SIMPLE Dans Ma Vertu, Forte Dans Mon Devoir (Simple in my virtues, steadfast in my duties): This is my school motto which still lingers in my heart. It saddened me to find out that my school is one of the three iconic convent schools in Penang that will be shut by 2024.
My best friend, who studied at a boarding school, said to me, “I don’t get this strong emotional attachment convent girls have with their schools. It’s like there is this ghostly umbilical cord between you and the school.” OK, that sounds like an eerie ghost story ... but on a serious note, my friend’s question made me think hard about why former convent girls like me love and take pride in our missionary school so much.
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