2011年1月14日星期五

感覺關總掣(上)

早前在拙欄提及,我的通識班上,愛叫同學分享「一分鐘故事」。

看似尋常的聊天,卻原來比測驗默書,更叫孩子為難。

孩子都說,故事講不好,是因為不懂取材,不夠技巧。但我思疑,其實真正欠缺的,更原始,而且跟所有都市人一樣,是對生活的「感覺」。

「上周……去了印尼。」某次,某甲如此展開他的故事。

「然後呢?」我問。「無……無啦。」「多說一點?」我鼓勵。「在飛機上看了兩套戲!」我打了個突,心忖﹕這兩套戲一定史無前例的精彩。

「然後呢?」「套戲……120分鐘。」他那恨不得找洞鑽的樣子,告訴我其實他並不是要談那齣電影,而是壓根兒想不到要談什麼!

追問下方知,去年孩子的家曾接待某印尼學生,今次是交換計劃的下半部,輪到孩子造訪印尼。

首次隻身深入彼邦一個陌生家庭,怎可能沒故事?幾天以來,都幹過什麼了?

「沒什麼呀,都是吃飯睡覺出街之類。」孩子說。「有沒有甚麼跟香港不一樣的?」「嗯,好像沒有。」

「哎呀,怎可能?一定很好玩!」等聽好戲的同學們,難掩失望之色。

其實,說不出故事的,不只某甲。大部分孩子,都對別人的故事很有興趣,卻無甚意欲講自己的故事。這方面,還挺像成年人世界,永遠隔離飯香,認定自己的生活,乏善足陳。

出國幾天,即便只是吃睡拉,在別國的文化習俗中,也總有點觸動情緒的片段吧。倘若真的跟香港一模一樣,就更是大新聞了。

絲毫未覺當中有文章,大概是因為,我們的七情六慾五觸覺,關掉了總掣,而且關得太久,久遠得生了鏽。沒有值得說的感覺,因為早已沒有任何感覺。

究竟怎樣令孩子重拾感覺?這問題,我至今也沒答案。(待續)

3 則留言:

Frostig 說...

So poor! So sympathetic!


The problem is, the WHOLE HK has becoming more and more like this, the whole generation of children have become senseless...... *SAD*

匿名 說...

I'm a doctor working in private clinics. When I ask the kids and teenagers what's their discomfort, 100% chance that the parents speak for them and won't let them say their own words. No matter how many piano grades and classes their children have obtained/attended, HK parents never really let their children have their own say. Parents say 'I let the children choose so and so...' But do you know how much fear the parents have deep inside that the children's choice may destroy the parent's dream? After all, I don't think HK parents are confident in their kids at all. Attending different classes is a sign of fear of losing competitiveness and confusion of life focus to me.

The ability of expressing and facing strangers will be more and more difficult for the new generation because the overall HK society environment. We're supposed to follow the crowd and value in HK. Sometimes I really appreciate the people who dare to speak up in China. Most of them are not famous to us at all.

Frostig 說...

... the whole HK has become... (typo :-P)