Read the following letter:
(1) Comment on the Janalle Lee's view on the education system in Singapore.
(2) Is an ideal education possible? Explain.
Post your 500 word response on your blog.
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Janelle's letter has effectively brought across to the MOE the total views of students and teachers on the Singapore's system. In the letter, Janelle has managed to voice out our concerns about the holes in the education system. Although the government’s investment in education has paid off and Singapore's education system has so far been considered as one of the best educations in the world, Singaporeans ourselves do not think so.
One of the key points of Janelle's letter would be that students are not encouraged be asking questions. They are forced to memorize lots and lots of mathematical and scientific formulas, as well as model essays for Literature and Humanities, and are later expected to vomit all these memorized information out during examinations. This "vomited" information is usually never retrieved, and the students do not gain anything in the end. What makes up learning? Questioning and curiosity are the key pillars of learning. The students would be passionate about acquiring new knowledge, and ignite their love for learning so they can absorb information more efficiently and effectively. Only through questioning can one get answers and improve intellectually. If an education system suppresses the students' inquisitiveness in exchange for long chunks of text to be memorized, then this system would not be an effective one.
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