‘The Taximan’s Story’ by Catherine Lim mainly talks about students lying to their parents about having extra coaching or so when they actually went out with some European friends. I believe that such a problem is caused by the students themselves. Why should the students lie when they can tell their parents the truth about them going out with their friends? I doubt that their parents would scold them and maybe even allow them to hang out with them if it is not too frequent.
However, I also feel that the school is partly at fault. The school should inform the parents about the school activities held and when is it held. This will allow the parents to know if their children are lying or not and also to know about their children’s whereabouts.
In the story, the taxi driver was extremely happy when some of the students paid more money for the fare. He seemed happy that the students went out with their friends as they will pay more for the taxi fare. However, when he saw his daughter doing the same thing, he was infuriated and beat her and locked her in her room. He willingly drives the students in his taxi because they actually pay him more money but he forbids his daughter to do the same thing.
In conclusion, I think it is mostly the students’ fault as they could actually tell their parents the truth and prevent a lot of trouble.
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