Punctuality( Which digressed).

Wow. Second post of the day. Well, here it is. As said in the previous post, I'm going to write whatever Sec 1 Principal Dialogue discussions I remember, on what I feel and stuff like this( For details, visit my previous post) . Well this time, the topic was on punctuality, which actually digressed( with my help) into a heated "battle" between those who want to come to school late and go home late, between those who want to come to school early and leave early. Well, it was pretty one-sided and over quickly with Dr. Hon, AKA the Principal, involved and taking a side.

It started as a discussion on why more and more students were coming late to school, and I gave a reason stating that some people come to school late because they live very far away, and school starts too early for them, and I then recommended that school start a bit later, but than Dr. Hon said that school would have to end later too if that was implemented. And then, of course, some weird guy goes up and recommends that school starts early!

School in Singapore really is stressful. I mean, look at Australia. They have no tests nor exams, and they can study without having to stick to the exam format and just study the stuff that will get you top marks. They can express themselves better, and they can realise their potential. Also in China, they start school at 10 or was it 11, but they have afternoon lessons to make up for the lost time. This way, the students can get enough sleep, and sleep is one of the important aspects of brain development.

Here in Singapore, our education is rigid and fixed. We start to have tests the moment we enter Primary School, and students gradually lose all interest in studying because of the stress. Where is the fun? We must study the topics of which was assigned to us by the MoE, and we cannot choose otherwise. We do not get to choose the subjects we like. Students study because their parents told them to study, and not because they like to study, not because they want to study. We can hardly improve this way. Of course there are pros in our systems too, but we must adopt others countries pros too. This way, we can improve.

Also, here in Singapore, I am fortunate to be able to wake up at 6.20am. Most of my friends wake up around 6am, while the most unlucky one wakes up at 5.30am! We get hardly no sleep, we cannot concentrate, we cannot improve! If we were to make lessons start a bit later, so that most of us will be able to get the minimum hours of sleep of 9 hours, I'm sure this will benefit a lot of us.

Hwa Chong leads the trend. Others follow. I hope that Hwa Chong will be able to set a good trend for others to follow. ( Sorry, I digressed a bit.)

The End.