life is certainly unfair..thats my point of view..
well got back e pw results..got a seriously disappointing band 3..it really sucks okay..when you see other slackers getting better grades than you by just slacking..how to tolerate such nonsense given by the ever changing moe..i am lazy to blog about it anyway not in the mood for it..but at least sumthing made me brighten up a little lar..but still it still a black gloomy sunday..
my fiery comments about the stupid moe and its policies..
one which i sent to the ST forum..sadly it din came out..because no one dares to oppose the govt..ST doesnt dare to comment too much about the govt..talk about freedom of speech and meritocracy..all nothing but empty talks..
"The recent changes in the education system in Singapore has been troubling me. The first is regarding Project Work in Junior Colleges. I am beginning to suspect the viability of having Project Work and its grading system. Well, arguments that Project Work is useful to one in the working society in the future and generally people are happy with their grades. So there should not be any qualms about having Project Work then. No, there is. Well, does MOE know why people are generally happy about their Project Work grades? I personally feel MOE does not know. The grading system is flawed. Does MOE know that in a Project Work group of 5, how many of these 5 will be working? No offence to those who worked hard for their grades, but seriously there have been a few examples in my college and other neighbouring colleges that are faced with the same problem. Asking around in the school about their grades and people were so happy that they got a band 1 or 2 for their Project Work, it is not that they are happy for their grades, it is how that slacked in the whole process of Project Work and still able to get a band 1 or 2 whearas others had worked so hard but still could not get a good enough grade to merit entry to a good local university. There is no transparency in this grading system. People slacked and got fantastic grades, those who worked so hard only to get below sch average grades. Does MOE knows that we did a lot of covering up for our fellow schoolmates out of friendship? I doubt so. This grading system is simply unfair for those who work hard, and Singapore being a country based on meritocracy, Project Work has proved to be lacking in this aspect that made Singapore so successful. Please revamp the grading system.
The second point that i do not get is why the chinese syllabus has to be cut so much just in order to cultivate interest in Singaporean Chinese, who are just so westernised that they forgot their roots. The way i feel is the more we try to cut our syllabus, in the future there will be more demands for the syllabus to be cut because they want easier things to study so to get their grades. I do not see this case in other races' languages. Why are we the Singaporean Chinese getting such priviliges? I personally feel that by cutting down the Chinese syllabus is really disgracing for the Chinese race in Singapore. News reported about other indigenious races in Singapore picking up the Chinese Language and did as well as fellow Chinese Singaporeans. The Chinese Singaporeans really need to reflect on themselves, losing our roots and our language where others are trying to understand us. Please revert to the old Chinese syllabus, but use new methods to encourage learning of Chinese. Simplifying the Chinese syllabus does not help, in the end you know very little chinese words and it does not help you at all. Remember China is growing to becoming a superpower. Not knowing higher level Chinese is to our disadvantage.
Please, I urge the MOE to review its policies again. Just my two cents worth of comments. No offences whatsoever."
Posted at 4/17/2005 12:40:11 am by junwei
