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The Straits Times
An Option For Women To Serve National Service?
That aside, student Miss Heng Jia Min raised a meaningful proposition, that she “would like to be given at least the option of serving NS”. In other words, there are some who would voluntarily enlist in the army, if such an arrangement was made possible by the administration. Continue reading
Homework Laments: How About Working With Teachers?
We really are making a mountain out of a molehill, aren’t we? Insofar as we accept the justifications for homework and CCA, the real solution is for students to work collaboratively with their teachers-in-charge, to make the necessary arrangements or changes. Continue reading
Our Singapore Conversation: Hearing Meaningful Voices
Therefore, first, it is crucial for these upcoming conversations to not be crafted with the end in mind; in other words, the bureaucrats should not expect or pressure participants to posit policy recommendations. One does not have to offer solutions to articulate his viewpoint on an issue. The perpetual obsession with quantifying these experiences should not persist. Continue reading
