Friday, June 12, 2009
i realise the government keeps promoting chinese. they think our chinese is tragic to the world's deepest end. and its true. but what about english? i actually think we need some more encouragement to speak good(understandable and internationally-accepted) english as well. they're just doing all they can to make us study chinese to profit Singapore in the current China-growing economy. Europe's current market has yet to be stablilised from the recent economic crises. But that said, Singaporeans themselves are not putting in much effort in their languages. everything seems to be MATH and SCIENCE oriented. because most Singaporeans study without using their brain(aka mugging), they can only do math and science. Subjects like English, Chinese, Literature, etc. are not memorisable and thus most people here are lousy in them. What is keeping us from using our brains to think? is it the way the education system has been improvised, into making people zombie-like and income-chasing despondents? Its a fact. that people who dont do well in Math and Sciences choose to be ostracised from the majority of the society. The typical "ah lians" and "ah bengs" are just a bunch of people who give up on studying properly because they think they're doing badly in their Studies. and thats not exactly true, because as long as you do badly in your Math and Sciences, you're considered doing badly in your STUDIES. studies as a whole, so even if they're doing acceptably fine in some subjects, the motivation to study is not there anymore. and worse still, when our language teachers are not good enough, they lose our interest in the language and we dont feel motivated to continue taking the subject anymore. I remember asking my english teacher about "Patrol", and she ended up explaining the word "Petrol" to me. Gasoline. and the reason why our native language teachers themselves are not good in the particular language(even if they're good, they're not as good as other countries') is because they lack the foundation in the language. How can they have a strong foundation when they were supposed to focus on Math and Science when they were studying anyway. I dont plan to let my future children study in Singapore. I've always thought that schools overseas provide wholistic education and are sincerly concerned in the welfare of the younger generation, giving them lots of opportunities to perform, divulge into what they are passionate in doing, and ample time to do things that interest them, while at the same time being able to focus on their studies. this is the sort of education that i want. i think if i saw my children mugging their heads off i'd get heartbroken. not saying we shouldnt study, but we should study with practicality, study because you like to learn new interesting things and not study because you want an O level or A level cert. a piece of paper. :X
i dont think i want to be that close to you anymore. not when you keep heck caring me, i mean when you say you're busy its all just excuses right?! you just dont want to waste your time hanging out with me...you'd rather be more popular and go out with a whole lot of people so that people'd think you're so pro. its seems that you always choose your reputation over your friends. Ever thought about my feelings? what you promised me, that you'd make some free time? thank you, i'm heartbroken.
i dont think i want to be that close to you anymore. not when you keep heck caring me, i mean when you say you're busy its all just excuses right?! you just dont want to waste your time hanging out with me...you'd rather be more popular and go out with a whole lot of people so that people'd think you're so pro. its seems that you always choose your reputation over your friends. Ever thought about my feelings? what you promised me, that you'd make some free time? thank you, i'm heartbroken.
何時も同じな空の下で笑えるからさ, 9:31 pm.
