Remembering My Teachers
None of the institutions of my childhood education exist anymore, not my primary or secondary schools or my junior college. While the sites have been repurposed and the buildings demolished, the memory of my...
Category: Opinion
Inclusive Classrooms
As a teacher, I’ve encountered many children with special needs; be it dyslexia, ADHD, ADD and different ranges of autism. This article does not propose any solutions to the challenges, but is just a...
The Right to Learn
It was one of those days when that challenging student decided to act up. I stopped the class and addressed his misdemeanour, determined to win the power struggle. I prolonged the agony, giving him...
Every School a Good School
The catchphrase was first coined by then Minister for Education Mr Heng Swee Keat, and sparked off many lively discussions on various online forums on what constitutes a good school. Some defined it by...
Going with the Stream
The word “streaming” often elicits a negative knee-jerk reaction and triggers, in some adults, traumatic memories of being labelled and pigeon-holed. I believe that this bad rep is due to the prevalent social narrative...
The Sacredness of School
A revelation hit me many years ago while I was watching some students perform a dance item during assembly. Two of the dancers were from my class and they had on the biggest smiles...
Racial Harmony Day
On 21 July 1964, a riot broke out, mainly between the Chinese and Malays, around Victoria street and Geylang. It was fuelled by deep-seated distrust between the races and occurred against the backdrop of...
Our Beef with the Sacred Cow
Lately, there has been a lot of buzz regarding revamping our education system and high-stakes exams like the PSLE. However, I feel that a lot of the arguments address only the tip of the iceberg...
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