Is GEP really necessary?

[limlim]

3Boys:

As much as I hate the casinos, they are revenue generating, not a cost centre.

I agree with this...... :evil:

[Dnls_mum]

2ppaamm:

Dnls_mum:

I am not sure if the poly has such courses, but i think the students who attend these courses prob don't want to be teachers anyway. If these courses are able to start the kids on to good jobs and support themselves and their families, who are we to say that the money is not well spent? It has benefitted these kids and their families.

Have lah... just do a little search on the poly and you should find them. The government envisaged a need for this workforce once the casino open, so the schools had to provide. It is like the government plans what kind of work force is required going forward, and the schools are asked to make sure they train the right skills to fulfill this requirement. Singapore government is very systematic.

Anyway, children at that age don't really know what they want, typically. So when they choose their courses, they also have to worry about their grades, and what is open to them with their grades. If there is this training, and they cannot get into anywhere else, they go for it lor...

And it is not that they are the ones or not. It is what is available for them to take in the institutions. If the intake (let's say teacher is more demanded than many courses) has a limit, those who want to be teachers go for lower and lower cut-off courses, until they reach the bottom lor...

Got got, just check. It is call diploma in tourism and resort management. Ok what. More course choices for everyone. Can also work for Banyan Tree, Four Seasons, not only casino la. Cannot force people to do teaching by giving less course choices la. That will really lead to not dedicated teachers. Like last time when we have little alternatives in schools. Those go be teachers, not satisfied that leave the profession. Like that waste more tax payers money.

[Dnls_mum]

Nebbermind:

Dnls mum,


Your ptm reminds me of the recent one we had. Teacher told us generally ok n then she quoted some silly prank he did during one assembly. I almost burst out laughing...but held it in...still I think there was a smile on my face. I was like...er, we were playing such silly pranks up to JC...so what is new?!
She must have been thinking I :siao:

:rotflmao:
Ya la, everyone too uptight these days!

[buds]

Chenonceau:

You all need so much liang teh for what hah? Personally, I only need when Nebbermind's avatar appears. Whoooooooo! That one... I tell you... **hyperventilate**

Actually I'm :skeptical: abt wats going on with Nebbermind's hand under that leaf... keeps moving back n forth. But face remains straight.

[Nebbermind]

buds:

Chenonceau:

You all need so much liang teh for what hah? Personally, I only need when Nebbermind's avatar appears. Whoooooooo! That one... I tell you... **hyperventilate**

Actually I'm :skeptical: abt wats going on with Nebbermind's hand under that leaf... keeps moving back n forth. But face remains straight.

Coz I m focusing on your avatar mah! The smile will come later :rotflmao:

[buds]

*gasp*


:rotflmao:

Oh well... as long as it helps release uptight-ness. :politebleah:

[buds]

Dnls_mum.. your posts rockz! :boogie: I loike! :please:


Did your DS eventually get to ...
1.....do the SS topic he wanted?
2.....not do it cos teacher didn't agree to?
3.....to do it and score? :evil:
4.....do another cos he can get distinction for it?

Ps how come ds is horrendous in Chinese when you n hubby are good?
It's my assumption since both of you come from schs with rich heritage as well as himself.

[tck]

Focusing on small class sizes and low student-teacher ratio, the teaching sector (primary and secondary) is one where I would definitely welcome FT. What does everyone think? Of course must be quality teachers lah. Since we need many more teachers to achieve small class sizes, and given Singapore's \"limited talent pool\" (a phrase so often used by the powers that be), why not hire from the global pool? We haven't been shy about hiring FT in almost every sector of the economy.


But I think one reason this won't happen is the fear that these global teachers might bring their liberal thinking and influence our young ones

[2ppaamm]

Dnls_mum:

2ppaamm:

This is like a chicken and egg situation. Why take in so many foreigners when the infrastructure is not even enough for our own? FT worries me a lot, and I see it here. I am an FT here, we top the schools, we go into better courses in the uni, get better jobs, and the locals are jealous, we get the same advantages, we own their lands, we lead their people, we get the scholarships. One day, I shudder to think, Singaporeans in our own lands will be like this.

Haha...so people take from your country, and you go take from other people country lor...hehehe. Same everywhere la! Maybe got a KSP forum in your adopted country now discussing this every same topic too :rotflmao:

hehe... exactly... why not? But them coming into Singapore does not hurt me one bit leh... at least not at the point I left, except that I cannot speak my Singlish and got called \"mum\" when I am not their mother.

The problem is, every first world country is short of people, every one is trying to attract people to their shores. In the event, we focus so much on attracting foreign talents, we forget to look after or groom our own. It is happening everywhere.. but, as a well-paid government, I thought we should expect more... apparently not. Nvm. I just use my credentials to the max lor... like the FTs who go to Singapore.

So roughly know their mentality... not what the government think hor... they not FT right? Only FTs know what FTs think... :evil:

[Dnls_mum]

buds:

Dnls_mum.. your posts rockz! :boogie: I loike! :please:


Did your DS eventually get to ...
1.....do the SS topic he wanted?
2.....not do it cos teacher didn't agree to?
3.....to do it and score? :evil:
4.....do another cos he can get distinction for it?

Ps how come ds is horrendous in Chinese when you n hubby are good?
It's my assumption since both of you come from schs with rich heritage as well as himself.

We let DS do the one he chose. Didn't ask him to change. No distinction, just got merit.

DH Chinese good, mine so so. I was the worst among my friends in Hwa Chong :rotflmao:

DH and I communicate in English with some Chinese. I think we are all so comfortable with English after joining the work force, especially since we both work for ang moh companies. We made the mistake of speaking to our kids in English since they were young. When DH subsequently tried to speak to them in Mandarin, they all ignore him! :rotflmao: The ultimate is when my daughter came home from kindergarten one day and say that she is English and not Chinese since she speaks English not Chinese!!

So now stuck with kentang kids lor. Maybe also because my parents help us with our kids and they don't speak Mandarin, just English and dialect. :skeptical: