Saturday, February 28, 2004
PART II… after watching the 6:30 news on Channel U:
Just saw on the news just now: the fucking authorities have decided to scrap Mother Tongue and the SAT as a prerequisite for entry into university. And now universities have a greater choice in selecting those they wish to take in, based on other aspects despite academics, of which have been the obsessions of many institutions over the years.
So now one only needs a pass in Mother Tongue. And SAT scores are not required, because the College Board in the US is going to revamp the whole thing. And the fact that universities choose applicants based on the activities they have done… hmm, that raises some suspicion. What if it comes in for abuse? I mean, professors could help their children admit themselves much more easily, one might never know. And we’d churn out a cream (pardon the pun) of bootlickers from the JC who know how to suck the arses of their future “masters” – those going to help them towards their aspirations. Don’t get me wrong that I’m against this system, in fact I welcome it as it will create a well-rounded group of young Singapore students who will not be only academically-grounded and who forget other aspects of life. In fact I think it teaches the muggers a lesson: STOP MUGGING ALL DAY LONG AND GET A LIFE!
And the Singapore education system has screwed itself in the hole again. Why do we learn history anyway? Some things just never change. The other one who screwed up earlier was the LTA who regretted tendering the NEL to SBS Transit. Singapore is just too small to have more than one railway operator. Now the MOE cannot make up its mind to how they should drive their policies. Who suffers? The students, of course. It’s just releasing a huge amount of water through a dam at high intensity such that the dam breaks. Oh MOE, oh MOE, how many more students do you want to kill? ¶ 2/28/2004 10:05:00 pm
Just saw on the news just now: the fucking authorities have decided to scrap Mother Tongue and the SAT as a prerequisite for entry into university. And now universities have a greater choice in selecting those they wish to take in, based on other aspects despite academics, of which have been the obsessions of many institutions over the years.
So now one only needs a pass in Mother Tongue. And SAT scores are not required, because the College Board in the US is going to revamp the whole thing. And the fact that universities choose applicants based on the activities they have done… hmm, that raises some suspicion. What if it comes in for abuse? I mean, professors could help their children admit themselves much more easily, one might never know. And we’d churn out a cream (pardon the pun) of bootlickers from the JC who know how to suck the arses of their future “masters” – those going to help them towards their aspirations. Don’t get me wrong that I’m against this system, in fact I welcome it as it will create a well-rounded group of young Singapore students who will not be only academically-grounded and who forget other aspects of life. In fact I think it teaches the muggers a lesson: STOP MUGGING ALL DAY LONG AND GET A LIFE!
And the Singapore education system has screwed itself in the hole again. Why do we learn history anyway? Some things just never change. The other one who screwed up earlier was the LTA who regretted tendering the NEL to SBS Transit. Singapore is just too small to have more than one railway operator. Now the MOE cannot make up its mind to how they should drive their policies. Who suffers? The students, of course. It’s just releasing a huge amount of water through a dam at high intensity such that the dam breaks. Oh MOE, oh MOE, how many more students do you want to kill? ¶ 2/28/2004 10:05:00 pm
