I dun see the link
the only topic that have link is the Particulate nature of
Matter
I feel Chem is more releated to biology, in term of activation
energy, catalyst, bonds formation in term of hydrolysis and
condensation reactions and eg.
But some conflictting things might occur in chem and bio
For example, the reaction of photosynthesize is definately not a
reversable reaction with respiration but my chem teacher insists
that it is .
There is no conflict between Chemistry and Biology. The only
conflict is between a human being's conflicting ideas, and/or
between two human beings' ideas.
Photosynthesis and Respiration (whether anaerobic or aerobic)
are both highly compex multi-step pathways (visit Wikipedia
below) that involve dozens of enzymes; it is only when viewed from
a highly simplified perspective of starting reactants and final end
products, can one argue that the two reactions are, in a
(simplified) sense, opposite reactions of each other. But by no
means are they "reversible" or "equilibrium" reactions.
Photosynthesis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthesis
Respiration
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_respiration
So, no, there is absolutely no conflict between Chemistry and
Biology (as a Chemistry & Biology teacher, I'm living proof!
And as a human being that can live, breathe and think, so are
you!).
Often, students are better off in my tuition classes than
in school classes... but that's no surprise (by that I
mean private tuition in Singapore certainly serves a very
helpful function to students, in part because of the
logistical and pedagogical limitations in school due
to unhealthily large class sizes burdened with distracting
discipline problems, energy draining bureaucratic
administrative duties, etc).
Read this article below, about a single parent who is leaving
Singapore permanently to save her children from the merciless
education system in Singapore :
'I changed my plan to stay
here'
I AM WRITING in response the article by Mr S Murali, 'Why pay to
pit S'pore kids in islandwide tests?' (The New Paper on Sunday, 22
Feb). I am so glad to know someone shares my point of view on
this.
I am a Singaporean, but left Singapore when I was still single.
Now, 18 years later, I am back as a single mother of two young
boys, 7 and 4.
My original plan was to stay here for good. However, after several
months of being here with my boys enrolled in a local school, I had
a change of heart.
I have decided to go back to where we were, a place I called home
for 15 years. The reason for that change of heart is the education
system here.
Before I returned to Singapore, my children used to love going to
school and looked forward to it every day. But when they started
attending school here, they hated it, especially my older
son.
He would come home every day complaining about how the teacher
scolded him for not knowing basic mathematics and getting his
spelling wrong, and about classmates calling him stupid and making
fun of him because his handwriting looks like a doctor's (that is
what I say).
There is also all the homework they have to do. This wasn't how it
used to be. Before Singapore, my son would come home running and
laughing. Every day at dinner time, he would excitedly share with
me what he did and learnt at school. He was always proud of what he
had achieved.
But now, after less than a year of living and attending school
here, I see a big change not only in his character but also his
attitude towards going to school, his interest in learning and his
command of English.
Adults here remark how my children are always playing with Lego,
building battleships, flying saucers, robots or a big house for
mum. They remark how my children are at the playground, cycling or
building sand castles at the beach every weekend instead of
studying, doing their homework, going for tuition, enrichment
programmes or working on 'educational' games on the computer.
A parent actually commented that my older child is not computer
savvy, does not have a PSP and doesn't watch TV and my younger one
does not know how to read or write.
I just don't get it. Why worry about your children not being
computer savvy at the age of barely 7?
Why do I have to worry that my child still cannot read or 'write'
when he is only 4?
The article is right about the questions the interviewer is going
to ask the applicants when applying for a job as a
journalist.
Every afternoon, I take my children to the playground to play. And
usually they are the only children there and I am the only parent
playing with them.
You may have book-smart children who ace all the tests, but they
may not be street-smart.
We are packing our bags and heading back 'home', a place where
children are allowed to be children, where it is understood and
accepted that children grow and learn at different paces, where
parents and educators understand the importance and concept of
learning through play.
FROM READER SURIANI SIVAM SHAFII
