[h=2]Yee Jenn Jong, JJ (余振忠)[/h]Politician
My rally speech 2 nights ago, on Teachers' Day.
"Today is Teachers’ Day. A happy Teachers’ Day to all educators out there!
Being Teachers’ Day, I want to share a quote:
'The task of the excellent teacher is to stimulate ‘apparently ordinary’ people to unusual effort. The tough problem is not in identifying winners: it is in making winners out of ordinary people.' -K. Patricia Cross, Education Scholar
This quote stands out for me because this is what I believe is important in education – making winners out of ordinary people, making winners out of Singaporeans. For too long, our system sorted students through various major exams, trying to pick winners. We had ranked and branded schools and made parents so anxious. They are afraid that their children will lose out if they miss on a desired choice by just one point on the PSLE T-Score.
In my 4 years in parliament, I have raised many issues, the most is in education. I have asked for ..."
Yee JJ's Rally Speech - 4 Sep 2015
各 位义顺的居民,亲爱的马林百列集选区选民,来自新加坡各个角落的工人党支持者,晚上好!感谢你们今天成千上万地来到这里,来表示对我们的支持。 4年半前,我与工人党展开了这段旅程。虽然我当时是新晋的候选人,选民们还是给了我非常强烈的支持。 我成为了非选国会区议员。我在4年的任期中在国会里提出了许多方面的课题,其中就包括了教育、商业、人力、环境、幼儿教育、经济等等。我和我的同事在国会 上提出课题时一直...
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