anyhow, on mugging: do you (i forget who) honestly think mugging more makes us superior to other countries' students? more a's yes, but does that translate into more productive, creative workforce? it doesn't. at the end of the day, a singaporean who has gone through the singaporean education system is no better than another country's student, he has merely memorised and forgotten more things. sure, he has the shiny statistics the government publishes about singapore being the best in passing math, science, or whatever tests, but what of that? it's just a test, not a measure of our education. sorry if i'm being cynical, but i don't think i'm cynical without a reason. i believe youth is something not meant to be wasted cooped up with a textbook. and any education system that takes away play from a child - play which is the most natural and fundamental way of learning about our environment and other people - must have something seriously wrong with it.
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