An Open Letter To The Minister For Education

[eatshitndie]

Thank you with Love
Janelle

please tell janelle to apply for stanford asap as the next quarter starts in fall. right now, there is a summer break. contrary to demands and requirements of the sinkie education system, janelle can start 4-year u studies in the u.s. without the need for another 2 years in the sinkie system. she may need advanced placement subject passes with 'a' grades in math and science if she wants to do engineering. i am sure she can easily ace her sat 1 & 2 and toefl. the sooner she lands in a top notch u in the u.s. the better for her pursuit of learning and dream of an excellent educational experience.

 

[Ash007]

please tell janelle to apply for stanford asap as the next quarter starts in fall. right now, there is a summer break. contrary to demands and requirements of the sinkie education system, janelle can start 4-year u studies in the u.s. without the need for another 2 years in the sinkie system. she may need advanced placement subject passes with 'a' grades in math and science if she wants to do engineering. i am sure she can easily ace her sat 1 & 2 and toefl. the sooner she lands in a top notch u in the u.s. the better for her pursuit of learning and dream of an excellent educational experience.

Why don't you tell her that yourself?

http://www.facebook.com/notes/janelle-nicodemus-lee/an-open-letter-to-the-education-minister/10150248404359401

 

[Windsor]

I understand what you are saying. I also suspect ranking like these are being manipulated some how as well. Given the cash that the government throws at it and from what I've heard about NUS. I'm surprised even at university level, students still mugged their way through exams in NUS.

A student in NTU I believe is asking other students to post videos of lectures they attended. Everything is not as rosy as painted.

 

[eatshitndie]

Whether she gets a chance to even go overseas would be another matter. I hope she does, able to know and point out in the Singapore system at such an early age is a rarity.

her parents would need to cough up about sgd100k a year. good news for her is that since she's a girl, she is not stuck with ns obligations.

 

[Ash007]

A student in NTU I believe is asking other students to post videos of lectures they attended. Everything is not as rosy as painted.

Don't forget massive copying of lecturer's notes by other students etc. I've even known cases where students copies other students notes in the hope they would "learn" something off it.

 

[johnny333]

From my observation, Sporeans students who have completed "O" or "A" are prepared for university in Canada. The 0 & A-level maths curriculum is equivalent to 1st & 2nd Univ courses.

Despite the Sporean students starting with a higher level of knowledge in maths.
It is the Canadian stdents who finish in the top & not the Sporeans student. That is why I recommend Sporeans apply for the Uni with their O levels. Don't waste your time going for your A's .

 

[eatshitndie]

from angmo wiki..there maybe flaws in our educational system but for a little red dot with some defected genes from the southern peasants of China we did quite well already..

Education
Main article: Education in Singapore

Singapore was rated as having one of the world’s best performing education systems
......Asia

sinkie education is great up to o levels in math for the general public. some schools may be excellent for many subjects beside math, but this is mainly due to quality of students and family background such as those who are channelled to gifted and talented programs. good schools with a good tradition of educational excellence tend to draw good students and paranoid parents who are hellbent on enrolling their kids there. majority of public schools are crap, breeding mediocrity and average performance. this is the same for all levels of education, including unis in the u.s. however, elite schools in the u.s. especially at the u level far outperform sinkie unis, as concentrations of the best students from a larger gene pool tend to skew the balance. however, i must admit that the top sinkie students can easily top the totem pole in american unis. in other words, among elite students, sinkie elite students rise to the top. but that is fast disappearing as elite kids from china, taiwan, india and korea are taking over those top spots. ultimately, it is not how they make it in school but how they excel in real life. most successful and innovative entrepreneurs today are jews and gringos. go figure.

 

[eatshitndie]

Why don't you tell her that yourself?

http://www.facebook.com/notes/janelle-nicodemus-lee/an-open-letter-to-the-education-minister/10150248404359401

i don't chat with young girls and i don't join facebook. facebook is a fecking waste of my time.

 

[Windsor]

sinkie education is great up to o levels in math for the general public. some schools may be excellent for many subjects beside math, but this is mainly due to quality of students and family background such as those who are channelled to gifted and talented programs. good schools with a good tradition of educational excellence tend to draw good students and paranoid parents who are hellbent on enrolling their kids there. majority of public schools are crap, breeding mediocrity and average performance. this is the same for all levels of education, including unis in the u.s. however, elite schools in the u.s. especially at the u level far outperform sinkie unis, as concentrations of the best students from a larger gene pool tend to skew the balance. however, i must admit that the top sinkie students can easily top the totem pole in american unis. in other words, among elite students, sinkie elite students rise to the top. but that is fast disappearing as elite kids from china, taiwan, india and korea are taking over those top spots. ultimately, it is not how they make it in school but how they excel in real life. most successful and innovative entrepreneurs today are jews and gringos. go figure.

That was exactly what I was hoping this discussion will lead to. Singapore has got some of the best brains but due to our education system, they either stifled or killed their potential to be world beaters. Look at all the brains the government monopolised, they became very good civil servants instead of being up there with the nobel laureates, famous inventors, innovators and those that are making waves in pushing the boundaries of knowledge. Where are our creative people on the world stage? Where are our outstanding entrepreneurs? Where are our nobel prize winners?

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[MarrickG]

SINGAPORE - An open letter to Education Minister Heng Swee Keat has created such a buzz on the Internet and impressed him so much that he has invited its young author to be part of a discussion panel.

Written by Secondary Four student Janelle Lee, the letter, posted on her Facebook page, has been shared over 11,000 times since it was up on the night of July 11.

In the letter the student at Nan Chiau High School criticised the Singapore's education system for its "emphasis" on "factual memorisation" and training students "not to question".

Ms Lee also lamented the fact that the system viewed students as "a collective who are all the same" instead of "as individuals with separate talents".

In her note, she felt that character development was another "gaping flaw" in the system. She said schools seemed to be introducing moral education "purely for the sake of it and not for inculcating values important to working life".

And for the teenagers she found compassionate, she argued that good parenting seemed to be the cause rather than a good Civics and Moral education.

The student who's taking her O Levels this year said, "We may be a First World Country, but if our education system still holds the belief that we are in a Second or Third World Country, and need to furiously cram facts in our head to get out of the cycle of poverty fast, then we will never truly raise First World leaders."

The open letter, which Ms Lee said took her one hour and 45 minutes to write, prompted Mr Seah Jia Heng, who came across the note, to share it on Mr Heng's Facebook page.

In a reply to Ms Lee, Mr Heng said he was "deeply impressed and and encouraged" by her "thoughtful remarks about what education should be" especially her points on "curiosity, creativity and character development".

It cheered him that the letter came from "someone so young". Mr Heng, also revealed that "several students" have e-mailed him "interesting ideas" and that he is "gathering a group to discuss these ideas".

The Education Minister, who is currently visiting Shanghai and Hong Kong on a ministerial trip, extended the same invitation to Ms Lee.

Two weeks ago, Mr Heng told reporters that Singapore schools will focus on imparting values of responsibility, resilience and compassion to the young. The Straits Times reported that these are the values the Education Minister has identified as "21st century competencies".

 

[Spock]

Due to the stifling and sanitised environment, the average SGrean is either a frog in the well or goes totally crazy like Annabelle Chong or the A* SPG who walked down Holland village naked upon their first encounter with true freedom.

 

[Windsor]

Due to the stifling and sanitised environment, the average SGrean is either a frog in the well or goes totally crazy like the A* SPG who walked down Holland village naked upon their first encounter with true freedom.

Worse even, many cannot articulate well and unable to socialise, such that the government need to set up a matchmaking body to enable them to meet and eventually marry.

 

[Ash007]

Indeed, many never learned the joys of going after a girl. They think that by getting A1s they would get laid. Life is not just about what you learn from the textbook.

Worse even, many cannot articulate well and unable to socialise, such that the government need to set up a matchmaking body to enable them to meet and eventually marry.

 

[Redress]

10th Jan 2014
To: The Prime Minister
Dear Mr Lee
A Second Open Letter to the Republic of Singapore Prime Minister
I am your obedient local born Singapore citizen wishing to seek help & redress from you and I affirm that I am speaking the truth and my Complains are as follows:-
I am being threatened by this person to break my hand or leg as I have lodged a complaint against this person towards several government agencies which are all of valid grounds. I am just carrying out my duty as a citizen by reporting on this Singapore PR who is a Malaysian Chinese who also a lawful wife(a Malaysian Chinese) and a legal son too. However, this person lied to me that his wife was of a Chinese Nationality and they had a son forced to be born in China so he had borrowed ten over thousands of dollar from me to get his son a student pass and study in Singapore. I only realized that after he had successfully obtain for his son a student pass and his mistress become openly a “legal” accompanying mother which is a peidu mama here in Singapore of their illegitimate son and who is also their biological son too!
I have been complaining to ICA for the past one year and on the 30th of August 2013 I have also managed to get a photo of this person mistress which has already been submitted to the ICA. However it had not led to anywhere with no action being taken so far resulting in the child still remaining in Singapore, so as the mother of the said child and this person can thus continue to enjoy his two families here which our law does not permit at all! This is because I used his method and made the necessary about the same application and was rejected by ICA. Then, I questioned the ICA why a double standard exists. All that I know is that ICA does not assign any reason to the public and that’s why there is no answer to it! This is totally very unfair for those who are legally married (a one man one wife), but for this person he is so capable of enjoying polygamy with our law’s loopholes .
Here is what actually had happened. This person even told me that I cannot do anything or the authority can handle him at all because of:-
a) The local sponsor was not himself and he got someone to help him out. This fact was disclosed by himself when we were on talking term as he do crack a joke on me that should I try reported him also of no use as the authority cannot check on him at all as there’s no name of his to the application and moreover the child birth certificate also do not have his name in it referring to the (father’s name)
b) I suspected that this person had paid the sponsor a sum of money to become his biological illegitimate son sponsor for the boy to obtain a long-term pass and a student pass to study in Singapore.
c) The local sponsor was suspected to have made a false statement on the declaration and sponsorship form as the local sponsor is not related to the boy in any means. They are also not staying together all the time from the date the boy came to Singapore.
d) I wish ICA to further investigate into the local sponsor for making a false statement for the boy long term pass and student pass.
e) Because of this local sponsor, the boy’s biological father can cohabit together with the boy’s mother without the knowledge of the Authority.
f) Actually the boy is this person biological illegitimate son who is currently schooling in Primary Two
g) This person is abusing the system undiscovered until now and this person China Nationality mistress and this person biological illegitimate child are currently residing in a rented house at a HUDC in Tampines
Lastly, I do hope that you can personally look into this matter as this has already defeated the purpose of a peidu mama in Singapore and I would also like to state that this person had also used my money ($800) to bribe someone to take the rap of him driving my company vehicle while speeding at a Traffic Light and was captured by the Traffic Light Camera. This incident was also reported to the Traffic Police but according’s to the Attorney-General’s Chamber reply, no action was taken to prosecute this person and may I know why too? Is it because the fine had been paid? This person had approached me for this Traffic Offence, but I told him a “No” and our relationship soured from there. This person had also a 28 demerit point at that point of time and “if” this 12 points were to be added on then I think the Court would not just fine him a mere $800 and suspend his driving license for 4 months. This is also from the Ministry of Law replies after I have complained the matter and the Ministry of Law’s letter which states that the case is closed as the fine already been settled .However the news I read reported that a culprit who did the same thing got punished but for this case the AGC’s letter just reads: No Action to be taken against this person and matter deem closed. I have since then re-appealed several times with the help of my Area MP which was also of no use.
While this person and I are still on an On-Going Civil Sue for our partnership businesses dispute, I must clarify that I am not abusing this channel to gain advantages or anything relating to our civil sue as I do understand that it is totally a two separate thing and I am here merely carrying this out as a dutiful citizen to report on this person wrong doings and nothing else to it. I can be contactable at HP: 97604825

Yours faithfully,
From: Mr Chua
Your Obedient Citizen
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[johnny333]

Indeed, many never learned the joys of going after a girl. They think that by getting A1s they would get laid. Life is not just about what you learn from the textbook.

Many couples don't even know what to do when they are alone This subject was never taught in school

Heard that the ignorance extends to when they have kids. Being from small families they have no idea how to care for them. Fortunately for some they can hire a maid to bring up their kids.

 

[Redress]

10th Jan 2014
To: The Prime Minister
Dear Mr Lee
A Second Open Letter to the Republic of Singapore Prime Minister
I am your obedient local born Singapore citizen wishing to seek help & redress from you and I affirm that I am speaking the truth and my Complains are as follows:-
I am being threatened by this person to break my hand or leg as I have lodged a complaint against this person towards several government agencies which are all of valid grounds. I am just carrying out my duty as a citizen by reporting on this Singapore PR who is a Malaysian Chinese who also a lawful wife(a Malaysian Chinese) and a legal son too. However, this person lied to me that his wife was of a Chinese Nationality and they had a son forced to be born in China so he had borrowed ten over thousands of dollar from me to get his son a student pass and study in Singapore. I only realized that after he had successfully obtain for his son a student pass and his mistress become openly a “legal” accompanying mother which is a peidu mama here in Singapore of their illegitimate son and who is also their biological son too!
I have been complaining to ICA for the past one year and on the 30th of August 2013 I have also managed to get a photo of this person mistress which has already been submitted to the ICA. However it had not led to anywhere with no action being taken so far resulting in the child still remaining in Singapore, so as the mother of the said child and this person can thus continue to enjoy his two families here which our law does not permit at all! This is because I used his method and made the necessary about the same application and was rejected by ICA. Then, I questioned the ICA why a double standard exists. All that I know is that ICA does not assign any reason to the public and that’s why there is no answer to it! This is totally very unfair for those who are legally married (a one man one wife), but for this person he is so capable of enjoying polygamy with our law’s loopholes .
Here is what actually had happened. This person even told me that I cannot do anything or the authority can handle him at all because of:-
a) The local sponsor was not himself and he got someone to help him out. This fact was disclosed by himself when we were on talking term as he do crack a joke on me that should I try reported him also of no use as the authority cannot check on him at all as there’s no name of his to the application and moreover the child birth certificate also do not have his name in it referring to the (father’s name)
b) I suspected that this person had paid the sponsor a sum of money to become his biological illegitimate son sponsor for the boy to obtain a long-term pass and a student pass to study in Singapore.
c) The local sponsor was suspected to have made a false statement on the declaration and sponsorship form as the local sponsor is not related to the boy in any means. They are also not staying together all the time from the date the boy came to Singapore.
d) I wish ICA to further investigate into the local sponsor for making a false statement for the boy long term pass and student pass.
e) Because of this local sponsor, the boy’s biological father can cohabit together with the boy’s mother without the knowledge of the Authority.
f) Actually the boy is this person biological illegitimate son who is currently schooling in Primary Two
g) This person is abusing the system undiscovered until now and this person China Nationality mistress and this person biological illegitimate child are currently residing in a rented house at a HUDC in Tampines
Lastly, I do hope that you can personally look into this matter as this has already defeated the purpose of a peidu mama in Singapore and I would also like to state that this person had also used my money ($800) to bribe someone to take the rap of him driving my company vehicle while speeding at a Traffic Light and was captured by the Traffic Light Camera. This incident was also reported to the Traffic Police but according’s to the Attorney-General’s Chamber reply, no action was taken to prosecute this person and may I know why too? Is it because the fine had been paid? This person had approached me for this Traffic Offence, but I told him a “No” and our relationship soured from there. This person had also a 28 demerit point at that point of time and “if” this 12 points were to be added on then I think the Court would not just fine him a mere $800 and suspend his driving license for 4 months. This is also from the Ministry of Law replies after I have complained the matter and the Ministry of Law’s letter which states that the case is closed as the fine already been settled .However the news I read reported that a culprit who did the same thing got punished but for this case the AGC’s letter just reads: No Action to be taken against this person and matter deem closed. I have since then re-appealed several times with the help of my Area MP which was also of no use.
While this person and I are still on an On-Going Civil Sue for our partnership businesses dispute, I must clarify that I am not abusing this channel to gain advantages or anything relating to our civil sue as I do understand that it is totally a two separate thing and I am here merely carrying this out as a dutiful citizen to report on this person wrong doings and nothing else to it. I can be contactable at HP: 97604825

Yours faithfully,
From: Mr Chua
Your Obedient Citizen
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[zhihau]

10th Jan 2014
To: The Prime Minister

huh? PM becomes Minister of Education?

 

[Cufflinks]

Different letter, different agenda, different addressee, different writer. :o

huh? PM becomes Minister of Education?

 

[halsey02]

Worse even, many cannot articulate well and unable to socialise, such that the government need to set up a matchmaking body to enable them to meet and eventually marry.

The match making body was started to MATCH those with tertiary education & of a certain race if possible, to produce the next generation of mindless slaves. But it attracted those with tertiary education with 'epxired' off the shelf labels, many olde virgins...& nerdy man? who does not know, if the "hum" has a vertical or horizontal slot & have to consult their mum on this, worse..some are eating without "hums"..gee!. ha ha ha . Is that Single Desperate & Unmarried still around? (SDU)??

But now the piper is playing a different tune, if you noticed the current subtle publicity in the shit media, that now " 4 legs is good, 2 legs bad"...write up on the Sheng Shiong CEO on , how he come from the pig farms of Punggol, with not that high education & his siblings built up an empire..or that Bonia Boss from Melaka, with only VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE aka INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION ( a rose, is a rose by..), the point is....dance to their tune, you stupid!...

SDU is no longer in the limelight...the marrying of graduates not!...why do they need that..they have Whatsapps, Viber, Instagram, Face book, Twiter..whatever out there...