tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557192882205137465.post2109559076238113516..comments2024-02-21T10:51:47.184+08:00Comments on Under the Willow Tree: Tuition Obsession: A Singaporean DysfunctionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557192882205137465.post-87528581349627508852013-12-18T03:44:57.659+08:002013-12-18T03:44:57.659+08:00Thanks for sharing.
Although I run one of Singapo...Thanks for sharing.<br /><br />Although I run one of Singapore's <a href="http://sg-tuition-teachers.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">online tuition agencies</a>, I always tell parents that when the student is ready, the teacher will appear. So instead of paying for multiple tutors, work on the motivation of the child.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557192882205137465.post-86694595599497456582012-03-12T13:56:23.088+08:002012-03-12T13:56:23.088+08:00Ironically or not surprisingly, all the ads in thi...Ironically or not surprisingly, all the ads in this article are about Tuition:<br /><br />Home Tuition TEL 63125180 Interviewed by Straits Times ! Rank No 1 home tuition agency Singapore www.starzesttuitionagency.com.sg<br />Tried and Tested Tuition 19th year Primary, Secondary A Level Tuition www.distinctiontutorial.com<br />Singapore Great Tutors MOE teachers, FT tutors for Maths Science, English Tuition www.thehouseofgurus.comCherlekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05779162550353835633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557192882205137465.post-20653032822932015312012-03-12T13:45:10.249+08:002012-03-12T13:45:10.249+08:00I disagree, Eddy.
"The society that sorts pe...I disagree, Eddy.<br /><br /><i>"The society that sorts people by grades and little else - grades open doors into high school, JC, uni and the top jobs. More grades equate pretty directly to more money."</i><br /><br />Landing the top job does not seem to stem directly from having good grades. While it may be just me, but I am hard pressed to effortlessly name more than a handful of highly successful individuals that scored extremely well in school, yet I can easily name individuals who have made it big without having graduated from university.<br /><br />From experience, more grades do not equate to more money. I know enough, even within my limited scope, that I have peers who draw a significantly higher salary than those with far better grades. Outside of our beloved civil service, nobody really gives a damn whether you met the bare minimum to get a general degree, or made the dean's list.<br /><br />Ultimately, as Amused so aptly stated, <i>"A major part of the problem is the MOE."</i> If the Primary 1 syllabus is designed to let a child start from scratch, there will be absolutely no meaning to having gone to a fancy pre-school. It is because our Primary school syllabus requires prior acaddemic knowledge to excel that parents are spending even before the child starts school.Y.Y.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03812459821631847077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557192882205137465.post-10714617071825256482012-03-12T13:29:41.580+08:002012-03-12T13:29:41.580+08:00Great Post!!Great Post!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557192882205137465.post-85771092229287222912012-03-12T13:19:25.255+08:002012-03-12T13:19:25.255+08:00I have had the similar experience of having copiou...I have had the similar experience of having copious amounts of tuition even before primary school. They were mostly for subjects that I was really bad at, such as maths, or science, and my parents never ever sent me for tuition in english or the arts related subjects.<br />I am thankful that they did so, because my grades, which were frequently F became As for my o levels. I promptly dropped all maths/science related studies in junior college though.<br />But if I did not get tuition for them, I wouldn't have entered JC. <br /><br />Of course, blanket tuition(ing) in every subject may be a complete waste of time and destroy a childhood. However, tuition can be really useful and should not be condemned categorically. <br /><br />And I wouldn't say that I have lost all creativity and whatever not. I am currently a lawyer, but in my spare time, I sculpt and paint, and have a great interest in the arts. I also know many other academically inclined people like me who have great interest in the arts. <br /><br />The MOE's education system shouldn't be bashed, its the parents whom are unable to cultivate interests in their child who are the problem. You cannot expect schools to provide every aspect of a child's education.spritzeernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557192882205137465.post-12871079542775371072012-03-10T21:03:41.958+08:002012-03-10T21:03:41.958+08:00Thanks for writing this; the parents in that artic...Thanks for writing this; the parents in that article need to be roundly condemned for what they're doing to their children's lives.<br /><br />Having said that, there's a bigger problem here, and that's the society that's led them to think this is a good idea. The society that sorts people by grades and little else - grades open doors into high school, JC, uni and the top jobs. More grades equate pretty directly to more money. And money is all that anyone seems to want. <br /><br />Whichever way you look at it it's a pretty awful situation.Eddy Blaxellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06261897423013385308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557192882205137465.post-9297966269707381112012-03-08T23:59:37.392+08:002012-03-08T23:59:37.392+08:00Ironically, I give part time tuition to support my...Ironically, I give part time tuition to support myself in my post graduate studies. But I don't support the need to give tuition to A* students. Instead, help should be given to those who really need it. More importantly, education is not about getting good grades, but on the other learning something new and appreciating what they have learnt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557192882205137465.post-53216941420507474462012-03-08T14:56:33.563+08:002012-03-08T14:56:33.563+08:00i am inclined to believe our so called PM needs sp...i am inclined to believe our so called PM needs space and time to experiment, discover and grow....at the expense of everyone on this tiny island...courtesy of one so called mentor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557192882205137465.post-12374754798092966472012-03-08T13:39:43.931+08:002012-03-08T13:39:43.931+08:00Booming tuition industry on the other hand because...Booming tuition industry on the other hand because of this mentality to keep up with the Joneses, Angs and Ahmads. That said, cram schools also common in East Asian societies.The Void Deckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05449537651329835195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557192882205137465.post-39394890064391424592012-03-08T00:09:34.292+08:002012-03-08T00:09:34.292+08:00A child needs space and time to experiment, discov...A child needs space and time to experiment, discover and grow. All the emphasis in academic grades in Singapore is killing creativity and curiosity. A major part of the problem is the MOE. Until MOE changes the educational system to focus on individuality, parents will continue to push their children to collect as many A's as the system demands. If Singapore is going to lead the region economically, it needs to revamp its education system to produce innovators and leaders, not followers.Amusednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8557192882205137465.post-6502363291636100502012-03-07T23:34:03.603+08:002012-03-07T23:34:03.603+08:00Their children may be talented and more tuition wo...Their children may be talented and more tuition won't make them elites if they were born without the right genes. Don't believe? Check out the albino.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com