Thread:Idolatry/@comment-11357737-20131009151218

I'm screwed.

Indeed, many have said that the Singaporean education system has proved successful upon its 50 years development, and it is the way to go! International critics and system observers have also given their praises to the Singaporean government cultivating their students for excellent grades. Worldwide tests have also shown that Singaporean students are truly the cream of the crop. On the contrary, I think your perspective is simplistic.

One may ask me why? But this is a result of the students being book-smart rather than street-smart. Students remember their math questions rather than think how to solve them, which limits their creativity to a great extent. Research have shown that Singaporean companies are more inclined to hire foreign workers than the locals for fears the locals are crippled in the manipulation of their brain. Students are now trained to solve what they have to in order to score a good grade, yet, they don't know how to solve questions in real life conditions, when real world problems crop up. What is the point of advocating the students to master Pythagoras theorem instead of having them to be able to think of a solution?

The consequence of this problem is immense. Singapore, having experienced it's financial boom, is now facing a declining economy. Other great education systems, such as Finland, is still continuing its exponential growth in its economy. This is a show of how the international community has lost trust in our academic-driven education system, and the need to reform, is obvious. And we need it fast.

This is the argument of the proposition.

(I wonder if it is one minute long... Lol, I want to add more.) 