Term 3 Week 3

1)

One of the flaws of Singapore system that Janelle Lee mentioned was that it was too rigid and inflexible. This is one point that has came across my mind many times while schooling.

Janelle Lee states in her letter to that the education system promotes a “memorize” don’t “ask” method. This method is widely used in many schools including Hwa chong. The method of teaching can be seen in lessons such as Science and Humanities. The teachers would ask us to just remember the information so that we would be able to regurgitate them on the test day and achieve our much wanted A1.I feel that Janelle has raised an important point in our education system. Our education system today is very much focused on the grades that would determine our future. The easiest way to attain those high grades is to simply memorise the information pack and be able to “deliver” the answers on the day of the exam.

 This should not be the case as we as students should strive to learn as much as we can. Instead of rigidly memorising everything, we should try to discover more by ourselves on the topic which would ultimately help us more as we would not only know the areas that are being tested but also the areas that are strongly relate with our topic.

2)

                I do not think that an ideal education system is possible. Reason being that in order to have an ideal education system, the system should be able to cater to all students.  However, in the education system itself, there would be many different types of students. Therefore it would most likely be impossible to cater to all the children’s needs, thus an ideal education system would not really be possible.

                Though an ideal education system is not possible, we could create an education system that would meet most of the students’ needs and thus helping a large portion of the students.

Term 3 Week 2

When we treat water a human right, we give a status which entitles it to ever single human. However, if we treat water as a commodity, we are treating water a product that can trade and sold among parties, thus making it more exclusive.

In my opinion, I think that we should treat water as a human right. I have 3 reasons to explain my decision.

The first reasllon is that a of us need water to survive. By treating water as a commodity means that we are starting a vicious cycle which only the rich gets the amount of water that they want. On the other hand, the poor only get the meagre amount of water that they can get their hands on.  This would result in a win-lose situation in the favour of the rich

Secondly, even though many people argue that the amount of water gotten depends on how wealthy the person. We should not unfairly treat less fortunate just because they were not born in the same environment as the rich. Therefore, when we treat water as a human right, all of us regardless of background, race or religion will get an equal amount of water.

Thirdly, if we were to treat water as a human right everyone no matter what would get their serving of water. This would relieve many of their water shortage problems for those people who are livening in less urbanized and developed countries. This action however would have a side effect which is that everyone would think that they would always their share of water which would result in them starting to waste water.

In conclusion, all of us should move towards a society that helps the poor or less fortunate with the resources that they cannot get their hands on. Only then, we would advance together to a more wholesome society where all of us benefit from.

Term 3 Week 1 (Blogging Assignment)

I think that this idea may seem good on paper, but it may not really be feasible and productive in real life. The job of a domestic helper is to help with house chores so as to lessen the burden that is on the house owners. However, if we were to give all domestic workers a day off wouldn't that defeat the purpose of hiring a domestic worker?

Even if it is for one day it would cause great inconvience for their employers. Instead, I think that that this idea should be discuss among the employer and domestic workers instead of creating a rule that gives all domestic workers one day off every week. This way, the employer would be able to coordinate in a way that the domestic workers can go off for their rest day when the employers themself are out at work. This way, they can work out a win-win situation in which both of them can achieve what they want.

Letting domestic workers out on breaks also means opening a flood gate for the domestic workers to be harmed out side. As the domestic workers are their employer's responsibility, it is no wonder why many employers do not support the idea of allowing their domestic workers out on weekly breaks.

I think that this initiative should be better planned out before putting into action.