Why limit the students' creativity?
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FYI the concept of "blitzkrieg" was not created by hitler, it was thought up by the german war strategists.Originally posted by SMAPLionHeart:Leaders makes decision.
Whether he makes good or bad decisions . He is still famous for "blitzkrieg"
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In fact, most inventors before and during the 1st half of the 20th century could be considered to be a subset of the entrepeneur group. If we didn't have the likes of inventors like Thomas Edison for example- or the guy who invented the telephone, we wouldn't have light bulbs today and without the telephone, we wouldn't even have the internet at the 1st place!Originally posted by pearlie27:That is called entrepreneurship.
Not to mention the Italian guy, Marconi- who invented the radio. Without him, we wouldn't have the eventual successor to the old analog radio, the modern digital radio. Sailors wouldn't communicate effectively when they are in the ocean without radio...
So inventors during that time were also bucking the trend- when people mocked them and their attempts- and in the process of inventing their product, they became leaders of their respective fields.
Without the sheer attempts of Edison, Marconi and Bell, we would still be using pigeons, candle lights and paper messages sent in the old snail mail. Be thankful these inventive leaders were around. We, in this modern society owe a huge, unpayable debt to these guys. -
What good is a leader who has such twisted morals and places his belief in the creation of a superrace? Also what good is a leader who ended up shooting himself and killing his family... I'm not sure.
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As long as a leader makes a decision, he is a good leader ?Originally posted by SMAPLionHeart:Leaders makes decision.
Whether he makes good or bad decisions . He is still famous for "blitzkrieg"
Btw, are u sure he conjured the Blitzkrieg strategy ?
In WW2, Germany had superior air forces, Hitler's military advisors wanted to field more interceptors, but Hitler insisted on increasing the attack-bombers configuration, if Hitler had listened to his advisors, the air war will be more decisive.
No good leader will insist on his way when clearly the other party has better experience in that field.
Hitler was a good speaker or even a good actor, but being a good leader is far more than being just able to talk. -
Now i can see why SMAPlionheart got a A2 and not and A1 for history...Originally posted by BeEtHoVeN:As long as a leader makes a decision, he is a good leader ?
Btw, are u sure he conjured the Blitzkrieg strategy ?
In WW2, Germany had superior air forces, Hitler's military advisors wanted to field more interceptors, but Hitler insisted on increasing the attack-bombers configuration, if Hitler had listened to his advisors, the air war will be more decisive.
No good leader will insist on his way when clearly the other party has better experience in that field.
Hitler was a good speaker or even a good actor, but being a good leader is far more than being just able to talk.
Blitzkrieg was NOT created by Hitler. He merely provided the vision and pushed forward its ideals and concepts for the creation of new war doctrines. The original idea came from several previously obscure but brilliant generals. One of these was Erich Von Mainstein.
As for why Hitler was more vilified than old man QING, my theory is one of recent events. Just as Saddam Hussein is now pretty much a forgotten man, our new neighbourhood bad guy is Osama Bin Ladin. People tend to forget the distant past and tend to compare more with our recent history. Furthermore, i have yet to come across a western author doing an autobiography of old man QING. As for our fave one-testicle bad boy, he has a few such books written and also published Mein Kampf while doing time in prison in the 1930s. This book, while banned in previous years, is now available in Kinokuniya bookstores. It personifies his warped ideals and even had the author/translator maintaining that this is an 'Evil Book'.
I suppose the reason why our Education Minister is concerned about our young's misguided idolism of Hitler is probably one of ignorance and security. To know the past is not to repeat its mistakes. Post-war Germany for example did little to stem the tide of neo-Nazi facists which emerged afterwards until they evolved into street gangs of skinheads and racists. While most were harmless, a few did stir up trouble and became an embarrassment to peacetime Germany.
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This kind of leadership skill is known as "Autocratic Leadership". Autocratic leadership works well in situation when you have nothing; no resources, no motivation, no direction etc. However it needs to be adjusted once situation changed. Most autocratic leaders failed because of the failure to adjust when the situation changed.Originally posted by BeEtHoVeN:Hitler was a good leader, u got to be joking, Hilter refused to listen to others, believed in himself only, and when things go wrong, he shot himself in the head. Tell me what leadership qualities he possessed.
The only thing to learn from him is, well, dun be like him
No doubt he was a leader, but definitely not a gd leader by any way
Btw, aren't we living under the same type of leadership? The only difference I can see is that one chose to leave when failure is proven while the other stayed on to become a drag of his followers. -
Originally posted by dragg:many countries are better and stronger because of their access to natural resources and their longer history.
if singapore is 100 years she will be very rich. but i cant imagine how poor singaporeans will be. -
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Originally posted by timothytsgsg:They are leaders of their respective fields and industry that they are in. I'm only offering newer ones just in case people think that only considering political leaders is a narrow mindset.
In some cases overseas, these people who succeed in their fields have also succeeded in politics as they grew older. Ronald Reagan was a B list Hollywood star before and during WWII. Later he became President of the US during the 80s.
And besides a lot of younger people look up to the likes of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs these days.
I was just pointing out that, the leaders they are referrin to are those who possess leadership qualities
The names that u put up in ur posts might be someone with that in bold, I have no idea. But what u implied in ur earlier posts is that to lead the industry with a new idea = leadership. That is wrong.
Please go read up on management. To lead in an industry =/= good leadership. It just meant that u're good at sourcing out what the market wants, and bringing it to them. This would be marketing. You can be good at this, but u can't manage the ppl in the end, you're just good at the marketing prospect. or entrepreneur as someone, pearlie i tink, mentioned. That is so off from leadership/management. -
sorry, wrong number
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50 Cent is also a leader meh???
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Nah, his pics were posted here by a negro rapper wannabe...that guy is an idiot lah.
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That's how many Singaporeans can't think outside the box.Originally posted by Agressor:I was rather amused that our Minister of Education was alarmed by a group of students who named their team as Hitler in a recent leadership camp. (Today's ST)
Though I agree that Hitler should not be a person for the students to "idolise", but nevertheless, in terms of leadership, he was a man with great leadership. And considering that it was a leadership camp, I find the students rather creative using the name.
I am rather disappointed. On one hand, we had put in so much effort to instill creativity in our school syllabus, on the other hand, a cold, wet blanket dampened and extinguished the fire of creativity in them.
Considering the fact that the Minister of Education had stated, then I think one of my friend should change his name and his parents start doing research. His name is Abu Bakhar.
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Qin Shi Huang succeeded, Hitler failed. haven't you heard of the Chinese saying, "The winner becomes a king, the loser a bandit." Might is right....lOriginally posted by ndsef:Why is it that no one condems "Qin Shi Huang" like they do to Hitler? Millions died for his cause as well. He is instead hailed as a hero of some sort for doing what he did. -
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hitler failed? the autobahns and volkswagen beetles are still in existence today and doing very wellOriginally posted by oxford mushroom:Qin Shi Huang succeeded, Hitler failed. haven't you heard of the Chinese saying, "The winner becomes a king, the loser a bandit." Might is right....l -
for goodness sake it's just a group name
are we being too restrictive or are we being over sensitive..
the students are not advocating Hitler's beliefs or practises
for its purpose,to grab attention, it was a group name rightly chosen...
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Great leader? look at roosevelt