It’s my day off today to nurse a flu, so thus, the influx of a whopping TWO posts in one day!
Anyway, the list (a whopping 3!!!):
The education system of Singapore was taken to a fair trail at a kopitiam in Bedok. With me was a film maker friend of mine who absolutely believes that his son must be home schooled. His argument was that the school system is a system that forces every individual to conform, thus, to the students who can’t conform OR couldn’t figure out what in the world to conform to because they are way above it anyway, it’s detrimental. Thus, he says individualised learning is a must. And he also says individualised learning exists everywhere actually, whether you notice it or not. If a students sits in a classroom and listens to a teacher, he is actually interpreting the information on his own and using it the way he understands it to suit himself. And that applies to everyone. And I mean everyone, including yourself.
I stand with him on this point, but,
I still stand by the fact that a child MUST enter a school system, not because I think it works but because by putting a child in a system that doesn’t work, you are effectively teaching the child what works. Also, school is more than just books. It’s about social contact, it’s about dealing with people, it’s about finding the jerk in the group and not lending him your lunch money or seeking the nice friend whom you can rely on, probably the rest of your life. Life, yes, it’s about life. School is like the Petri dish in the science lab that prepares the young seedlings for the real environment. Of course, I stand by his theory about how some people just can’t conform.
Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not garnering support in any way for anybody here. I totally respect his opinion and he totally respects mine and it wasn’t any argument of sorts. In fact, I quite enjoy our conversations every time we meet precisely because of his profound view of things.
There’s no point really to this blog. Just something for you to think about.
