Lack of drive in Singaporean students a worry
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Mr.Heng, you should show us how to drive to your expectation. You are the education minister, hence, we expect you to drive the student in the right direction - be it acquiring more skill-sets, more drive, etc.
How long has Singapore first introduced education to our children that we have to come to this conclusion - our students lack drive. This is pathetic.
Those CEOs are indirectly telling you that something is really, really, really not right in our educational system. CEOs are profit-driven people, why should they throw up solutions for free.
Or maybe they stop short of saying come out of your comfort zone and revamp the whole system. :nailbite: -
looking4Tutor:
CEOs are profit-driven people, why should they throw up solutions for free.
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students are trained to be scared of failure by parents and teachers, only those can study one become model citizens.
cannot study one cowpehcowboo only. But neber mind, if work hard and be smart, still can make money! If make enough money, model citizens end up driving for you! tio bo? -
ksi:
It's good to inject some funny punches sometimes as you are right to point out that most times we are helplessly discussing, rationalising and sometimes it gets so heavy and I welcome the humour in good taste punches.....
Thanks, ksi. Was contemplating for PHD moms and tuition teacher dads to start :spank: :nunchuk: :nunchuk: , but seriously, it's just for laughs, no insults intended. - oh, and I missed out on Grandpa who has taken online trading as his retirement hobby...who's afraid of being out-of-job these days? Everywhere also got lobang...no need to see those CEO's face colors... -
3Boys:
Me too, do not quite agree with this.kuzco:
The education system does not take kindly to those who don't do well or fail. Miss the first strike, and you are out forever.
Like ksi, I do not agree with this.
It is people themselves who do not see any other way then the academic way. And even then they think that there is only 1 path when fact is there are many paths to be taken. Even during my time. Just a matter of one having a defeatist attitude or never say die attitude. -
Sun_2010:
He had a long discussion with them, which did not throw up any solutions.
Hmm.... typical CEOs. We have a problem. You go solve it. I go play golf.
What do these CEOs expect? They are the leaders of million dollar companies and yet none can provide even a suggestion of a solution? They expect the solution to be presented to them on a platter. What drive then do they expect to see in kids? -
Funz:
Exam-smart CEOs - the products of our education system.Sun_2010:
He had a long discussion with them, which did not throw up any solutions.
Hmm.... typical CEOs. We have a problem. You go solve it. I go play golf.
What do these CEOs expect? They are the leaders of million dollar companies and yet none can provide even a suggestion of a solution? They expect the solution to be presented to them on a platter. What drive then do they expect to see in kids? -
looking4Tutor:
Exam-smart CEOs - the products of our education system.[/quote]They are? Hm....never thought of that. Often assume that these CEOs are 白手起家ones, unless their business have been passed down by their Ah Gong or Father...guess depends on which CEOs were involved..Funz:
[quote=\"Sun_2010\"] He had a long discussion with them, which did not throw up any solutions.
Hmm.... typical CEOs. We have a problem. You go solve it. I go play golf.
What do these CEOs expect? They are the leaders of million dollar companies and yet none can provide even a suggestion of a solution? They expect the solution to be presented to them on a platter. What drive then do they expect to see in kids?
On the other hand, would the CEOs be thinking - we tell you the problem, you are the education expert, not us, so you should be the one thinking how to solve this problem - if we can tell you solutions, then we should go set up schools ourselves...international schools in overseas perhaps, so we need not go through you... :evil: -
:love: the humours in u all :rotflmao:
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anecdotes from some investment bankers :
young grads on new job to analyse the IPO performance and don't know how to calculate ex-right price of a stock, and use the financial calculator wrongly some more :mad: ....... can't even derive the answer from first principle ..... and asked from the boss : do you have a template ?.... :rotflmao: :rotflmao: template graduates :roll: :roll:
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