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Are teachers always right?

Just last week, a nephew of mine asked for help in his school science homework. He’s in Primary 3 at Sengkang Primary School. The question asked in the workbook was: Describe two differences between a zebra and a tiger. I told him one of the two differences was that a zebra had a mane whereas [...]

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Whither literature in our schools?

Another batch of literature students will be sitting for the subject at O level in early December 2002. This year’s batch of candidates is expected to be less than a quarter of the cohort of O-level students here.

Lately, there has been some interest in the dwindling number of literature students. A working group for the [...]

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The Teacher’s Dilemma

Today marks the start of the GCE ‘N’ Level examinations in Singapore. Primary and secondary schools also commence their End-Of-Year examinations for students of all levels of education.

So this week is when the hard work of the teachers finally pay dividends in that students who have been attentive in class and have done their assignments [...]