tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post6865014228188733611..comments2024-03-21T14:35:09.854+08:00Comments on Singapore Notes: Helping Or Exploiting The Kids?Tattlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11037010707866164010noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post-64496535670280421692011-01-27T11:05:50.317+08:002011-01-27T11:05:50.317+08:00Well, here is an example of how parents do want th...Well, here is an example of how parents do want their children get good quality education: http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/mom-jailed-for-sending-kids-to-better-school-23973624tednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post-55133056979394426502011-01-25T19:44:21.189+08:002011-01-25T19:44:21.189+08:00Suddenly our mercenary PAP Ministers are active ag...Suddenly our mercenary PAP Ministers are active again dishing all sorts of Ang Baos for almost everyone.<br /><br />We take the bait this time but we are not that daft anymore to prove the old man wrong. We will still pin for the opposition to give them their due recognition.Alan Wongnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post-24019698761843352072011-01-25T17:30:07.047+08:002011-01-25T17:30:07.047+08:00I know of a primary school that stipulate that the...I know of a primary school that stipulate that the students can only wear black shoes , not any normal brand but of of a particular brand that is more expensive. <br /><br />I also know of secondary schools requiring students to buy an Apple Macbook for e-learning.<br /><br />Some familes are not well off and struggle to provide these items to their children. Think education these days has lost its direction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post-68254221317518666122011-01-25T08:48:16.358+08:002011-01-25T08:48:16.358+08:00has always been like this lah
they dangle carrots,...has always been like this lah<br />they dangle carrots, especially before GE, but if u bother to look carefully they aint exactly carrots but more future liabilities<br /><br />yet fools continue to vote them inAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post-84253822294031862722011-01-25T08:35:27.087+08:002011-01-25T08:35:27.087+08:00It is very sad that very clever, priviledged and h...It is very sad that very clever, priviledged and highly paid individuals continuously come up with grand schemes to take advantage of their more disadvantaged fellow countrymen. I know this is happening everywhere in the world. In Singapore it is done with such finesse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post-35476342406152209112011-01-25T01:11:30.321+08:002011-01-25T01:11:30.321+08:00I'm glad that post like this points out social...I'm glad that post like this points out social injustice shunned by MSM. This is probably the only first world country without any real social welfare, even for children!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post-16971638882835247552011-01-25T01:02:42.597+08:002011-01-25T01:02:42.597+08:00Schools have never been shy of getting parents to ...Schools have never been shy of getting parents to pay for a whole host of 'enrichment' activities, compulsory 'supplementary' books and so on. Gone were the days of excursions where we do not have to pay a single cent.<br />Ya, sure. Nobody will be denied education due to affordability, just like there is no homeless people in Singapore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post-76487156770016244052011-01-25T00:01:33.371+08:002011-01-25T00:01:33.371+08:00I teach in a local polytechnic, which "encour...I teach in a local polytechnic, which "encourages" every student to buy a laptop. I swear that this is a ploy to prop up the laptop industry.mao wangnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post-85604759816220948312011-01-24T23:40:03.616+08:002011-01-24T23:40:03.616+08:00Quote "The one-off $155 million top-up to the...Quote "The one-off $155 million top-up to the Edusave scheme was flaunted as a measure to insulate children from the impact of inflation"<br /><br />Isn't school fees set by MOE? What inflation are we talking about? Government induced inflation?? Left pocket to right pocket, not children's pocket but their own pocket.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post-19474916455593716572011-01-24T19:57:46.341+08:002011-01-24T19:57:46.341+08:00By the way, the PM has stated that HE has not deci...By the way, the PM has stated that HE has not decided on when the GE will be held ! Poor G Yeo. <br />Anyway, this Right Hand give a S$100 and Left hand take back S$99 must sound familar to those of us who can recall the Army song. Nowadays, even the "Ah Soh" after two GE will join in the chorus.....Lye Khuen Wayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15902519116110277038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8772491888812684500.post-64111892338415589962011-01-24T19:50:10.710+08:002011-01-24T19:50:10.710+08:00You are absolutely right. I teach in a neighbourho...You are absolutely right. I teach in a neighbourhood secondary school. The situation is as what you have described, though our local media will never report on this. A lot of the money is wasted on so-called enrichment programmes, which are not beneficial to the students. The reason why it is done is for the school/principal to look good in terms of "using ICT" (even if it is not relevant).<br /><br />It is sad that many children are and will continue to be stuck in this vicious cycle, contrary to what the PAP would have you believe. Like the PAP, MOE officials would rather not do the real work of helping these students, but instead continue in their self-congratulatory mode. <br /><br />Really sad. I'm afraid this country's future is really bleak.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com