Was recently recommended this video clip filmed in supposedly one of Malaysia's 'backwater' primary schools, in which an unseen (but clearly heard) 'teacher' was addressing and 'educating' a large congregation of pubescent children about sex during an assembly. Apart from the distinctive 'Federation accent' that the 'teacher' was sporting (which was already a distraction), the speaker also slammed promiscuity in such a manner that was more debauched than the depravity itself. I pity those poor poisoned minds.
MDISrecently found itself in the headlines for the wrong reasons: A (now) former lecturer and level head named Isabelle Krishnan, 38, divulged P&C English examination questions to three of her international students - 2 Vietnamese, 1 Chinese - for a fee of $450 each. Wonder what Dr. Eric Kuan has to say about this.
The tritest thing to say would, of course, beITE = It's The End. But let's not kid yourselves now. Haven't we seen some of these colleges with bigger and better equipped campuses than many JCs here? In short, they're no pushovers!
This is where yours truly passes by every morning after alighting at the Bukit Merah Bus Interchange. Thought it's a very appropriate name for a preschool - teaching little 'beavers' to be eager for knowledge and, erm, attention?
"Welcome to Oak Brook, Illinois. I'm sure you're all matriculated at McCafe earlier on. This is Hamburger University, your place of study and residence for the next one month or so - where you'll be attending lectures, tutorials and laboratory lessons. At the end of the day, we want to see how well you can prepare a Filet-O-Fish."
These guys were pretty prominent at the lastCareer & Education Fair, taking up a magnificent island booththat resembled one of thoseGreek palaces(complete with part-time 'models' in togas and sandals). Then what happened? Couldn't afford to pay their hefty bills thereafter? Pity them poor students...
"myfirstskoolis the pioneer childcare arm of the NTUC First Campus Group, with over 30 years of experience in providing quality early childhood care and education programmes. Today, we have the largest pool of full-time early childhood professionals with Masters and Doctoral degrees in Singapore. We are the largest provider of preschool education and childcare services in Singapore through our chain of centres islandwide." Who, I ask you, can argue with a juggernaut?
Parents who want (their children) to break away from those mundane and monotonous MOE-sque, TYS-ish questions can check out the best-selling Maths Olympiad and Olympiad Maths Trainer series of books written by Terry Chew. I've personally browsed through a few and found them both interesting and innovative :-)
The PAP Community Foundation is the social and charitable arm of the ruling People's Action Party. Yours truly used to study at a PCF kindergarten (they also have childcare centers) in my old 'hometown' of Tanjong Pagar. No recollection whatsoever of my preschool days, which is probably just as well.
Anointed Most Promising Franchisor by the Franchising and Licensing Association (Singapore) in 2005, Dr. Gurchran J. Singh's "largest, fastest growing, multiple award-winning homegrown brand of childcare centres" is headquartered at 19 Cecil Street (and close to 'industry colleague' Learning Capital College). So, Mr. Ismail Ibrahim's office must also be there, right?
The Council for Private Education (CPE), under the exclusive purview of the Ministry of Education (MOE), has made it explicitly clear that their intention to introduce the newly enacted EduTrust quality certification scheme as part of Singapore's Private Education Act is to 'weed out' smaller and lesser players in the industry presently swamped with Brookes wannabes. It's like fumigation and survival of the fittest.
MindChamps' (unjustified?) assertion to be the "world's #1" has incurred the Mimosan's adverse acrimony. Goes to show how many people pay attention to the dailies. Be careful what you write!
More and more learning/tuition centers are now using actual PSLE aggregates of their students to do the advertising for them. Not a bad idea, we thought. Except their drill-and-practice method can hardly produce kids with humility. Take this Chiragg Thadani5(now schooling at Raffles Institution), for example - who wrote on his Facebook page: "I'm an outgoing guy who's AWESOME (not boasting but true)". We rest our case.
My first job after leaving school (and comfort zone) was with Shing Lee Publishers. They produce educational print materials for subjects like Additional Mathematics, which they excel in. All good, except Art Director Dave was 'borderline psychotic' and Graphic Designer Yuelong had the tendency to misspell mango as 'kango'. What to do?
Now banned in all MOE schools, public caning was the order of the day during my time when Seet Hua Soon was the 'wielder' and bored students preferred to watch 'live demos' than stone in geometry classes. Rated PG.
There used to be a time when this twit would be totally entranced by infomercial salesman Kevin Trudeau's Mega Memory technique through 'demonstrations' done on his Sell-A-Vision spots. As it turned out, the guy's nothing but a fraud! Good thing I didn't buy any of those audio tapes.
Used to work as a Business Development Executive in this company and reported to one incredibly dynamic Esther Koh who co-founded it with her hubby Philip Something. In retrospect, I don't really miss those ThinkTank programs and educational trails.
Ms. Alice Ho's brainchild, founded in 1974, with a vision to "unravel your mathematical aptitude by peaking premier pedagogy" - if it makes sense to you. I'd been to this place, located at 8 Frankel Drive (it's a bungalow), on two separate occasions for interview as Editor. Twice, I was offered the job - and declined. Reason? The pay was peas. So, there.
Was recently recommended this video clip filmed in supposedly one of Malaysia's 'backwater' primary schools, in which an unseen (but clearly heard) 'teacher' was addressing and 'educating' a large congregation of pubescent children about sex during an assembly. Apart from the distinctive 'Federation accent' that the 'teacher' was sporting (which was already a distraction), the speaker also slammed promiscuity in such a manner that was more debauched than the depravity itself. I pity those poor poisoned minds.
