Adeline koh encourages stupidity(elitism)!!!
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Taken from togoparts.com
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Courtesy of theodr of togoparts.
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"By Adeline Koh: Its no secret who's better
I hate to be blunt, but JC students are better than polytechnic students, period.
Politically incorrect I may sound, but here are the facts. Entry requirements at JCs are far more stringent than those at polys. As a result, large numbers of students who do not make the cut for JCs are "forced" to opt for a poly education.
Those who enter polys of their own choice remain the exception, rather than the rule. Also, when the Public Service Commission awards scholarships to Singapore's best and brightest, they look to JCs, not polytechnics.
Yes, polys have improved in recent years, but there is still a long way to go before the average poly student matches up to the average JC student.
Sad to say, but this is an open secret." -
So what?
The policies now are driving talented poly students off from Singapore
Think who wrote that, is narrow minded... As if poly never takes in single pts scorer these days?
How to explain 1 Ngee Ann Poly student gets into do a Barchelor w/o a degree? (It was reported in TNP some 2 weeks back) -
isn't a bachelor a degree?
.. and its true that jc students are dumber (yours truly being an ex-jc student with an "insider point of view")..just look at how many screw ups our "bright" ministers in government made. projects done are always horrible and cliched (no wonder the sajc students got screwed up marks for their pw) -
Diff gradesOriginally posted by vito_corleone:isn't a bachelor a degree? 
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And sad to say, from someone who's doing a degree and yet came out with something irrational...
Such a pity from such a person to do a thesis on such a topic... -
the other one is honors mah.Originally posted by sbst275:Diff grades -
thats why he/she's majoring in ENGRRRISH... the "no rice to eat" major.Originally posted by dork3d:And sad to say, from someone who's doing a degree and yet came out with something irrational...
Such a pity from such a person to do a thesis on such a topic... -
Originally posted by vito_corleone:thats why he/she's majoring in ENGRRRISH... the "no rice to eat" major.
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Slip of my mind, lucky I still have the TNP, she skips a biomedical science degreeOriginally posted by vito_corleone:the other one is honors mah. -
other education-related topics in today's ST forums:
Varsities: Talent-centred or citizen-centred?
I READ a most thought-provoking article in The Straits Times on April 7 - 'How to win alumni and donors'.
It was a speech by Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew at the 800th Cambridge University celebration in Hong Kong. It was about his enduring sense of gratitude for all the experiences and help he received as a student at Cambridge.
He then compared this to the contrasting allegiances of Cambridge graduate and ST columnist Chua Mui Hoong who suffered the indignity of a £50 fine when her sister stayed for two weeks in her dormitory at Cambridge but received overwhelming love and support at Massachusetts Institute of Technology when she stayed on in Boston for br.east cancer treatment.
She was quoted as asking: 'What is it in a university's experience that creates loyalty in alumni, and what is it that alienates them?'
She gave a three-point answer:
Sense of community
Good communication with alumni
Student-centred administration.
Let me pose an equally relevant question for Singapore. What is it in a nation that creates loyalty in citizens, and what alienates them? There is no simple answer. It is not easy for any government to balance all considerations. But talking about university students, I have a point to make.
In the National University of Singapore Academic Yearbook 2006-2007, the fees paid by medical students reveal a talent-centred administration to whom citizenship is worth a few dollars. Compare the following:
Singapore citizens and permanent residents: Full fees - $81,610. Payment after tuition grant - $17,010.
International students: Full fees - $83,310. Payment after tuition grant - $18,710.
My son, as an international student at the University of Western Australia, pays full fees of A$42,000 (S$50,000) a year while Australians pay a tiny fraction and have access to generous study loans.
Why do international students take some of the places of our own boys who have put in 2 1/2 years of national service? Why do foreigners get to pay almost the same rates as 'fortunate' citizens who win a place at NUS? Presumably the answer is talent. Singapore needs talent.
Singapore also needs to be more citizen-centred. For without citizens who love their nation because they have first been loved, the richest nation will have no soul.
Tan Thiam Chye
More poly places for S'poreans
DURING the last direct admissions exercise for entrance to polytechnics last month, I applied to Singapore Polytechnic (SP) and Temasek Polytechnic (TP). I was a TP student before I dropped out. I admit I did so because I was not mature then and constantly skipped classes. I decided to enlist in national service as I did not want to waste time and I wanted to add discipline to my character.
I planned to apply for entry to a polytechnic after I finished NS. I served my country and even went overseas to Brunei to serve in an isolated camp for a whole year.
I was therefore surprised when both SP and TP told me there were no vacancies. I know the polytechnics give priority to students who apply under the joint admissions exercise, a policy which I support as they have just finished their O levels. When I called TP and asked if I have to compete with foreign students, its reply seemed to indicate that foreign students do receive priority over Singaporeans.
SP gave me the same reply and added that 10 per cent of places are reserved for foreign students.
My question is, why give foreigners priority over Singaporeans who are determined to study and have served their nation?
Mohammed Shaffiq Sarudin -
two threads opened on her...she must be something...
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Very sad....
Very disappointed...
Never expect a jc graduate to speak up with such mindless brain...
It's a no wonder that she's majoring in Ang Mo language studies....
If she has such good results in her jc, then she should go into engineering faculty n just choose any engineering course and challenge the diploma graduates....Then i'll see how she's going to eat back her words....thru her arse? -
yes...she must be something wrong....Originally posted by kaobeikaobu:two threads opened on her...she must be something... -
screw looseOriginally posted by dcx:yes...she must be something wrong.... -
I think I might have seen that name before.....need to recall.
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Oh no, instead of the ST forum filled with more election talk, next few days going to be this nonsense. And to think the lky thingie just ended, now I have to deal with this?
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Ponders wanted to beat up the zha bor!!
skully chio bu wor
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Great, now this Adeline Koh gets more limelight than tCSJ. First tammy, now this. Kids nowadays are good, know how and where to get attention where its due.
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I checked nus's email system .. no such student by that name.Originally posted by CoolMyth:I think I might have seen that name before.....need to recall. 
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i dunno how to react...lets see how she fare..when she tries to get a job but found out that a poly student got it instead -
must be a newbie, izzit? Or she dropped out liao?Originally posted by Icemoon:I checked nus's email system .. no such student by that name. -
ham chee...write with fake nameOriginally posted by Icemoon:I checked nus's email system .. no such student by that name. -
prob a fake name to save her ass...Originally posted by Icemoon:I checked nus's email system .. no such student by that name. -
no la..i think she CMIOriginally posted by dcx:must be a newbie, izzit? Or she dropped out liao? -
Narrow minded and naive.