Comments on: Burn Down The Temple! Hang The Blessed Tutors!

By: clarion-x

clarion-x — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:04:14 +0000

Lol. Gone mad shopping. =X

I climbed the "226 steps to Salvation" too!

By: Miss Loi

Miss Loi — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:50:46 +0000

Clarion: Having a good time at 尖沙嘴 / 銅鑼灣??? Miss Loi (and maybe your ex-primary school cher too) is choking on joss sticks smoke this whole week!

By: clarion-x

clarion-x — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:41:49 +0000

The name sounds familiar sehs. May be a cher from my primary school...

P.S Flying off to Hong Kong in 11hrs time!!

By: Miss Loi

Miss Loi — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:48:59 +0000

Jacqueline, 请息怒 ... Mdm Josephine Koh must have been skipping her GP tutorials. Tsk tsk.

By: Jacqueline

Jacqueline — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:29:12 +0000

What a ridiculous article with fallible arguments, how can she assume that the act of paying teachers more would translate into better education for students?! Even if they manage to attract/hire more teachers and achieve a class size of 20, can one teacher guarantee undivided attention and ensure that every child fully understands every single thing taught in class?? She's obviously not getting the point that some children learn slower, some can't keep up, and that's precisely what tuition is for right, to help the child keep abreast with schoolwork! Ludicrous generalisations! She might as well argue that only by banning external piano/ballet/dance/swimming lessons and channelling the money to MOE schools would we produce world class athletes and musicians! >.< What rubbish la!

By: Miss Loi

Miss Loi — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:21:54 +0000

|c3^sNoW: Non-violence, comrade. Non-violence! Har~ren: There seems to an influx of ~~freaks~~ fundamentalists to ST Forums these days. Just encountered another one (read the part by Jennifer Wee). Janice: To be fair, Miss Loi feels that it's always been the ratio, and this Mdm Koh did highlighted it in her letter. But that bitter aftertaste she left at the end just threw all credibility out of the window. For sure, this wasn't the way Miss Loi's GP teacher taught her to write essays when she was still a SYT at her JC near *gasp* Novena (!!!) DK: Wah tuition to become an underground 革命 movement?! Imagine The Temple's scholars burning their books and exam papers before the soldiers arrive! WishBoNe: Ban the ballet classes! Burn the pianos! Ban all arts schools! They only steal credit from MOE's holistic approach. Ex-piano/ballet/arts tutors can then consider joining MOE to teach these subjects as teaching will be more attractive with better pay and perks.

By: WishBoNe

WishBoNe — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:38:20 +0000

Now I know why this letter was published. It was against tuition agencies. Basically, everyone learns differently, some need one to one teaching while others are able to learn in a class.

If tuitions were to be "banned", can that child still learn in a class and get undivided attention so that he/she has absorbed that theory?

Is Ms Koh able to provide that just in school? Meanwhile, did she notice that parents are now sending the kids off to ballet, piano, art and all other artistic classes in hopes that their kids will be able to be above the others?

By: DK

DK — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:02:59 +0000

Wah.... imagine if MOE really bans tuition agencies. Then tuition become illegal and all go underground. Wow.... cool leh. Imagine the students go to Ms Loi's temple (which is relocated at some back alley) and have tuitions despite the risk of being arrested and thrown into jail.

Sounds cool. Wahahaha.

Seriously.... is that letter from ST forum or Stomp?

By: Janice

Janice — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:00:58 +0000

When I read that article I was furious. Does it mean that more $$ for teachers would reap better educated students? Currently, some students who seek help from tutors don't even know their basics. It's appalling! Really wonder what they learn/ teach in school!

By: Hai~Ren

Hai~Ren — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:57:11 +0000

Wah lau! That's just crazy...