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This is not an issue of Canada’s education system but more so the attitude canadiens have towards life in general. I’m a 22 year old university student, I’ve travelled to Europe multiple times, gone all over canada and plan on traveling to Holland and The dominican republic after I graduate for pleasure and volunteer work (all at my own expense) I play varsity sports, and I’m currently applying to do my Masters, all while maintaining a GPA that my family and I are content with.

While most parents do want their children to be academically successful in Canada, they also realize pretty early on that this will have very little bearing on how they turn out in life. For example my father barely passed his way through his degree and now makes more then most people could ever dream of. Which he got through hard work, not the proverbial “silver spoon” i’ve seen bandied about this thread. This leads to more well rounded students, which in turn will lead to more well rounded adults. We go out on weekends and let loose, relieving stress by having fun with our friends, we are encouraged to eat healthy and be involved athletically in sports, many play an instrument or are involved in other form of artistic expression (painting, sculpture, theatre, etc.). in short their degree becomes only a small part of who they are as a person, and in many cases (including my own). They’ll end up working in a position completely unrelated to their degree.

It seems to me as though (only briefly reading this and never having been to singapore) even after graduating, grades still play a major factor to your ability to land a job. In canada your job experience and ability to network are more valuable then your degree. As it should be in my opinion.

Their is one thing that the author did neglect however, this canadien attitude towards education is only something noticed as one nears the end of their degree, during first year many are frantic to try and maintain high marks and it’s not until students are older that this attitude appears.

Side note: Average age for attending university varies widely across the country in British Columbia for example most student’s don’t attend University till they are almost 22. Whereas on the east coast many attend straight after High school.

Singapre’s “politicians having a phobia of being attacked by either Malaysia or Indonesia . . . ”

Jakarta invaded the tiny East Timor in 1975.

Mr Sheikh Ridingcherokee do you do comtemporary history?

“I live in Malaysia and Singaporean to us is a race of mechanical or computerized Robots with gross attitute problems and its politicians having a phobia of being attacked by either Malaysia or Indonesia or both together.”

http://www.asiasentinel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2183&Itemid=178

Check out above. You’re darn right we have the phobia. So what do you suggest we do?

Singapore does not have them. We have on PM under the armpits of papa. And an old man who seems to be unable to die.

Hi, your first part is credible, but there is no need for you to point any fingers or criticise anyone…. People who reads it may take offence. =)

Crude = weakness
Refine = power, strength

If you point fingers, or has any unproven accusations, like many others above who resort to using insults and sarcasms to prove their points, it will just make your credible ideas sound weak. =)

Thanks for sharing a good life in Canada. For one iota, Singaporeans will suffer under the prolonged rule of PAP if change is not courageous made by the very people under such authoritarian, despotic and neopotic rule of a one party failure system.

Critics should confine comments to context of the article. History of gun ownership and racial atrocities towards natives and other races are irrelevant in this forum.

Likewise, the blatant sex trade in Geylang and other HDB neighbourhood cannot be blamed on the Singapore education system. Please do not digress and confuse the readers.

SLK’s self-righteous and authoritative lecture on my ignorance of Canadian history based on his tabloid knowledge of Canadian history is naive and presumptuous on his part. My grandfather paid a $500 head tax to immigrate to Canada more than 80 years ago. He lived through turbulent times of injustice done to Chinese Canadians – the racial riots, burning of Chinatown, job discrimination, the Chinese Exclusion Act, no property ownership bylaw, etc., etc. There were exclusive districts where Chinese were not permitted except if you were servants. The Chinese Exclusion Act was repealed in 1947 and July 1st was named Canada Humiliation Day to remind younger generations of the injustice done and never to be repeated. It is later proclaimed the National Day of Canada.

Most of the issues of injustice mentioned have been addressed and resolved amicably. The Prime Minister of Canada had personally apologized to all Chinese Canadians about the unjust Head Tax directed towards the Chinese Canadians in the past and made financial compensations to all those who suffered. The First Nations (natives) issues were also settled but I would not go into detail due to limited time and space.

Canada has evolved over the past fifty years to be a model for racial harmony. The country has people from practically all parts of the world as citizens living together harmoniously.

My article was written without malice. It was to show the differences between the two education systems and the effects on our children and society. There are pros and cons. In the end, it is to each his own.

I was expelled from school at sec.two in Singapore. Had I not immigrated to Canada, I would never been able to work my way up to be the CEO of a USA medical equipment manufacturing company and put my three children through universities and am now comfortably retired. Everyone is entitled to his opinion and where he wants to live. There is no necessity to use gutter politics to prove your case.

Yours truly,
Cheong Wing Lee

Time and tide wait for no man. We live in this world for such a short period of time. How much time do we have for our loved ones? Spend it on your family, instead of competing excessively and unnecessarily. If you have kids, spend more quality times with them and not push them unnecessarily by forcing them to go for tuitions or do assessment books or whatever. For there is no true gain in the knowledge anyway.

Fortunately, for me, I realize this much earlier than you, and my parents are still around. Time will tell you, how true is what you have said….

Good luck!