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One middle aged man on the streets passing brochures decried to me about the future of SG.
He once hold a stable job in the airport but now pass pamphlets.
"Aiyah, why study and study make people here more stupid lah. look at the people here with degrees, all cannot think all just follow law cannot lead and be creative mati lah'.after that he went his way passing brochures shaking his head.
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Originally posted by Catknight:
Unless you want to be a doctor and lawyers, degrees are a waste of time ...how many grads can be a success in SG....70% ,50% or less??
You can only be a success if you have something worth being successful. Be it a grad or not, if you do not have that X-factor, it's a hercluean task to be extremely successful
You take a degree not for purely the gaining of the knowledge, but for the training of your mind power, your handling of stress and the ability to multi-task under tight time constraints, your communication skills with people from the scientific community, soft skills etc etc.
If one goes into a learning institution with the mindset that it is a place only for gaining of knowledge, then one would never receive the full education/training that the institution provides.
Even when I teach tuition, I do not teach "memorizing" or regurgitation of "knowledge". I teach exam strategies, methods of checking that saves time, how to handle these questions under the limited time given, etc, as well. All these are skills that can be applied universally to all subjects, from pri sch to uni exams.
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I think to blame it on the system is quite unfair.
Maybe this analogy might help:
Ask 10 people to cook the same packet of maggi mee and most of them will cook it differently.
Some will add an egg (or 2), some will add vegetables and some will add ham/bacon.
Others may even add some other ingredients.
Some people may put in more water, while others less.
Some might use the entire packet of seasoning, others only half.
Some people may use a bigger flame, some may prefer a small one.
In the end, most will end up with a uniquely different bowl of mee even when they started out with the same packet.
Of cos we can't avoid having some people who'll just cook the standard way and not add anything.
But in the end, if ur bowl of mee is plain and mundane, u can't blame anyone.
Afterall, u are the cook.
Hope u get my point. :P
Edited by uuei 21 Aug `08, 3:40PM
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