we must welcome talent from abroad to create and ...........

[concern2]

looking4Tutor:

verykiasu2010:

[quote=\"looking4Tutor\"]$4000 pm for scaffolding job. Will check it up, since, I'm now at a construction site with many scaffolding workers smoking cigars.

they must be very well paid to be able to afford cigars. Cuban ?

unfortunately, not - rolled with cardboard :rotflmao:

\"the last few years have seen the issue of HDB property not meeting the demand\" - this is done deliberately so as to push up the $$$ we have in the reserve.[/quote]
MBT :skeptical:

[concern2]

MadScientist:

But has it occurred that the situation we are in right now, and going to be in are the consequence of a \"comedy of errors\"?

I leave you with the thought:
That the consequence of the mistakes made by the previous generation will be borne by the next generation.

:sad:

[Mdm Koh]

Hey… it’s not the fault of tuition. It’s the education system here, which encourages kids to be rigid thinkers. Many times during tuition, my students will ask me if I am sure they can do this or if it’s ok to answer the question in that way.


They’re so worried about being wrong, and their concept of the "right answer" is fixed as a result of the inflexible marking schemes that the Singapore exam board comes up with.

As a tutor, I am also compelled to teach them the "correct" format, according to what MOE stipulates, even though I know that their answers are not wrong. But I will let them know that their answers are acceptable too, and it’s just a matter of tweaking them to give the examiner what she wants.

For students who are brought up to be inflexible thinkers, they will get a culture shock when they go to university and encounter professors from other countries. My American university professors often lamented the lack of thinking skills among the freshmen.

[MadScientist]

Mdm Koh:

Hey... it's not the fault of tuition. It's the education system here, which encourages kids to be rigid thinkers. Many times during tuition, my students will ask me if I am sure they can do this or if it's ok to answer the question in that way.


They're so worried about being wrong, and their concept of the \"right answer\" is fixed as a result of the inflexible marking schemes that the Singapore exam board comes up with.

As a tutor, I am also compelled to teach them the \"correct\" format, according to what MOE stipulates, even though I know that their answers are not wrong. But I will let them know that their answers are acceptable too, and it's just a matter of tweaking them to give the examiner what she wants.

For students who are brought up to be inflexible thinkers, they will get a culture shock when they go to university and encounter professors from other countries. My American university professors often lamented the lack of thinking skills among the freshmen.

This is where we have been failing...

To know and teach that the destination is not the aim, but the (learning) journey instead is what is essential.

[concern2]

Insider, Mdm Koh, Madscientist, I think you are all right.

[verykiasu2010]

you see, who are the people sending their kids to overseas uni to unlearn the rigidity of the SG system and to learn something new from overseas ? the popular thing these days is liberal arts education, PPE, and the like


why don’t all these government scholars stay put in NUS / SMU / NTU ?

draw your own conclusion

[verykiasu2010]

concern2:

Yes, I should have broken my sentence into two instead of inferring the problem is solely due to foreigners. Yet, we ARE increasing in our numbers of citizens..

the increase is not enough to cover the shortfall of live births.

last year's increase in new citizens is less than 20,000, and live births less than 40,000 ..... together still below replacement level, and the new citizens are of shorter life span than new live births .... so long term problem still exist ..... :rotflmao:

[concern2]

verykiasu2010:

you see, who are the people sending their kids to overseas uni to unlearn the rigidity of the SG system and to learn something new from overseas ? the popular thing these days is liberal arts education, PPE, and the like


why don't all these government scholars stay put in NUS / SMU / NTU ?

draw your own conclusion

:goodpost:

[Oppsgal]

So next time send kids to overseas uni instead of local ones?


Strawberry is bad? Or prefer don't ask what to do and anyhow do, then do wrong? Which is worst?



Most employers I notice prefer the \"push button\" to work, with specific experiences and knowledge of computer programs.

Wonder where those fresh grads get these knowledge if not taught in school 0 experience, and companies refuse to hire them :?

[concern2]

Oppsgal:

Strawberry is bad? Or prefer don't ask what to do and anyhow do, then do wrong? Which is worst?

Asking is good, but not if Strawberry treats you like he's your boss, and his mistake is your mistake, because you didn't warn him of all the various consequences - just one example..

Oppsgal:

Wonder where those fresh grads get these knowledge if not taught in school 0 experience, and companies refuse to hire them :?

Continue studying for a few more years then see how..that's why so many Phds and masters around...

In the end, so highly educated, how to accept a lowly paid job? Sigh..