to tehzeh...
after reading ur long post...
i help u summarise...
in short, our education system...
I believe we are all at a consensus that education in Singapore does not seem as good as the ones we know overseas; that the products of the education system are mostly regurgitation machines or people with rigid minds and inability to think.
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14. That wasn't a good conclusion. Undoubtedly, this education system has its own flaws but ultimately, we the ones defining what we learn and we do not need an education system to actually develop a brain that could think or be morally right.
the inbetween basically... just u saying girl is immature and is not an economist and therefore not good enough to view big picture... for she seems to not understand what sg needs. correct me if i'm mistaken
4: we dun compare to US... US probably has one of the worst education system... save a few private institutions with sufficient funding...
education has to keep in track with globalisation. u mentioned sg is an open economy, we need to push jobs towards certain sectors, such as engineering...
yet you must also take into account... china and india are, and will be producing more engineers, or even more graduates, at a lower, probably cheaper cost. competing with them... with an education structured still at a level of memorizing and application is dangerous, for i suspect in the near future we might lose that advantage.
a shift towards research, service sector, tourism sector can be seen... a greater development towards RnD...
i'm not an economist... perhaps edutilos might be better with such analysis... but i oddly suspect the current direction taken by MOE is just barely keeping up with global trends.
(just look at how hard they pushed bi-cultural studies, namely english and chinese within the past 5 years. they roughly change their direction every 5 years)
education system has to improve to keep up with the times... and it will keep changing. is it changing fast enough at the moment? tat is the question.
and did the girl waste 105 mins of her life? i dun think so. she has highlighted a few valid points, and for her age, it is commendable.
if we were to take matters into our own hands, and say education... is pointless and we shld discover ourselves... whats the point of having education system in the first place..?
research requires some level of creativity too. albert einstein didnt come up with his theory of relativity memorising his engineering equations... he came up with this idea while day dreaming in his patent office.... a change in the system might not be so bad... and considering the backpedalling the government has done in view of globalisation (RWS, MBS), i wont be surprised the girl's views might be taken into account.