JC Vice-Principal
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As quoted from Today newspaper 12-01-07 -Voices
"A friend was recently posted to a junior college (JC) in the north. But she decided to withdraw as she was ineligible for her preferred subject combination and the travelling took more than 2 hours each day.
When my friend said she was considering going to a polytechnic instead, the vice-principal, who handled her request, made several disparaging remarks about polytechnics. He allegedly called them a “bad choice” and a “stupid decision”, adding that “any fool can make it in poly”. He also likened students who forgo the first three months of JC to delinquents who “don’t study, don’t listen in class and skip class and school”. This biased and unjustified.
I thought the stereotype of a polytechnic education being inferior to a JC one was history, a view largely confined to the older generation who favour the more conventional route to university. I certainly did not think that an educator – and a JC vice-principal at that – would still hold such views. More polys are tying up with overseas universities to offer their students degrees in various disciplines, it is becoming apparent that a poly education is no less inferior to a JC one.
My friend was understandably unhappy and told him that she would not stay on at the college even if she were posted there after the Joint Admission Exercise. His reply was galling: “We would not accept you either.”
Is such an attitude befitting a leader in education?"
A disgrace first to his JC first... -
sent this to newpaper and get them to find out the truth. Den disgrace that vp.
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Yishun or Anderson or Innova?
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confirm not anderson cos the vp is a she
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So that leaves yishun and innova. Great, now even the VPs of JCs are starting to turn elitist. I smell a trend.
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TS u dare to post but u dont dare to tell me which school wtf
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got read or notOriginally posted by NewAge:TS u dare to post but u dont dare to tell me which school wtfOriginally posted by harrymushroom:As quoted from Today newspaper 12-01-07 -Voices
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got read but never read carefully
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its from a newspaperOriginally posted by TYING:sent this to newpaper and get them to find out the truth. Den disgrace that vp.
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tsk tsk. what a country we have become.Originally posted by ditzy:So that leaves yishun and innova. Great, now even the VPs of JCs are starting to turn elitist. I smell a trend. -
anyone noe which junior college?....probably will start another round of flaming.....
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if that vice-principle thinks that so many people are wanting to go to jc...check out the number of <10 pointers in polytechnics...
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If you check out the moe website, there are only 2 jcs in the north area with male vice principals.
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I didn't go to 1st 3 months cos my prelim results were 31 points and my math F9 but i'm in Poly now with 10 points. Oh no does that make me a delinquent?
I pity the students who have to put up with such a vice-principal -
Don't say VP lah...my sch de principal also super elitist one. first day of school, orientation only he goes 'you guys are the cream of the crops, you're going to be the leaders of the society in the future, bla bla bla'
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NORTH ALSO GOT RAFFLES.
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my secondary sch principal also super elitist
he likes you only if you perform well, and shun the normal academics and technical people
sad to say, under his care, my sch from among the top schools dropped so fast to the bottom rankings -
This is veri the extreme lo.Originally posted by laurence82:my secondary sch principal also super elitist
he likes you only if you perform well, and shun the normal academics and technical people
sad to say, under his care, my sch from among the top schools dropped so fast to the bottom rankings -
ah lau so happy ur school drop rank ah?Originally posted by laurence82:my secondary sch principal also super elitist
he likes you only if you perform well, and shun the normal academics and technical people
sad to say, under his care, my sch from among the top schools dropped so fast to the bottom rankings 
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Ah well,tree forgetting the roots
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She should have answered him " If JC was so great, how come you are only just a vice principal ? You should be PRINCIPAL MAH..."Originally posted by harrymushroom:As quoted from Today newspaper 12-01-07 -Voices
"A friend was recently posted to a junior college (JC) in the north. But she decided to withdraw as she was ineligible for her preferred subject combination and the travelling took more than 2 hours each day.
When my friend said she was considering going to a polytechnic instead, the vice-principal, who handled her request, made several disparaging remarks about polytechnics. He allegedly called them a “bad choice” and a “stupid decision”, adding that “any fool can make it in poly”. He also likened students who forgo the first three months of JC to delinquents who “don’t study, don’t listen in class and skip class and school”. This biased and unjustified.
I thought the stereotype of a polytechnic education being inferior to a JC one was history, a view largely confined to the older generation who favour the more conventional route to university. I certainly did not think that an educator – and a JC vice-principal at that – would still hold such views. More polys are tying up with overseas universities to offer their students degrees in various disciplines, it is becoming apparent that a poly education is no less inferior to a JC one.
My friend was understandably unhappy and told him that she would not stay on at the college even if she were posted there after the Joint Admission Exercise. His reply was galling: “We would not accept you either.”
Is such an attitude befitting a leader in education?"
A disgrace first to his JC first...
harrymushroom? any relation to oxfordmushroom? -
upstairs not straight;
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Originally posted by fymk:She should have answered him " If JC was so great, how come you are only just a vice principal ? You should be PRINCIPAL MAH..."
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Its a testimonial to an elitist, improper management of the schOriginally posted by yuko-ogura:ah lau so happy ur school drop rank ah?
I believe last year they were talking about scrapping the streaming in secondary school -
These fellows still cannot wake up
See the courses that the polys are offering these days compared to 10 years back