Thursday, August 16, 2007
♥ 7:33 pm
It has been an interesting day (and night)
haha emotions can swing from the depths of despair, to utter bewilderment, to joy, and back to the former.
not my first time at this, dear reader...
Today:
Physics - Physics TYS
Maths - Maths Paper, TYS
Econs - Econs TYS
English - no one there..
TYS TYS TYS TYS!!!!
i think that is a brand of a swimwear company...
i think ashley is right and wrong at the same time.
Got forced to go for the NTU talk today. several comments:
I kinda feel that the meaning of an education is becoming very diluted these days. Firstly, the main point of the Admissions Dean was to promote the college as one in which you go in, get a degree, come out, earn a lot of money as a businessman/engineer etc and hopefully go on to win a lot of awards and money.
What's the point of an education? It should be to develop the youth, and prepare them for what's going to happen in life. It's not to prepare them to work at a job to make a lot of money, and more money.
Singapore-style education has one main flaw, in that it stifles creativity, and becomes a machine churning out academically brilliant students who go on to become famous scientists or whatever.
However, the stigma of being a 'creative arts' person remains. Singapore is continuously trying to become a more vibrant scene for the arts. But the general consensus is that those who take the humanities or arts in JC/Uni are the academically weaker students. My parents forced me to take two HL sciences because it provided 'more choices', although i already made it clear that i didn't intend to pursue a career in the sciences.
Even being in the IB, the general outflow of creative thought is not there (in my humble opinion). The grading criteria is made in a way that if certain criteria are not fulfilled, no matter the content, formating is the most important thing. For example, in the EE, as long as the candidate fulfills the format criteria, he can pass, regardless of the content.
I want a job that caters to my interests and strengths, and one that gives me a sense of satisfaction, not slugging out in a dead-end job with no future (like some grown-ups i know). Money, to me, is a secondary concern.
It interested me, that on the list of top 30 earners in Singapore, (in which apparently 30% are engineers by training) the top has no degree
Although the presentation tried to impress the audience by stating the number of awards, scholars and commendations, i think that the motivation for a tertiary education should be one of interest, not money.
so say we all..
Je pense que vous êtes vraiment mignon, mon ami !
Cafe, non?
Labels: Education, Relationships, School
