Spring Moderator May 14, 2015 Share May 14, 2015 Singapore voted no. 1 in Education worldwide which helps propel us to be first world country. Whilst I won't deny this is true, I'm just wondering what price we pay for achieving this. Pressure on our children at a young age, streaming ie segregating the children by their results, book smart children etc. Interested to know what do you guys feel, worth it? Perhaps....... ↡ Advertisement 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vid Hypersonic May 14, 2015 Share May 14, 2015 I said it before. Education in Singapore is like factory or macdonalds churning out workers. There is good and bad. Good because you get a continuous stream of workers who has the ability to work. Bad is because you get hordes of workers with similar skill set all vying for limited number of jobs. That's why FT still have a place in Singapore because we can't think out of the box. 13 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spring Moderator May 14, 2015 Author Share May 14, 2015 I said it before. Education in Singapore is like factory or macdonalds churning out workers. There is good and bad. Good because you get a continuous stream of workers who has the ability to work. Bad is because you get hordes of workers with similar skill set all vying for limited number of jobs. That's why FT still have a place in Singapore because we can't think out of the box. Well said bro! I have the same thinking as well that we are like programmed robots. Good workers but not many leaders and even fewer entrepreneurs. I know this well cos I'm also cut from the same cloth 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enye Hypersonic May 14, 2015 Share May 14, 2015 very good now please send all these highly educated children to work as cleaners, mechanics, service staff, construction workers, maids etc we need them in these jobs urgently 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picnic06-Biante15 Supersonic May 14, 2015 Share May 14, 2015 Now they are worried that Singaporean are too smart and so, told us no degree never mind..... FT with a degree and another fake one, welcome .. 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolad 5th Gear May 14, 2015 Share May 14, 2015 Still lose to SPU... period...hahaha 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picnic06-Biante15 Supersonic May 14, 2015 Share May 14, 2015 (edited) I said it before. Education in Singapore is like factory or macdonalds churning out workers. There is good and bad. Good because you get a continuous stream of workers who has the ability to work. Bad is because you get hordes of workers with similar skill set all vying for limited number of jobs. That's why FT still have a place in Singapore because we can't think out of the box. Inside the box feel safe .... Outside the box, 'people eat people' world .... and we are so soft until PRC women can scolded our police officers, we LLST ... Edited May 14, 2015 by Picnic06 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustank Hypersonic May 14, 2015 Share May 14, 2015 Well said bro! I have the same thinking as well that we are like programmed robots. Good workers but not many leaders and even fewer entrepreneurs. I know this well cos I'm also cut from the same cloth well, there always some who took the red pill you know kgeng joul kgeng joul, jin ho jiak Still lose to SPU... period...hahaha 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanchelsk 2nd Gear May 14, 2015 Share May 14, 2015 if everyone also highly educated and work as management team.. then who is going to execute the task?? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wishcumstrue 6th Gear May 14, 2015 Share May 14, 2015 (edited) I fail to understand what some people are complaining about. If you want your children to have an easier school life and less work load, there are many choices around Singapore which one can enrole into and cheaper too. How about sending your kids to schools in Malaysia which is ranked 52nd on the PISA survey ? Edited May 14, 2015 by Wishcumstrue 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman888 Moderator May 14, 2015 Share May 14, 2015 I fail to understand what some people are complaining about. If you want your children to have an easier school life and less work load, there are many choices around Singapore which one can enrole into and cheaper too. How about sending your kids to schools in Malaysia which is ranked 52nd on the PISA survey ? although all schools are good school in Singapore, you can always find a few that are not so stressful one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustank Hypersonic May 14, 2015 Share May 14, 2015 if everyone also highly educated and work as management team.. then who is going to execute the task?? FT FW lor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben5266 Supercharged May 14, 2015 Share May 14, 2015 well, there always some who took the red pill you know kgeng joul kgeng joul, jin ho jiak Good meh? Wonder is there only 1 and only 1 Amos or many more Famos? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wishcumstrue 6th Gear May 14, 2015 Share May 14, 2015 although all schools are good school in Singapore, you can always find a few that are not so stressful one Yes, there are locals schools which caters to children with different abilities and learning rate. The point I am making is it is really stupid to see this advantage which our education system had invested so much onm as a problem. These people seems to forget the simple fact human resouce is all Singapore has to remain viable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustank Hypersonic May 14, 2015 Share May 14, 2015 Good meh? Wonder is there only 1 and only 1 Amos or many more Famos? siao lang siao lang everywhere 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gitanic 6th Gear May 14, 2015 Share May 14, 2015 Life is short.So for me happiness is most important.When i was given a place in NUS 20 yrs ago,only about 20% of cohort able to get into local university.Now is 40-50%.So it's a bad rat race. If you are into Medicine,Dentistry,Law,Pharmacy then of course get that degree as early as possible.For some other fields there are other routes. And in life many roads lead to success.All you have to do is excel in it. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1fast1 Supersonic May 14, 2015 Share May 14, 2015 A true education is not just about teaching students to give the right answers. A true education is about teaching them to ask the right questions. Sadly, in Singapore, asking any kind of deeply probing or meaningful question is frowned upon. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldbug 6th Gear May 14, 2015 Share May 14, 2015 But FT fake degree trumps Singaporean real degree liao... ↡ Advertisement 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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