His dream is to make me smile.

18/10/2006

What has education got to prove? What does an A1 on our scripts has to say about us? That we are intelligent? That those who got a C5 or 6 aren’t that good? Aren’t that smart? Or issit only a prove of our diligence? But after 10yrs of education I have figured that our efforts do not equate to our results, our efforts only increase the probability that we would do better.

Why have we become so result orientated? Even the child? Why have we (some of us) stopped appreciating the gifts GOD gave us? Why have we looked else where for security and identity, when we should look inside and start accepting what has been already entrusted to us. That some of us fumble and stumble upon the mentality that we are failures, stupid, academically challenged, and start self pitying, going through our entire lives having low self esteem. Such reaction is caused by expectations, and more so by the categorizing of different calibers and degree of ‘intelligence’ in our generation. But the truth is that education neither accommodates nor appreciates your ENTIRE self being, your gifts, your abilities totally, it only accommodates to a certain extent. And I hope none of you who are reading this would object my opinion… that we are all unique in our own ways that education can’t accept everyone’s uniqueness TOTALLY, as many things are subjective. For example, child A and child B both composed a song, how can one grade their gift? This is totally subjective. A certain teacher might only accept child A’s work but not child B. isn’t that unfair? Like child B is as gifted but because the teacher or the education system is unable to accept child B’s gift, they feel that he deserves a B. then it is then imprinted on his certificate, and all through his life, his gift does not receive the rightly deserved recognition, this is unjust! Now apply this observation into your English compos. No doubt your language speak for itself, but how about your content? For science, you might have well known the answer, but because you have worded your knowledge in a different manner, and it does not comply to the answer scheme, then it is not accepted. ( this is to only a slight extent ).

Now, don’t disagree with me, when after your exam, you look at your score, your results, and not how much you have learnt from this one whole yr. isn’t this result orientated? Has not the purpose of education been forsaken? Students strive to earn each mark, yet not to gain knowledge. (Don’t disagree with me, you know it yourself) It is true to a certain extent that high grades do prove how much you have learnt, but that is not always the case. So a difference in grade means that student A knows more then student B? I beg to differ. There is a probability that this is so, but on the flipside of the coin, student B who got a lower grade, might simply be due to the reasoning that he was careless, or he was not able to apply his knowledge the way the exam scripts would like him to. So now isn’t this yet again unjust? I am not totally blaming the education system. I am just highlighting out the flaws. And these students’ futures are being affected! Like when they go for interviews, the interviewers are not able to see pass beyond the certificate would they? Maybe to a small extent, but again its unjust aint it? These are the flaws of our education system!

Tomorrow is practical. It sounds a bit retard lah, test me on practical. Again I do not agree, and i hereby challenge the system, but too bad I have no say, so might as well just follow. Sobs. Like whats the point lah? I don’t think it’s a test on how much I know? Why do you test me on observation skills? Like waste lah. Honestly. I view the task simply as a repetition of a theory that has already been proven.
Ok, lets say record down your observation. We might see the same thing as everyone, yet we express what we see differently from the answer scheme? And then we lose our mark. Like WTH! I see something differently and we are being treated unfairly just like that? I word my answer in an unacceptable manner but yet still correct, and they don’t accept it. Like walau… so you see the education system don’t accept your entire being. Sometimes the way you perceive things are different and you get discriminated…

Ah ok composed a poem, not extremely nice. Those who want to read can come find me. ok need to turn in liao. I hope my argument is established enough. Thank you!

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