That above merely states that having devotion to the country. However, what does it take to be truly patriotic? Let's say that a guy called Peter really loves his country. What he does when he goes to China is that he goes around saying that Singapore is the best and China sucks to the core. Is this the right way to be patriotic?

How can one become patriotic? That's the point that I want to make. In order for one to be patriotic, he obviously has to love his country. However, conveying that patriotism correctly is of utmost importance. Like Peter I mentioned above, he loves his country but uses the wrong way to convey it. By putting it in the above way, it will only cause damages to the country as the country will have a harder time to maintain a peaceful relationship with China.

That obviously can't be true patriotism. However, it is difficult to have true patriotism as it is very tough to achieve as a student for you can't help the country. The only thing we can do as students is to help the community as much as possible by being volunteers to improve people's standard of living slightly.

Yee Hark

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