Oh, and did I mention that our NUS students were actually free enough (maybe those lucky arses have finished their papers last week) to submit letters to the Straits Times online to debate over the meritocratic education system?
Exams: And producing useful graduates for society
Haha. Oh well.
And we have a wholesome bunch of adults stabbing each other in a verbal war on the ST Forum. Brilliant.
thagee38 wrote:
I don't really understand the fuss being made about the education system here.I come from a country where money =education.you don't need to have good grades in your A levels, but can still study to be a doctor, an engineer etc by paying substantial sums of money to the "Private colleges"There are so many "Private colleges " mushrooming in the whole country.Therefore mediocre doctors and engineers graduate year after year resulting in a substandard service standards.Students with real talents in sports as well as studies but with no money are never recogonised .
Conversely in Singapore,if you are a good student or have an inert talent in sports, you can get into the school of your choice and if you cannot afford the fees it comes highly subsidised. So please stop lamenting and instill in your children the love for learning and hard work, so they can acheive their goals and dreams.
some_cynic wrote:
#4:
"I don't really understand the fuss being made about the education system here."
Of course you cannot even grasp the fuss generated because you are NOT a born and bred aka NATIVE SINGAPOREAN. Duh. Similarly, I would never understand the mindset of the people of the country whence you come.
"So please stop lamenting and instill in your children the love for learning and hard work"
You still don't get it don't you, that the EDUCATION SYSTEM here does not allow the parents to instill THE LOVE OF LEARNING?? I find statements like these made by you and your fellow clueless guests of Singapore nothing but pure hubris and a waste of precious space. Not to mention, a tad rich. So, please go do something more worthwhile than making statements which you have no inkling of whatsoever.
some_cynic wrote:
"if you are a good student or have an inert talent in sports, you can get into the school of your choice"
Hah? This is something new to me, thagee38. Talent in sports can get ME into the school of my choice?
Where did you hear that from? Something that plucked from the air? Or are you referring to the Singapore Sports School? For the sake of clarification, Singapore Sports School is not subsidised. OK? Get your facts right before you make such statements that make Singaporeans' blood boil. Just so typical of you guests.
Okay I admit this guy was waaay beyond rude to treat a foreigner like this but, hey, he’s preaching the stuff we all current students are lamenting. Don’t deny, especially if you’re a student. Don’t tell me you ENJOY school curriculum, you ENJOY tests and examinations, you ENJOY homework, you ENJOY spot-quizzes, you ENJOY essays, you ENJOY rushing for projects, you ENJOY library camps, you ENJOY skipping meals to complete your work, you ENJOY mugging like mad for your papers which take up 30 per cent of your entire module mark and, more importantly, you ENJOY tuition. If you ENJOY all the above, then well and fine by me. But I didn’t.
And how I wish I could print this forum letter out and spam all those parents from my tuition centre, who dump their kids at us and expect us to groom them from F to A*. People can get SO unrealistic sometimes.
Tuition may help, but academic success is really down to the student
Good luck to all those taking NM2220 tomorrow!
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