Huo Dong Ben Answers | Sec 3

They moved through the answers. Three ways Singapore promotes religious harmony. Jun Hao had them: the Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act, Inter-Racial and Religious Confidence Circles, and common spaces like community centres. Wei Jie had written: 1. Don't pray too loud. 2. Share cookies during CNY and Hari Raya. 3. The teachers shout at you if you make fun of someone's turban.

The class went quiet. This wasn't a textbook answer. Jun Hao even hesitated. Huo Dong Ben Answers Sec 3

"Open your Huo Dong Ben to page 37," Ms. Priya said, her voice echoing in the tense silence. "Let's go through the answers for Section 3: 'Managing our Diverse Society'." They moved through the answers

He took a breath. "I wrote about the Chinese Orchestra tryouts. How I didn't fit in. And… I wrote that the only thing that would have helped was if someone just… said I could sit next to them." Wei Jie had written: 1

Last year, during CCA selection. I wanted to join the Chinese Orchestra because my grandfather played the erhu. I went to the trial. I was the only one wearing torn school shorts. Everyone else was from the gifted programme. They spoke in perfect English about their grade 8 certificates. I said I learned by watching YouTube. They laughed. I felt like a piece of Lego that didn't fit. I just sat in the corner until my mum came to pick me up. What could someone do? Maybe just say 'you can sit next to me'. That's all.

Silence. Then, from the front row, a boy named Raj, who always sat alone, turned around. He gave Wei Jie a small, almost invisible nod.

He gripped his pen. He was going to erase it. He had to. It was too real.