The Moley Prophet

In less than a month, I would be leaving this tiny island, in pursuit of a much better education system. Over the past year, I have been locked in constant arguments with my younger brother over which is a better education system. Over a dinner few weeks ago, my mom's friend was commenting that Mathematics and Sciences is the only subject that you would be able to score a perfect score as they are all based on facts. For lingual subjects like English and Chinese, even a PhD holder would not be able to score a perfect score as they are based on subjective opinions.

Asians are selfish creatures. They would not want to see someone else surpass them, especially when they are in a mentoring position. Even if the essay has no mistakes, has great content, great structure, the markers would try to fault on the score by taking a few points off. There's no logic in that. Even the perfectionist would not be able to satisfy them. I'm not saying they are all off logic idiots. There's probably a small percentage who hold a different mentality. I had a Chinese teacher in Secondary school who was so impressed with some "O" level papers he marked which came from other schools that he gave them full marks straight as he knew that the second marker would try to fault them.

Americans are different. I can't say they aren't selfish. However, they definitely work smart. They don't waste their time finding faults in other people. Which means there are chances for perfect score everywhere. They do not waste time pinning people down, restricting them on their paths to success.

And come on. If you think that the Singapore system is the way to produce smart people, think again. Where do the world's richest people come from? A majority from the US. The Singapore system could only build a foundation for the academically stronger people. Not for those who aspire to be successful in life. Being persistent in believing in this system would only produce more work horses, which is probably what this government wants. People who could not express themselves freely, but just work and work.