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[Imp75]

My girls scored equally well in both history and geog. Given their English is not as strong as their maths and sci, do I say geog is a better choice given no preference or rather doesn’t like reading.

[doodbug]

Doesn’t like reading - I think better avoid History.

If the O level syllabus is anything to go by, I think Geog has more structured questions. History has more essay writing than Geog.

[Imp75]

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Doesn't like reading - I think better avoid History.
If the O level syllabus is anything to go by, I think Geog has more structured questions. History has more essay writing than Geog.

Personally I feel studying history is more useful for GP or general knowledge. I don't see any relevance of studying physical geog. Human geog is quite easily understood if one reads newspaper regularly.

[floppy]

I beg to differ. I think it’s easy to do history if you don’t like reading (you don’t really need a strong command of the language to do both).


There are more ways to arouse interest in history besides reading - eg motion pictures, documentaries etc. History is also more relatable - you can look at the faces of the players, the implications of their actions, their places in human development etc.

On the other hand, I find it hard to get excited over cirrocumulus or nimbostratus.

[doodbug]

Imp75\" post_id=\"1999959\" time=\"1603424875\" user_id=\"2358:

doodbug\" post_id=\"1999958\" time=\"1603424335\" user_id=\"13281:

Doesn't like reading - I think better avoid History.
If the O level syllabus is anything to go by, I think Geog has more structured questions. History has more essay writing than Geog.

Personally I feel studying history is more useful for GP or general knowledge. I don't see any relevance of studying physical geog. Human geog is quite easily understood if one reads newspaper regularly.

I feel the same. Both my kids opted for History. We let them choose. Not sure if my DD will get her choice though.

[Imp75]

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I beg to differ. I think it’s easy to do history if you don’t like reading (you don’t really need a strong command of the language to do both).

There are more ways to arouse interest in history besides reading - eg motion pictures, documentaries etc. History is also more relatable - you can look at the faces of the players, the implications of their actions, their places in human development etc.

On the other hand, I find it hard to get excited over cirrocumulus or nimbostratus.

Unfortunately I am the only one who likes to read autobiographies and watch historical movies or documentaries.

[Swc]

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doodbug\" post_id=\"1999958\" time=\"1603424335\" user_id=\"13281:

Doesn't like reading - I think better avoid History.
If the O level syllabus is anything to go by, I think Geog has more structured questions. History has more essay writing than Geog.

Personally I feel studying history is more useful for GP or general knowledge. I don't see any relevance of studying physical geog. Human geog is quite easily understood if one reads newspaper regularly.

I think both are useful for GP. For Geog, the focus is on the relationship between human and our environment. Given the focus on climate issues, studying of Geog will help in answering GP questions related to climate issues.

Personally I think whether to study History or Geography in upper secondary should depend on personal interest. I personally love History and has a natural curiosity towards how our past impact the world we love in today.

For my DD, I therefore asked her to follow her heart when it comes to choosing her subject combi.

[phtthp]

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Imp75\" post_id=\"1999959\" time=\"1603424875\" user_id=\"2358:

[quote=doodbug post_id=1999958 time=1603424335 user_id=13281]Doesn't like reading - I think better avoid History.
If the O level syllabus is anything to go by, I think Geog has more structured questions. History has more essay writing than Geog.

Personally I feel studying history is more useful for GP or general knowledge. I don't see any relevance of studying physical geog. Human geog is quite easily understood if one reads newspaper regularly.

I think both are useful for GP.
For Geog, the focus is on the relationship between human and our environment. Given the focus on climate issues, studying of Geog will help in answering GP questions related to climate issues.

Personally I think whether to study History or Geography in upper secondary should depend on personal interest. I personally love History and has a natural curiosity towards how our past impact the world we love in today.

For my DD, I therefore asked her to follow her heart when it comes to choosing her subject combi.[/quote]If have to choose between Literature vs. History,
which will you choose ?

Literature also help in General Paper ?

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Quite a number graduated in Economics lol Possibly the most common degree. Off-hand, HSK, LW, OYK, CCS, Tharman, Josephine Teo.....not sure if there are any more.

But OYK and JT from LSE - aka math based as per your definition.
The Oxbridge gang we take them as humanities based.
Hence the score above.
LW is from the Midwest. Whether BA or BSc I’m too lazy to check but he won’t tilt the balance.
Those are the only ones actually.

Details can refer to PMO website.

During our developing years as a 3rd world nation, we did groom more Engg scholars, so 3G had more technocrats, but now 4G - yes, more humanities majors. I consider Econs a semi-humanities subject.
http://catalog.mit.edu/schools/humanities-arts-social-sciences/economics/

Josephine Teo from NUS FASS before heading to LSE under the EDB scholarship or thanks to SSIP? She probably majored in Econs & Stats in FASS to land herself that EDB HR job.
https://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/ecs/department/generalInfo.html

Wisconsin-Madison has a Dept in Econs in the College of Letters & Science (aka humanities, liberal arts, social sciences and natural sciences lumped together), so Lawrence Wong would have graduated from this dept. But while his 1st degree says BSc in Econs, but his 2nd says MA in Econs.

If I didn't miscount, 12 cabinet ministers out of 20 possess humanities background. Iswaran (econs), Maliki (social work)
Grace Fu not counted - Accountancy
Tan Chuan-jin not counted - RJC Arts faculty -> MA in Defence Studies Kings College


That said, we probably need to groom more Engg / technocrats, tier 2 leaders & scholars once again, now that we've attracted so many ICT-Fintech investors coming in due to the escalating Sino-US ICT war & global supply chain shifts.

Heavyweights like Tencent, ANT, ByteDance TikTok, Alibaba, Zoom, Hyundai e-cars, Global Foundries semi-conductor...adding to Google, Facebook, Twitter and so on. But Finance&Banking was the sector that brought in the most FDI to Singapore in 2018, and will continue to grow -- thanks to HK.
https://postimg.cc/k6VwM7y6

https://www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/search-by-theme/trade-and-investment/foreign-direct-investment/visualising-data/foreign-direct-investment-in-singapore-dashboard

[Imp75]

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[quote=Imp75 post_id=1999959 time=1603424875 user_id=2358]
Personally I feel studying history is more useful for GP or general knowledge. I don't see any relevance of studying physical geog. Human geog is quite easily understood if one reads newspaper regularly.

I think both are useful for GP.
For Geog, the focus is on the relationship between human and our environment. Given the focus on climate issues, studying of Geog will help in answering GP questions related to climate issues.

Personally I think whether to study History or Geography in upper secondary should depend on personal interest. I personally love History and has a natural curiosity towards how our past impact the world we love in today.

For my DD, I therefore asked her to follow her heart when it comes to choosing her subject combi.

If have to choose between Literature vs. History,
which will you choose ?

Literature also help in General Paper ?[/quote]I feel literature is a bit abstracted from the real world so in my opinion least applicable but to be a humanities scholar unfortunately lit is compulsory