Today's a meaningful day for me, because I reached the 50-day milestone that I set for myself in my Korean journey! Yeapee! It's summer holidays again, probably one of the last ones I'll have in college. This time round, I wanted to go out and earn some money by helping out at coding workshops for …
Category: School
Big Fish in a Little Pond?
So today, I saw this article on Straits Times, where a parent asked an education correspondent whether he had made the right decision sending his child, a top performer at his primary school, to a top Integrated Programme school. His child has only been there for three months and he is feeling anxious and less …
COVID-19: Circuit-Breaker
Alas, before I could even put up my post on why schools in Singapore haven't closed yet, the government announced last Friday that we are going on a lo--- nope, the correct term is "circuit-breaker" measures... The announcement was supposed to happen last Friday at 4pm, but before the announcement, many Singaporeans rushed to the …
A Future Problem, A Story to Intrigue
Julius is a technology whiz who graduated from Caesar's University. He is marvelous at inventing gadgets that change people's life. However, he urgently needs to find a job. However, most employers rejected him due to his short concentration span. Left with plenty of free time, he began inventing gadgets that improved people's life by cutting down their work hours. The gadget is out. Employers are furious with him. The police had brought him to the police station more than once to interrogate him. In the year 2089, anything is possible. Will Julius survive?
Break Now or Break Down
So...I was just scrolling through random news and chanced upon the following headline: My immediate reaction was, "Wow, so relatable!" As you can tell from posts written back in more youthful days (here and here), I've always griped about holiday homework. At that time, I was just fed up that I couldn't get my mind …
School Discipline
"Detention" may be something that is familiar to all who have been through secondary school. When I ask my cousin who's teaching in a secondary school what she does to discipline students who refuse to do their homework, she mentions "detention" as the most common punishment, and "informing parents" as the next avenue. Unlike most …
Oven Thoughts 