All About London Olympics and Paralympics 2012

[concern2]

Way2GO:

My tongue in cheek response to ur list of benefits:

Edureach:

Now for a moment imagine if u hve one kid who is exceedingly naturally gifted in any olympic sport, why not send them to Singapore Sports Sch and forget about the top mainstream schs which are already clouded with so many academic high performers. Off course there are risks but consider the following benefits if he/she wins a gold medal:

1. Warmly welcome by the public, creating a public frency and being received by a senior member of the cabinet upon arrival at the airport.
There r enuf crowds everywhere oredi!
2. A sum of $1 million.
not enuf to buy house.
3. Commercial endorsements thus more money.
limited sponsorship deals in SG
4. National day honours list for significant contribution to Singapore.
5. Tea with the President and Prime Minister of the day.
Wat for? mee siam also no hum.
6. Recognise in our history.
A footnote maybe. How many children recognise or remember Tan Howe Liang?
7. A host of other benefits including opening of doors previously impossible, perk from commercial establishments as many want to be your friends.
Oh yeah, THL used to open doors at National Stadium.

The above is not exhausive and there are many others not being outlined. In short, yr kid will be treated like a national treasure far better than a President Scholar.
u wish.

RA-HAHAHAHHAHAA! :rotflmao: Bravo, Way!

[Way2GO]

concern2:

ksi:

The other thing is it is usually the parents who are concerned about the academics because they want to be guaranteed a second career should the sports career fail. Life is not a bed of roses choosing the sports route. Unless one is consistently outstanding and detemined to excel under all conditions, no amount of external support can beat the internal fire.

You know ah, I think these days kids are so 'nuah' that sports is good for them physically. Otherwise, ask them to carry a bit of things or walk some distance only they complain.. :rant: Whether they are spotted or not sometimes depends on luck also. Some kids are naturally active. I hate to see that fire get put down by over-emphasis on academics.

For many sports, its a short-lived career even if they make it.
For many promising young males, their progress r impeded by NS.

[concern2]

Way2GO:

concern2:

[quote=\"ksi\"]
The other thing is it is usually the parents who are concerned about the academics because they want to be guaranteed a second career should the sports career fail. Life is not a bed of roses choosing the sports route. Unless one is consistently outstanding and detemined to excel under all conditions, no amount of external support can beat the internal fire.

You know ah, I think these days kids are so 'nuah' that sports is good for them physically. Otherwise, ask them to carry a bit of things or walk some distance only they complain.. :rant: Whether they are spotted or not sometimes depends on luck also. Some kids are naturally active. I hate to see that fire get put down by over-emphasis on academics.

For many sports, its a short-lived career even if they make it.
For many promising young males, their progress r impeded by NS.[/quote]A-HA! [b]NS exempted if you can get into the national team! [/b]Can't be a better incentive, right? :evil: But of course, means nothing for the girls lah...

[corneyAmber]

Edureach:

Nowadays academic prowess alone doesn't mean much without robost character development and other positive life traits.


I can make this statment b'cause i already hve one who performed well in national exams. No big deal really!

Once upon a time, I told an ex-colleague \"no big deal\" to go to the university. She looked so hard at me and replied, \"You know, only when you have been there, then you can say that. I cannot even say that it is no big deal since I have not even been there.\"

So just a caution, while we really think it is no big deal, we have to stand in others' shoes and look at it from their angle....

[Edureach]

Think some got it wrong by citing NS as an issue. it is definately not an issue if a sportsman is a potential olympic medallist. He will be doing physical training in his unit, given time off to do honours for his country. Always remember, he is a national treasure and we may only hve one in each generation compare to top scholars in each cohort.

[corneyAmber]

Way2GO:

concern2:

[quote=\"ksi\"]
The other thing is it is usually the parents who are concerned about the academics because they want to be guaranteed a second career should the sports career fail. Life is not a bed of roses choosing the sports route. Unless one is consistently outstanding and detemined to excel under all conditions, no amount of external support can beat the internal fire.

You know ah, I think these days kids are so 'nuah' that sports is good for them physically. Otherwise, ask them to carry a bit of things or walk some distance only they complain.. :rant: Whether they are spotted or not sometimes depends on luck also. Some kids are naturally active. I hate to see that fire get put down by over-emphasis on academics.

For many sports, its a short-lived career even if they make it.
For many promising young males, their progress r impeded by NS.[/quote]It is so true about the short-lived part. Most world class sportsmen can take part in at most 3 Olympics and they become history in terms of active sportsmen. I believe a national team member has good reasons to defer NS which the country will happily support....so not an issue for outstanding boys in sports.

concern2, defer NS not an incentive leh...still have to complete just later only..

[corneyAmber]

Way2GO:

My tongue in cheek response to ur list of benefits:

Edureach:

Now for a moment imagine if u hve one kid who is exceedingly naturally gifted in any olympic sport, why not send them to Singapore Sports Sch and forget about the top mainstream schs which are already clouded with so many academic high performers. Off course there are risks but consider the following benefits if he/she wins a gold medal:

1. Warmly welcome by the public, creating a public frency and being received by a senior member of the cabinet upon arrival at the airport.
There r enuf crowds everywhere oredi!
2. A sum of $1 million.
not enuf to buy house.
3. Commercial endorsements thus more money.
limited sponsorship deals in SG
4. National day honours list for significant contribution to Singapore.
5. Tea with the President and Prime Minister of the day.
Wat for? mee siam also no hum.
6. Recognise in our history.
A footnote maybe. How many children recognise or remember Tan Howe Liang?
7. A host of other benefits including opening of doors previously impossible, perk from commercial establishments as many want to be your friends.
Oh yeah, THL used to open doors at National Stadium.

The above is not exhausive and there are many others not being outlined. In short, yr kid will be treated like a national treasure far better than a President Scholar.
u wish.

:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:

[Way2GO]

ksi:

No leh...I think we are saying the same thing.
What I mean is even when one makes sacrifices and full devotion to training and competitions, it is because they love it and want to push themselves towards it...not because of the lure of the above list of perks.

True. u can't leave out d passion n drive to achieve excellence.

[concern2]

Edureach:

The above is not exhausive and there are many others not being outlined. In short, yr kid will be treated like a national treasure far better than a President Scholar.

We welcome our President who is in London watching the Olympics to start a President Sportman/Sportswoman scholarship. :evil:

[corneyAmber]

concern2:

Edureach:

The above is not exhausive and there are many others not being outlined. In short, yr kid will be treated like a national treasure far better than a President Scholar.

We welcome our President who is in London watching the Olympics to start a President Sportman/Sportswoman scholarship. :evil:

Good :idea:
Do School of Sports offer scholarship for further studies in sports?