Originally posted by vito_corleone:
that's probably one of the biggest jokes i've ever heard
man. ask anybody outside of s'pore about NUS most probably they'll
tell you you "singa whatt? is that in china?" singapore is
apparently insignificant in the eyes of the world. despite the fact
that we claim to be a "developed" first world country, the world
ranks us as a "developing" country alongside countries like turkey.
we think our education system is good but singapore dosen't rank
well in terms of global standards of education. if singapore were
that good we wouldn't have lost 20,000 people to perth and
thousands more elsewhere. have you ever seen a singapore-born
billionaire? nope. i think that explains well enough singapore's
failure to succeed in the world of economics, finance and business.
have you ever heard of an australian or canadian wanting to leave
his country because the "quality of life was not good enough?" i
haven't. singapore disses countries like china with and india with
a "superior" mentality, but don't forget, we need them but they
don't need us. so what if we come up tops in international maths
competitions? almost any country can crush us anytime. we think
that our standards are higher than US school standards, but they
before we even became independent they already made aircraft
carriers, built 50 storey tall buildings and sent craft into space.
did u even know that cambridge has a special S maths paper not
offered in singapore because the standard is too high for us?
just in case you start flooding me with curses and stuff, i am
singaporean and no, this post is not to insult s'poreans, but to
serve as a wake-up call. [b]"we're not that good
afterall"[/b]
I disagree to a certain extent - NUS is known for law and
medicine . Law has a reputation for mooting. Only those two ,
nothing else.
You cannot compare Singapore to USA - USA has a much longer history
than Singapore. They are technologically advanced, because during
the start of WW2 while europe was busy with hitler , USA took the
chance to jump ahead. Even before the world wars, americans were
curious about alot of things - they came from immigration stock -
they experimented , learnt etc.
Singapore has her own achievements too - like her rapid progression
to developed nation. My aussie lecturer complimented her on her
"equal if not better technology" but just lament the fact that the
people who have it didn't really make use of it. Our people are
just not taught to think outside the box much.
