Real reason behind Singapore’s obsession with tuition
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buds:
Good post here...? :skeptical:
:goodpost:limlim:
[quote=\"oxyleo\"]It is evident not everyone's experiences are the same.
If we are always stuck in an air-con room, it's going to be difficult to understand someone's complaint about the horrific sweltering heat.
If we are used to driving or being chauffeured around, it is going to be difficult to understand why some people complain about bus delays in the sweltering heat.
If we visit The Marketplace at Tanglin Mall for weekly grocery shopping, we are not going to understand why everyone else seems to complain how overcrowded every other mall seems to be on weekends.limlim:
Cheap here?Nothing is more cheap then saying \"you are not a teacher so cannot understand the difficulties of being a teacher etc etc..\"
Humans are full of contradiction. :roll:[/quote]
I don't see any contradictions..
In oxyleo's post,
It is about experiences between the rich and the poor. Being rich and being poor is very very different. The ones in ivory tower should not simply dismiss the poor's difficulties as baseless complains.
Those who are NOT working should not say it is easy to be a teacher/worker.
In my post, the main context is about a profession, a job, a work. Every job that are paid, carries some responsibilities and duties and difficulties.
I never say, teachers have no difficulties. That would be untrue. But, My point is, there are many jobs that involves comparable, if not higher level, difficulties than being a teacher.
In the position of someone who is a working adult, I say it is cheap excuse to simply say \"you are not a teacher so cannot understand the difficulties of being a teacher etc etc..\".
EVERY job can be difficult (depend on individual's tolerance).
Using \"job difficulties\" as an excuse to dismiss failure to perform, what can be more cheap than that? WHEN there are many professions out there that demands comparable, if not exceeding, difficulties and responsibilities.. -
of coz many of us do not have the experiences of being a schools teacher..
does that means parents should not have basic expectations of a teacher?
Does that mean teacher can use job difficulties to justify the failure to deliver?
Can anyone in ANY profession(Not limited to teachers) use job difficulties to justify the failure to deliver?
if not, then, DON'T talk about job difficulties. it simply does not justify any failure to deliver!
That, is the key point that I want to put across in my post.
Please engage directly to this post if you want, and not twist words around. -
limlim:
I interpretted oxyleo post as that of differnt experiences by parents - due to differences in schools/teachers, nature /ability of child and time ( now vs primary education say 5 or 10 years ago).of coz many of us do not have the experiences of being a schools teacher..
does that means parents should not have basic expectations of a teacher?
Does that mean teacher can use job difficulties to justify the failure to deliver?
Can anyone in ANY profession(Not limited to teachers) use job difficulties to justify the failure to deliver?
if not, then, DON'T talk about job difficulties. it simply does not justify any failure to deliver!
That, is the key point that I want to put across in my post.
Please engage directly to this post if you want, and not twist words around.
As a parent I may not understand why some people complain about teachers when the teachers in my child's school do not suggest tution, give reasonable homework, give a variety of resources to the kids . I may not understand why some people grumble that maths is so diff when my child can ace her exams with minimal help.
P5 /P3 Ca1/SA1 can be an eye opener for many . Parents reactions at the beginning can be one of shock/panic. but things fall into place towards the end of the year for many . So we need to understand things in the context. -
Sun_2010:
I am not saying that all teachers are not doing their work.
I interpretted oxyleo post as that of differnt experiences by parents - due to differences in schools/teachers, nature /ability of child and time ( now vs primary education say 5 or 10 years ago).
I am saying difficulties should not be used as an excuse for those who failed to deliver.
And, they should not try to mitigate their inadequacies by saying that person not in their profession cannot understand how tough their work is, when difficulties are part and parcel of Every profession and experienced by everyone, generally speaking.
So.. your comment is quite irrelevant to my post leh..