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What gift will you offer this year?

Instead of making New Year's resolutions, figuring out which talents we can bring to the table puts others before ourselves and lends meaning to our efforts

ST ILLUSTRATION: CEL GULAPA
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Before the dawn of this year, the principal of my son's school gave the incoming Secondary 1 cohort something to mull over: What gift can you bring to the school?

In a separate welcome address to the parents, he told us about his homework for the boys and gave us some food for thought too.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on January 20, 2020, with the headline What gift will you offer this year? . Subscribe