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Originally posted by Marco_Simone:
Topic as above.
That time,when I went back to serve the balance of my NS after my uni studies as a 25 yo 3SG,I found the attitude of some of the junior commanders really CMI.
The most extreme was I said "fu-ck you,you better change your attitude" to a newly minted 2LT. He was shocked but it ended there.
wow, you are only 25 yrs old?
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Originally posted by ORIGAMIST:
A night of fun leading to 10 months jail and 3 stokes of cane ... he deserved it ... as for the rapist with 5 and half years and 6 strokes of cane, should be lock up longer ... How can take advantage of a girl like that - if the girl is his wife or daughter, how he feel .. ... got wife somemore ... pity his wife and kids ...
not even a night of "fun" yet
Edited by eagle 04 Dec `08, 4:33PM
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Originally posted by Gedanken:
What is confusing things is your repeatedly saying that more funding is needed without making a direct link between said funding and improvements in grades. What's even more confusing is your suggestion of overseas holidays for the kids.
There's no need for more funding. What's needed is for the guts of the current education system to be ripped out and thrown in the bin. Teachers need to be made accountable for their performance and the deadwood needs to be weeded out. no more iron rice bowls, no more free rides, no more sinking to the lowest common denominator.
if moe teachers become super effective, then even harder to earn from tuition le
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After I got the result, the older teachers came up to me and said, "Don't work too hard". Honest to God, I swear that they said those precise words. Next thing I knew, these teachers were going to the principal and complaining that I was "getting along too well" with the kids. WTF does that mean? Was I accused of being a pedophile?!
It's still like that now.
If your students improve a lot under you, the other teachers are not happy. They levy charges like what you said, and other charges like: "the paper you set was too easy" and spread rumours like "must have leaked the questions to the students"
Lots of backstabbing in MOE schools, especially with the new grading system. That's why it's better to be a tuition teacher.
Edited by eagle 04 Dec `08, 1:57PM
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Originally posted by Herzog_Zwei:
My suggestion for dealing with elitist education:
Shoot the Elites.
It's more about personal goals sometimes. There are many people smarter than me around, yet though they have a goal to do well in their studies, it's a half hearted goal. Thus, no concerted effort was made to achieve it.... and this usually explains why they do not succeed as well as they like to...
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Originally posted by cathykitty:
and these scholarships are they in the minority, or are most scholarships like tt?
i guess u had a choice then. lucky u! but my pt is, let's say the student can't cope, yet still has to give pte tuition? some courses of study require more time than others.
Most scholarships are like that. In addition, you can even apply for busaries. Furthermore, there are bank loans (at 4% p.a.) which only need to be repaid after you graduate.
My point of view is, if the student can't cope, it wouldn't be any better if he/she do not need to give pte tuition.
My schedule that I packed for myself in uni definitely requires even more time than most other courses (with the exception of medicine and perhaps, law). The number of modules I took is quite a bit over the requirement (5 extra), such that most pple would need another extra semester to do it. This is already on top of a full sem of Industrial Attachment and Student Exchange (which is agained, sponsored). This is all about personal time management.
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Originally posted by cathykitty:
i tink it's not true all the time, but surely most of the time tt's the case.
do u mean to say tt most of the time students can still apply for undergrad scholarships after they have started uni?
i believe most undergrad scholarships are awarded not yearly, but on a three-year or four-year basis.
There are scholarships that you can apply all the way from year 1 to year 4. Means there's also 2-year and 1-year basis. The difference is the bond period.
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But unlike a job interview where if we fail to make the cut, we can always try to apply to another company in the same industry, for an undergrad scholarship interview, usually, that is the only chance that the teenager has got to prove himself or herself. They only have one chance to get the undergrad scholarship – after their A levels. And if they screw up, they will not get a chance to apply for the same scholarship again.
From personal experience, this is not true most of the time.
In terms of helping with paying for tutors, it’s because it’s not reasonable to expect a school teacher to offer intensive remedial for students all the time. Now, poorer kids who are lagging in their studies either don’t do anything abt it, or they go to social NGOs where free tuition is provided. But the quality of such volunteer tutors is not being controlled. Also, the environment in which this takes place, having been a volunteer tutor myself, is not always conducive for teaching a child, leading to a haphazard type of learning that doesn’t really help.
That's why I help out at Homework Forum and created ExamWorld free :D
In fact, there are many bright students who do part-time jobs just to supplement their family’s income (and not just for branded goods). Surely that would affect their studies? Why shldn’t the govt do more to help them?
I taught a lot of tuition during my uni days, not to supplement family income, but to increase my savings. Don't feel that my studies were affected much leh.
Edited by eagle 04 Dec `08, 1:05PM
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Originally posted by Gedanken:
Let's take it a bit broader, eagle. Teachers cannot actually make students learn - absorbing and internalising the information is entire the task of each student. What teachers can do is show them the best ways to learn, and to guide them in the learning process.
yeap!
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It's less about the rich being able to afford better tutors, although it would help.
It's more important for the student to adopt the correct studying techniques. A tutor is there not only to help the student understand, but more importantly, to impart the correct exam techniques and strategies (as well as bring up the student's interest) in the subject. This is what I believe in the most... Exam techniques are important, especially for Os and As... With the correct techniques and strategies, much time and effort could be saved during exams... and possibly leading higher scores...
An example of this is at <!-- google_ad_section_start -->Survival guide for the last-min Physics student
written by a current sec sch teacher
another written by me in homework forum: Physics in a Nutshell for Os and As
Of course, adopting correct exam techniques and strategies does not equate to understanding it well
Edited by eagle 04 Dec `08, 10:24AM
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Originally posted by anpanman:
1.If the time taken to melt 10g of ice at 0 degree celsius is 1 minute. How long will it take to vaporise 10g of water at 100 degree celsius using the same heater?
2.what is the wavelength of a longitudinal wave?
Thanks all.^_^
1st question, you need the specific latent heat capacity of vaporisation and fusion of water
Find the amt of energy required to melt the ice. Divide by 60 s to find the power.
Find the amt of energy required to vaporise the water. Divide by the power to find teh time needed.
2nd question
Wavelength for longitudinal wave is distance between the centres of two consecutive compressions or rarefactions
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Originally posted by natas666:
So even u guys get married later who's going to look after the kid? Maid? that's not ideal
going to have marry and have kids first then think lor
my plan to acheive a minimum of $1k monthly passive income should already have materialised by then, and probably on the way to $2k or more
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