Just took my computer on Monday, I will have to state this...the
system of testing if you ask me...is unrealistic and presumptuous,
as people are more educated these days, ITE,Poly, JC people...it
can't be that bad that you require to go through all these mental
IQ tests etc. Frankly...lets be frank...if we didn't have the IQ, i
guess "N" and "O" levels would have wiped out quite a chunk
already. What is more important is for things such as reaction,
memory, logical thinking etc. I feel that the sections on memory,
reaction, logical thinking, instruction following, arithmetic are
key, the rest are actually not that relevant in this day and age.
Can somebody care to explain to me...what is the significance of
noticing the difference in pattern of numbers and havin a list of
words that make no sense and instructions that are abstract? How
does that fit into SAF being a 3G Army? when things in 3G are much
more about situational awareness, information management and also
ability to think on one's feet. These are somethings that cannot be
ascertained by a computer test no matter how super the computer
is.
Its something called the "X" factor of a soldier, I can have an
educated chap and a Hokkien Peng, just because the chap is
educated, doesn't make him an effective leader, similar for the
Hokkien Peng, that doesn't mean his opinions are baseless.
