Does this post offend you?

last SG · 2008-08-17T13:12:31+00:00

not at all, because i am uneducated. or eui, kow....chit puay!

JoshuaSamuel SG

purpledragon84 SG

lol.. ppl are entitled to their opinions what.. they say sucks then sucks lo.. ur that fella in the comment part tio boh..

if u want to go argue and point out what EVERYBODY said is flawed, u gonna be a very busy person..

if she feels that local uni grads suck, u or anybody online ain't gonna change that..

CUM ON MY FACE SG

S'poreans are smart people.

They know everything, but understand nothing.

ivebeenhad SG

To answer your question, this post is not offensive, i find that it makes sense because Singapores education system is a big screw up in the first place. Singaporeans are hardworking people, they aren't smartworking people, so hardwork will enable them to memorise very well but they cant think with their brains and its kinda sad to see every smart singaporean bark, sit, roll over and play dead at the command of a figure of authority.

stupidissmart SG

Fact is tat NTU and NUS r consistently the top 100 universities in the world. It is sad tat people r looking down upon their education while the people from other countries r highly regarding it.

Beautiful951 SG

I don't really care.

eagle SG

I'm not going to compare NUS education system

But I can safely say that NUS administration sucks. The admin staff at NUS is much much more unhelpful as compared to the German University I went to.

stupidissmart SG

The one at NTU sucks as well

But sad to say admin is not important in university ranking

eagle SG

yeah

but personal experience: I could have scored a slightly higher CAP and save quite a bit of time if the admin had answered my questions more properly last time; instead, they only directed me to a website which did not even answer my question.

But also, sad to say, actual quality of students are not really determined in university rankings too. There's greater focus on the number of patents, researchers, facilities, etc, than the actual quality of students, not to mention that the method of examiniation is very uniquely Singapore. In Germany, you are not only tested in written papers, there's also oral examinations in which the lecturers will make very very sure that you really understand the subject, else you will score rather badly. You have to experience the differences to know that education at NUS is not really as good.

stupidissmart SG

Peer appraisal has a big weightage for the ranking so the quality of the student do affect the result

If u talk about examination, I felt written examination to be the most fairest. To really make sure the person understand the subject, u just ask good questions in the written examination. Oral examination is subjective since they can really see who u r.

eagle SG

Peer appraisal has a big weightage for the ranking so the quality of the student do affect the result

You would think it is subjective because you have not experienced it. Go enroll in a German university to find out. It's way too long to explain to you how it works. You will be grilled even more intensely in a particular portion if the lecturer manage to find out which portion of the module you are unclear of.

Written examinations are way too easy to score; they are no brainers. I'm sure many had experienced being able to score As for some modules even though they do not fully understand it.

stupidissmart SG

Well obviously asking me to go and register to a German University to find out wat is oral examination all about is certainly more difficult than u just explaning wat it is about. If they ask people different questions, then how can it be fair ? If they ask the same question, then how is it different from written examination ?

U may think written examination r too easy to score but I believed most people think otherwise.

eagle SG

U may think written examination r too easy to score but I believed most people think otherwise.

Isn't it worse? If many people think that such a system is hard to score, I can tell you they will die even more badly if they were to go to a German university.

What's worse if you cannot verbally defend the things, theories and facts that you have learned, and verbally answer questions given to you? Truly a village graduate who cannot do anything else but write.

stupidissmart SG

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U can defend and applied your knowledge using writing. As said before, isn't oral examination subjective since the examiner can see who u really r and the questions deviate from people to people. Tat is why even german university have written examination as well and most universities in the world only have written examination. If because of tis they r village graduates, then probably most of the world r village graduates

eagle SG

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Yes, the questions do deviate, but they make sure you know every single thing truly.

What's the point of you coming out of a module, scoring highly, yet do not fully understand everything.

Yes, you can defend in writing. But there are certain strategies like skipping some portions of the questions which can still allow you to score high. For oral examinations, you cannot skip any of the questions at all.

I'm not saying written examinations are not good; I'm saying that it is not as good as oral examinations in ensuring that you know the module very very well before graduating with an A for it.

As said earlier, what's worse if you cannot verbally defend the things, theories and facts that you have learned, and verbally answer questions given to you?

What would you think of a researcher who can write a world class research paper, but cannot defend his theories and facts verbally?

stupidissmart SG

In NTU, there r no optional questions. U have to answer everything to score high

I'm not saying written examinations are not good; I'm saying that it is not as good as oral examinations in ensuring that you know the module very very well before graduating with an A for it.

My personal impression is written examination is probably good enough. Tat is why most university adopt only written examination

As said earlier, what's worse if you cannot verbally defend the things, theories and facts that you have learned, and verbally answer questions given to you?

What would you think of a researcher who can write a world class research paper, but cannot defend his theories and facts verbally?

U r assuming tat people who didn't do oral examination to be incapable of defending themselves verbally. If a person write a world class research paper, how can he not know the theories at all ?

eagle SG

In NTU, there r no optional questions. U have to answer everything to score high

My personal impression is written examination is probably good enough. Tat is why most university adopt only written examination

In NTU, there r no optional questions. U have to answer everything to score high

If you think so, it means you do not truly know what's exam strategies.

My personal impression is written examination is probably good enough. Tat is why most university adopt only written examination

That's not totally true. At least for Physics in NUS, lab practicals, which are also graded, also have mini oral examinations. Not so for engineering. You are groomed to be able to talk on paper, but put you in front of an audience who will fire questions at you and expecting answers without giving you as much time to think as you would for a written paper, would you be able to do the same?

U r assuming tat people who didn't do oral examination to be incapable of defending themselves verbally. If a person write a world class research paper, how can he not know the theories at all ?

So you are telling me if you score A for a module, you will definitely know all your theories very well?

redDUST SG

wah....a bit like olympics' ping pong.

stupidissmart SG

If you think so, it means you do not truly know what's exam strategies

If u ask the right questions, exam strategies r not useful

Fact is engineer r given time to work out their solution. They can refer to books and charts and calculate and finally come out with a good design or answer. I don't see why we should put them in front of audiences to be fired. Furthermore they do go for projects presentation as well as communication studies so we can expect them to handle the situation well

Perhaps you missed this:

What would you think of a researcher who can write a world class research paper, but cannot defend his theories and facts verbally?

To be absolutely frank to u, if a person write a good world class research paper, it means he know the theory. If he seems to be bad at defending his theories verbally, it means he is nervous and maybe forgetful. However he still write the world class research paper, contribute to society and I will respect him for it.

Perhaps u missed tis: Does those who do not do oral examination necessary means they r bad at defending their theories verbally even though they have written a world class reseach paper ?

eagle SG

If u ask the right questions, exam strategies r not useful

Perhaps u missed tis: Does those who do not do oral examination necessary means they r bad at defending their theories verbally even though they have written a world class reseach paper ?

If u ask the right questions, exam strategies r not useful

So you are telling me that ALL questions are asked rightly such that exam strategies are not useful? In that case, NTU should rank even higher than NUS.

The underlined statements shows perfectly your mindset and your poor understanding of what is meant by oral examinations.

Theories are have no need to be worked out; I'm talking about testing of theories and facts all along, and not the working out of solutions. Working out of solutions is for the written examinations.

That's what you think. Do you seriously think the scientific community not start to suspect whether it is him who wrote the paper?

Perhaps u missed tis: Does those who do not do oral examination necessary means they r bad at defending their theories verbally even though they have written a world class reseach paper ?

I have already answered you with this:

So you are telling me if you score A for a module, you will definitely know all your theories very well

Again, seems like you prefer an underkill than an overkill. I did not say those who do not do oral examinations means they are bad at defending their theories verbally. I'm saying that the NUS education system does not guarantee at all that every single graduate who do well with an A can defend their theories verbally. Maybe oral examinations cannot guarantee every single one too, but at the minimal, I'm confident enough that it can produce much more graduates who can.