Career & Education
Random thoughts of the day – A different life (part 1)
By Minimalist in the city  •  March 24, 2018
I chanced upon a post by Sillyinvestor and the subsequent commentary between him and his readers and it hit me strongly. Perhaps because I think it kind of reflected my situation then. By way of background, Sillyinvestor is a primary school teacher in Singapore and his latest blogpost chronicles some of the issues and challenges of educators in Singapore, as well as guiding them in other areas aside from academics, teaching them about “life”. Or rather, life lessons. The Singapore education system is perhaps one of the most robust in the world (according to rankings on academic results), and ranked number 1 in various tests and studies. We aced the PISA results, and apparently have one of the best brains for math and science in the world for 15 and 16 year olds although we have never produced a Noble prize winner in this field, or for that matter, any other ......
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By Minimalist in the city
Hello, this is Dave and Kate. Together with our 3 year old daughter Ally and newborn Ashton, we are a family of 4 currently staying in Singapore. Many thanks for visiting our blog and we hope that you will find our stories inspiring and helpful.
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