More children admitted with mental illness....poor thing

last SG · 2005-05-05T12:43:30+00:00

It is because these kids are not given a helping hand to adapt to the rapid pace of change that drives them up the wall. There are many young people with hi...

Meilin86 SG

Yes, vote to the opposition! Razz

iveco SG

I think LTK will make a better education minister than any of the PAP fat asses. If I'm not wrong, he was a teacher himself, but left MoE because he couldn't agree with some of their policies.

ORIGAMIST SG

I supposed the opposition can do the opposite ....lol

av98m SG

That's besides the point. I am voting to express my disapproval of the ruling party. The ruling party likes to brainwash and induce fear in singaporeans that the country will collapse and never recover if they are voted out of power. I choose to take my chances. Especially since the country is going down the toilet anyway. Not much opportunity cost involved. Laughing

Deportivo SG

talk is cheap.

LazerLordz SG

It can't get any worse can it?Sometimes a different way of doing things is just what we need..

Math these days is so different from my days...some Primary 3 questions got me stumped as I was tutoring once..

But IMHO, the Geography and Social Studies thingy is easier now..I did the full Geography subject for my 'O's.

TehJarVu SG

have a smart kid it's ok.

if the kid is slow, then how?

you give him happy childhood by not pressurising,

and he does not have the abilities to do well in school;

later on he also suffers in life,

because he'll have no qualifications,

and will be at the bottom of the echelon.

so it will become his personal misery,

and this personal misery is largely due to the situation of the society,

so the situation is truly terrible and horrible.

and it seems that we have no way out because of our environment and system and limitations.......

tough.......

ORIGAMIST SG

ACtually it is a good way to tell the government that we are unable about much of the thing they do. If the governemnt got high votes, they think the whole country is behind them and they do what they want cos we support them. to give some vote to the opposition, they will then sit down to ponder why and come to realised that have to re-do certain poilcy. The country is no more 100% behind them. the last few election had seen a change in the government system but it is not enough... they have to do more or else we will go back to the old days, what they say is true and what they do is right... we got no say about everything ..

av98m SG

I agree. A lot of people like to complain about the government but when it comes to the polls vote for the incumbent because of some small carrot dangled in front of them. So far I've only gotten to vote at one GE. I had no idea who the opposition candidate was but voted for him anyway. Mr. Green

the Bear SG

you can wreck your vote if you think the opposition is just as bad...

just go in and draw a pile of cartoon characters in there Wink

winner: PAP - 38% vote
loser: Opposition - 22% vote
spoilt votes: - 40%

that will ring some bells..

iveco SG

As the cost of living increases with no corresponding rise in salaries, it is only natural that people want their children to transcend these obstacles. What happens is that they end up pushing them occasionally to the limit. It is a vivious cycle we are all trapped in. No surprise that more people are leaving because they have the means to do it. Who wants their children to go through the same nonsense that they went through?

LazerLordz SG

Precisely.Right now, a reality check comes before any alternative plan.The only way that we become voiceless robots is when we give up our voice, earned by our sweat and tears.

Let them know how we feel, because a government who only answers to its own interests is eventually undeserving of its mandate.They have forgotten the first rule of democracy.

LazerLordz SG

So we must first fix the system, and the GLC driven economy has not been performing for the last decade.

And has anyone remembered the Constitutional amendment that allowed the GIC to dip into our reserves without the express approval of the President?How many Singaporeans actually know what it meant?Hardly I'd bet..

To say that the country's interests demand such deeds is one thing, to assume that you have the last say is another bad move.Where is the populace in this whole decision-making process?Are we just a bunch of muzzled sheep? Rolling Eyes

ORIGAMIST SG

Chim man... but all I can say is, Singapore do what the government say. Taking the fare increase... we oppose so much the last time, then the government say raising fare is fair as their asset is so much more, the profit must be in proportion with asset. so increase fare, they were making profit mind you, only thing is they did not profit enough... this is greed I say.... then everyone quay quay and pay to travel leh .... Government is always right, even if it is wrong, they are rightfully wrong .....

av98m SG

We get the government we deserve. So Singaporeans have to be willing to take the risk and either vote for alternatives or spoil their votes. I say voting for the opposition sends a stronger message. And when Singaporeans show themselves willing to vote opposition politicians into parliament, the opposition parties will also find it easier to recruit highly qualified members, which will benenfit us. Either the ruling party gets its head out of the sand and takes measures to improve our lot, or they get voted out eventually and another party takes over the reins. Nobody ever said change is easy and painless.

Chin Eng SG

Very Happy
I agree....
I have specifically NOT enrol my sons in a super school, resisted all temptation to get tutors for them, encouraged them to take up hobbies, enjoy life, listen to music, watch MTV, smell the roses, etc....
but I have also instilled on them the virtue of being responsible for their own life and chart their own course.

One of the responsibilities of parenthood is mentoring and facilitating. I think that this two aspects are largely neglected.
What's the point of pushing the kids to perform if all the parent does is to drive them from point to point?
Where's the love and friendship between the child and the adult?
Where's the understanding of what the need of a child is?

My two sons fall within the top 15% of their educational level, hardly under any form of pressure from their parents, enjoy life to the limits, laugh at the jokes of Homer Simpson, recognize as peer leaders within their classes, all done without outside help.

The wang4 zhi3 cheng2 long2 syndrome is a very dangerous thing if the parent is not realistic. By and large, the huge amount of education and enrichment courses available in private schools appeal only to the vanity of the parent in wanting them to aspire for their children to be child-prodigies. Just the title of some of them disturbs me, those that go like: I am a genius, so are you type

LazerLordz SG

So..what gives them the right to be Right?Just because they did some miracles in the 60s and 70s?Past glories do not count..if you cant find a way,let others do the job.There is no such thing as a monopoly of ideas.

LazerLordz SG

Indeed.

Enjoy themselves and pursue their own dreams..

ORIGAMIST SG

you know I know, but do they know ?? remenber, they are always right ....

iveco SG

Their time is up. They have outlived their usefulness. Time to make way for a new party that can hopefully revitalise us.

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