tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post3348036765756512044..comments2024-03-28T17:31:22.152+08:00Comments on My Singapore News: Education – A time and place for everything Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-68187004593100452002015-06-10T05:12:45.579+08:002015-06-10T05:12:45.579+08:00https://youtu.be/d9fw4HJODI4
Short video: Mt Kk V...https://youtu.be/d9fw4HJODI4<br /><br />Short video: Mt Kk Via Ferrata trail<br /><br />Looks far more difficult, tougher and more dangerous than even army training. <br /><br />More videos on Via Ferrata mountain climbing:<br /><br />https://youtu.be/tXoCIT7LT1M<br /><br />https://youtu.be/dQsESye7gDE<br /><br />Some online video reports on the aftermath of Mt KK and video footage/ accounts of Videos: Via Ferrata Mountain climbingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-37188195891429529492015-06-08T20:34:20.659+08:002015-06-08T20:34:20.659+08:00For once I agree with you Mr Bean.For once I agree with you Mr Bean.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-38669554740065949712015-06-08T16:31:34.112+08:002015-06-08T16:31:34.112+08:00".. I cannot understand what kind of learning...".. I cannot understand what kind of learning experience or benefits ..."<br /><br />Maybe we should ask who is the service provider who is getting all the business from the schools for all these overseas trip.<br />Are they $2 companies?<br />Do they have any political party affiliations?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-90144716265595754422015-06-08T16:29:21.474+08:002015-06-08T16:29:21.474+08:00Anon 3:44,
Good that you checked with Darkness and...Anon 3:44,<br />Good that you checked with Darkness and got good advice.Chua Chin Leng aka redbeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716923635835397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-76542561362954730742015-06-08T16:02:54.385+08:002015-06-08T16:02:54.385+08:00Honestly, I cannot understand what kind of learnin...Honestly, I cannot understand what kind of learning experience or benefits all those overseas trips organised by schools can give to the kids, besides putting financial pressure on parents who cannot afford but are forced to follow or let their kids feel let down in front of their clasmates. <br /><br />Now, even kindergartens are following the trend, organising outings during every school term, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-37118944706311303732015-06-08T16:00:07.596+08:002015-06-08T16:00:07.596+08:00Okay. One day of crocodile tears.
Tomorrow? Back t...Okay. One day of crocodile tears.<br />Tomorrow? Back to business as usual.<br />Nobody's fault. Once in 50 years event.<br />No amount of engineering could have prevented it.<br /><br />But actually hor.<br />If we had voted wisely, this could have been prevented.<br />We deserve a much better education system.<br />Where kids actually learn in schools from real teachers instead of at home Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-63209686945614962592015-06-08T15:44:34.454+08:002015-06-08T15:44:34.454+08:00She wanted to go. As all her best friends were goi...She wanted to go. As all her best friends were going. I don't know much about mountaineering. So I dropped Darkness a line. He wrote back. It's not safe. I asked why. He wrote back again, because its not safe. So my husband and I didn't allow her to go. <br /><br />It could have been her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-61733784583937529352015-06-08T14:43:52.475+08:002015-06-08T14:43:52.475+08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Gohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17175015021675888529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-77416230075112292942015-06-08T14:41:33.631+08:002015-06-08T14:41:33.631+08:00Without parental consent children will not end up ...Without parental consent children will not end up there. <br />Children are too naive to know the risk .Guardian or parent should learn to say no unless they think sending the children there can really make them <br />leader earning millions when time to come. <br /><br />At age 12, I still gong gong and khongcum,climbing 2 story high buah cherry or rambutan trees just to pluck my favourite Gohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17175015021675888529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-91040064388488749152015-06-08T12:37:44.680+08:002015-06-08T12:37:44.680+08:00Our education ministry is an experimental lab for ...Our education ministry is an experimental lab for the Education Minister.<br />12:16 p.m.<br /><br />Tiok. And also the opposition votes no enough to stop him from experimenting. So he can afford and will continue to experiment lah, never mind some of the "guinea pigs" died from his experiments.<br /><br />And not to forget, he is also paid very well to do the experiment, u know. So Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-20837138598969295862015-06-08T12:30:54.937+08:002015-06-08T12:30:54.937+08:00"The children, parents and teachers of Tanjon..."The children, parents and teachers of Tanjong Katong must have learnt a lot from this tragic lesson."<br />June 08, 2015 12:16 p.m.<br /><br />One day of mourning or crocodile tears. Tomorrow? Business as usual?<br />It does not matter how many more will have to die now and in the future. The ideology will not change.<br />Do you think any PAPig will dare come out and renounce "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-64751725674024850202015-06-08T12:16:51.426+08:002015-06-08T12:16:51.426+08:00When LKY was in charge and at his peak, he monitor...When LKY was in charge and at his peak, he monitored every ministry and any joker did silly things would have his balls chewed.<br /><br />Our education ministry is an experimental lab for the Education Minister. Each one without any background in education will come up with his fancy pet initiative. Teach less and learn more.<br /><br />The children, parents and teachers of Tanjong Katong must Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-72316433380478369412015-06-08T11:58:15.770+08:002015-06-08T11:58:15.770+08:00Do you think we should stop this National Day of M...Do you think we should stop this National Day of Mourning bullshit?<br />Do you think "they" only care about getting 6.9 million Aliens and more Billionaires into Singapore?<br />Do you think they care about our children who are nothing more than "digits" to them?<br />Which is a more important digit to our Millionaires?<br />6.9 million population or 10 dead Singaporeans?<br Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-78812316883053239872015-06-08T11:52:39.660+08:002015-06-08T11:52:39.660+08:00Blame it on the Forced Ranking system where 10 % o...Blame it on the Forced Ranking system where 10 % of the teachers must be ranked C- and D. Good teaching does not count anymore as the reasoning that you must be competent as all teachers 'graduate from the NIE'. Only innovations or new initiatives counts towards the ranking. In the earlier days organising excursions in Singapore, arranging for talks by 'famous' personalities Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-59282242938914964772015-06-08T11:46:46.718+08:002015-06-08T11:46:46.718+08:00These adult educators and the hypocritical lions/l...These adult educators and the hypocritical lions/lionesses and rotary clubs elites are making use of these innocent children for their selfish gains.<br /><br />The principals/teachers just for the sake of getting into the good books of the MOE inspectors and gold fish eyes Heng chief one upmanship organised all sorts of challenging so called educational tours to beat other schools activities. <Virgo 49noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-24345943016373948982015-06-08T11:42:03.806+08:002015-06-08T11:42:03.806+08:00Tuition teachers do all the teaching and busily ma...Tuition teachers do all the teaching and busily making money from the students.<br />Anon 11:09 a.m.<br /><br />Tiok. Tuition is good for GDP growth. Organizing overseas tours and mountain climbing, even for primary school students, is also good for GDP growth. <br /><br />And if casinos are OK for GDP growth, why not tuition and mountain climbing too, even for primary school students, u tell Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-50220928790218348652015-06-08T11:09:06.033+08:002015-06-08T11:09:06.033+08:00Tiok, schools don't teach, so got a lot of tim...Tiok, schools don't teach, so got a lot of time to do ECA. ECA got points, good for character development.<br /><br />Tuition teachers do all the teaching and busily making money from the students.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-55550151806918582132015-06-08T10:49:55.426+08:002015-06-08T10:49:55.426+08:00"There is no need to prove beyond what the sc..."There is no need to prove beyond what the schools are set out to do. "<br /><br />The tuition teachers are doing what the schools are supposed to do.<br />So the schools have to do something else else.<br />So typical of PAP's Singapore.<br />Nobody is doing what they are supposed to do.<br /><br />The teachers don't teach because they are busy studying for their Masters and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17473688.post-17013056919867218252015-06-08T10:36:26.097+08:002015-06-08T10:36:26.097+08:00Today mourning.
Tomorrow business as usual??
Pro...Today mourning.<br />Tomorrow business as usual??<br /> <br />Protect our Singaporean children.<br />No more deaths from National Service for our teenagers.<br />No more deaths in the mountains for our primary school children.<br />Vote them out in GE 2015.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com