(there are alot of things to talk about here but i'l just talk about a few)
In the story of release,(i'l just side-track abit)Tan mei ching focuses alot on irony,in fact,the entire storyline is built on it;
-the storyline starts with Eileen trying to be nice to her new neighbours who only react in a very unfriendly manner towards her.
-"Eileen thought the woman was shy...The woman SNARLED..."
-(pg 141 last paragraph)-When Eileen first came back from the hospital with her baby,the first thing she noticed was that the fence was crooked(talk about a welcoming sight)
-(pg 142)-Eileen and Philip went to the neighbours house to demand their property back,but Philip ends up apologising for the false accusation
(just one pointer,the story suggests that the blueprints were fake,never actually said that they WERE)
-(pg 143)the moonlight glanced off her cheek and the tip of her nose,HER EYES SANK DEEP IN SHADDOW(the difference in contrast)
-evertime the baby fell asleep,the four puppies would whimper and wine and the baby would wake up.
-when she dialled for for the SPCA,no one would answer,when she dialled for the police,they asked her to dial for the SPCA.
-when she is finally able to contact the SPCA,they refuse to help
-After Eileen tells the man that she would be responsible for the explaning to her neighbours(thinking that the man would only move the kennel),the story suggests that he killed them instead.
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sometimes i wonder. We have "efficient" police and fire stations but are they really what they claim to be? You can have many police stations but if none of them picks up your call for help, what is the point? Similarly, if all the schools in Singapore try to do many things, I wonder do these " many things" achieve many effects. Teach less learn more...So why are there so many remedials?
True. If the student does not have the heart to learn, it'll end up wasting both the teacher's and the student's time. Doing just for the sake of doing.
I agree with emelia,teachers are just giving us remedials and more,just for the sake of giving.
Tey feel that the more time spent on the students,they are "pushing" them but what they fail to notice is that,however much the student does not want to study,there is no way a teacher can get a student to pay attention properly.in my opinion,i feel that teachers are just trying to console themselves by giving loads of remedials,so that at the end of the day,they can save their butt as they've already done all they can,just failing to get the student's attention.
i believe it's all in the attitude,nobody can actually force anyone to do something,which brings us back to our ironic best friend,money that actually controls us in its little green finger because of my desire to consume it.but that's another story for another time. ciao
Remedials are still a point of effort.
If the teachers actually organize these remedials,at least the effort is put into use.
Respectively the students who attend these classes either recollect or refresh the method of certain topics in their minds.
I feel it is unfair to descriminate the remedial lessons because whether or not we already know the answer,it would be fresh in our memory once more.
In the remedial,dicussion occurs within the students and teachers;allowing more people to see things from a different point of view and the student who speaks up also gets to see things from the perspective of others.
Therefore the remedials do help,whether or not it is obvious
True,But then again,i can say that is IF the student has the heart to actually learn which would actually enable him/her to ask questions.if the student does not have the heart to learn,there is no point in making students stay back,though i appreciate your point,and am not discrimminating remedials
i am just debating over the students' heart to learn and the hunger for knowledge,as inspired by the "revision timetable" in FTC just now :P
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