This is a random thought series and is purely my perception. I have already visited 4 schools. One "highly-ranked"public school, 1 private school (both junior high and senior high) and one international school. Beside the private school, the facailties is really so-so, but the facilities at the private school is rather impressive. Indoor swimming pool, art gallery and etc. But what really blow my mind away is a run-down international school. It is my vision made into a reality and shown in my face. The school does IB. Most international schools in Singapore has IB curriculum too. The curriculum is half the story. This is a school where the curriculum, the form, the substance, the management, the teachers are all aligned. The sums of the parts are greater  than the total. It really inspired me. The P said "whatever we lacked in resources and facilities, we ......