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By singcitizen, on January 23rd, 2010
Source: The Strait Times Forum Page, Page A42, 23 Jan 2010
Letter by: Liza Ho (Ms)
I refer to the report, ‘Sec 5 route not best for all: Ng Eng Hen’ (Jan 12). On Jan 13, a senior staff member of my child’s school, Jurongville Secondary, gathered the Secondary 5 students and spoke to them about the report.
He told them not to waste another year in Secondary 5 and urged them to apply to the Institute of Technical Education (ITE), based on rough calculations of what their O-level score might be…
I am disappointed that the school chose to dissuade my child and his schoolmates whose earnest desire is to try the O-level route.
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By singcitizen, on January 5th, 2010
Source: The Strait Times Page A16, 5 Jan 2010
Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew was interviewed by Mark Jacobson of the National Geographic in July 2009.
It’s NOT a nation. It’s a society in transition. You need a few hundred years to build a nation.
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By singcitizen, on November 28th, 2009
Source: The Strait Times Forum Page, Page A32, 28 Nov 2009
Letter by: Lewis Wong
During my daughter’s Primary 1 orientation at Edgefield Primary School about a month ago, she was made to sit through a test of English and mathematics. A week later, when the school announced the Primary 1 class allocation on its website, I discovered the school had used the test as a means to stream (or ‘band’, as the school calls it) these pupils.
According to the school, the top 62 pupils were grouped equally into two classes and will undergo an ‘accelerated programme’. The rest of the cohort were randomly divided into six other classes…
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By singcitizen, on November 9th, 2009
Source: The Straits Times Page B10, 9 Nov 2009
Article by Jonathan Liautrakul
The disappointment stayed with me throughout my next three years at Millennia Institute, as I struggled to downshift to the slower pace and lackadaisical attitudes of my peers. I missed the motivation that had spurred me to achieve.
With the help of teachers and friends, I was one of the lucky few from my cohort to make it to university.
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