Comments on: A salute to Otto Fong

By: lol-er

lol-er — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 01:59:11 +0000

lets see…i met him last year? in school. once. but he is a gd teacher. I can see that. as in, i have enough bad ones to know which are gd and which just plain suck…(no finger pointing)

ones sexual orientation does not affect his job rite. not like he go around doing stuff with kids…He is a GREAT teacher, ok? Only one who can joke around in class and still teach effectively. and his notes are good. as in, hello? u prefer comics or just words? I dun really care about his personal life. as in….thats his own business. And wad is the problem with coming out? treat it like a self intro lah…dun geddit leh. wads the fuss?

By: passer by

passer by — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:28:46 +0000

Mr Fong was my science teacher too.
and i really respect him,
for his courage
and his effort in teaching us well
he was one of the best teachers i ever had
and today ,
i must say, his courage taught me a great deal,
about making tough decisions and be who u truly are, even though you may be going against the tides.
i believe my classmates will think like wise too
go, Mr Fong,
neglect wat displeasing words you may hear,
and enjoy a prosperous future!

By: sam

sam — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:50:31 +0000

it’s unfortunate the media seek the opinions of parents and people who have no meaningful, purposeful and continual contact/interaction with homosexual people. thus their views are often based on stereotypes and pre-dispositions and preconceived notions of sexual minorities.
there isn’t much valued placed on the views of straight people who have gay persons in their circles.

By: observer

observer — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:48:35 +0000

tell u what. he was was my science teacher last year.
as his student
i respect his openess
i really do not see why so many people have so many negative comments about this letter
so what if he said that
he is still an A Grade teacher whom we will suffer if we do not have
his ways of teaching are way beyond that of an ordinary teacher
he is to me one of the best teachers i have ever seen in my life in science
please leave him alone.
he is our friend

By: Declines to be named

Declines to be named — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:51:05 +0000

I’m a student of Mr Fong currently, for almost 2 years,
and he’s just a brilliant teacher who teaches Science with FUN!
I didn’t even know he is gay until now.

So far, I have read many comments regarding this issue by current and ex-Rafflesians, and it is heartening to conclude that EVERY SINGLE ONE of them including me, are supporting him.

However, it is VERY disheartening many that people still maintain an anti-gay stance. Even pastors! Like this guy: Derek Wong.

Here’s the url
http://www.fridae.com/newsfeatures/article.php?articleid=2030&viewarticle=1

I’ll give the headlines:

September 7, 2007
singapore pastor warns of ”gay agenda”
By Sylvia Tan

Repeating a commonly-used refrain that gays are demanding not just equal rights but “special rights,” a pastor at a Singapore church, which is widely known to be homophobic, alleges in a sermon that gay activists are aiming to “destroy” churches.

Senior Pastor Derek Hong of Church of Our Saviour which runs Choices, a reparative therapy (ex-gay) ministry affliliated to Exodus International.

And according to my friend, the Bible says:
“Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself”

By: ~autolycus

~autolycus — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 02:17:33 +0000

Can you imagine it? If Otto Fong is a danger to right-thinking people at RI, heterosexual female teachers in boys’ schools and heterosexual male teachers in girls’ schools must be pretty darned dangerous too…

By: Karl

Karl — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:50:27 +0000

I am a student of Mr Fong’s and I am extremely proud of my teacher and I think he is a brilliant example of a person willing to stand up for his beliefs.

His post is here as well: http://syndicated.livejournal.com/ottofong/488.html

He has removed his tagboard but u can wish him well all the same with letters to the Headmaster.

We really support him and rest assured if any action is taken against him his students will be the first to protest.

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Daily SG: 11 Sep 2007 « The Singapore Daily — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 03:02:50 +0000

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By: Fowler's Un-Modern English Usage

Fowler's Un-Modern English Usage — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:04:39 +0000

Or, they presume to be enlightened and speak in tongues.

Fortunately for us, we run a clean system, and hence have nothing to hide.