Thursday, August 18, 2005

Educate our young on "character"

Our education system focused on "excellence".

To be excellent, a student has to be top in the class. He have to compete against his classmates. Unconsciously, he learns to be self-centered and selfish.

I prefer an education system that is more balanced. Apart from excellence, it has to teach our students on "character". He has to learn to be considerate, to be generous, to be honest and to show concern for others.
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6 comments:

tinkertailor said...

well said.
our educational system teaches us to be selfish, to horde knowledge and not share it. we're not ready for the future.

August 19, 2005 10:59 AM
K.S. said...

Other countries started to learn from our education systems since not too long ago. So our education is not all that bad afterall. We are products from this system, I would like to remind! Didn't we survive this far?

Generally, it worked for a nation that is building up. For a nation buiding out, well, there is another matter. Where are our entrepreneurs? We have none! What we have are obedient civil-servants!

August 20, 2005 4:02 PM
Maria said...

We should focus more on creative thinking; not by always following the "model answers/solutions".

August 21, 2005 7:06 PM
David Tan Kok Kheng said...

Yes I also find this part of education lacking.

We are too concentrated on academic that many turned out to be a menace to society.

Character building is imporatnt not only in the home and to a country as a whole

August 22, 2005 11:15 PM
Eastman said...

Character building is imperative if you want to have a graceful and upright society.

Our present education system is geared to purely materialistic needs and less in character building.
A wholesome society must not be made out of academic geniuses with loose character this is dangerous.

Imagine what a 'smart' genetic bio engineer but with flawed character can do to society.

Academic qualification without character could be monstrous to society.
Impetus must be given in character building and our schools and the institution of higer learning must take the lead aaaaaaand inculcate into the curriculum 'character building' .
This I believe will make us a strong,responsible and gracious people, a society we all can be proud off.

August 25, 2005 12:45 PM
Mickell said...

I agree with you wholeheartedly. Singapore has become such a nation of result-orientation. It's a dog-eat-dog society. Everybody wants to get ahead. Nobody wants to be left behind. It's good to know there are still good men like you out there who believe in instilling good characters in our young. And not make them the by and large self-centered lot that we adults are.

September 15, 2005 6:00 PM

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