The irony of a Singaporean’s mindset about education system is that locals cannot afford to fail (according to their expectations) and yet with little failure, they can’t learn from few mistakes and become not so resilient and wise. 😅 Some students with straight A grades throughout their lives will be in shock when faced with life’s problems and there’s no model answer they can grab and make use of.

@douglasstanley5209

3 ай бұрын

Corrections... "The irony of *some* Singaporean's mindset ..." Not everyone thinks like you.

My mom's biggest lesson to me: "If you want to do something, give it your best, if not dont do it at all"

@douglasstanley5209

3 ай бұрын

My dad also said that and my mum will add, ... "and if you have decided to do that something, don't procrastinate because if it can wait, then it is not important anymore."

@brownslug3036

3 ай бұрын

a wise man once said: "How you do anything, is how you do everything"

When I flopped my studies in exams my mother cried I never forgot how heart broken I was but that incident changed me forever I began to study hard again - not for my future but to make her proud of me. She gave me a reason to live and staying alive to take care of her when she is old.

We have always been taught that Singapore is small and our only natural resources is our people. And that Singapore is a financial hub, enjoys political & economic stability, highest level of safety, citizens are well educated and impose the lowest tax in all of developed countries. All these is to engineer more foreign investments. And these foreign investments needed workers for their operations. The education system is strategically planned to meet all these expectations, which unfortunately means either you change yourself to fit into the system, fall out of the system & feed on scraps or you find some place where they have multiple systems running.

@ipadworkim5460

3 ай бұрын

Well, I've also learn to accept that sg is status quo to survice. Not much we can do to change that. What I can't accept is that since we didn't choose to be born here, we should deserve a choice. And the govt should help us relocate to countries with a slower pace of life and can accept those who have fallen through Singapore's cracks. That way we don't need to try and change Singapore to fit those who can't keep up and survive within the system but we get a better life overseas. Who knows ? We develop something that could benefit Singapore economically while overseas we can be welcomed back to contribute in future? Example cited by Jamus is Taylor Swift as her talent wasn't developed locally. The possibilities are endless.

I remember by Kiyosaki Robert say something like "A students = Academics, B students = Bureaucrats, C students = Creators ... "

@zubinnt

3 ай бұрын

Must learn from robert how to blow $1b in debt but somehow not bankrupt yet

@imycunt372

3 ай бұрын

D students = Disrupters…….

This is awesome! Especially like the part where he talks about internalising ideas, which is not the same as memorising. Precious words.

If we can't challenge the incumbent trend of thought, it limits our view of reality. This means that we have a narrower vision of possibilities. If the Wright brothers had given up on the then ludicrous idea of flying we wouldn't have aviation and we'd probably miss half the prosperity we have in Singapore.

Ex Singaporean living in Australia, it’s the best choice I had made for my kids. Here a trainee electrician making 150 k per annum. Singapore is so far away.

@jennifer-oc6io

3 ай бұрын

Australian’s taxes r high, their medical system isn’t efficient n I have a lot of friends who escaped from Australia as new immigrants

@kelvinkwok5305

3 ай бұрын

Good for you. You might be surprised to hear the salary of electricians here. They are all self-employed and they may and may not reveal their true salary.

@jennifer-oc6io

3 ай бұрын

Dear, the tax authorities will come after you n they r efficient in doing so. If you r caught not revealing your true income, your visa is gone. Escaping from paying taxes carries a jail term n such western countries r having income taxes as their main income. I have lived in Europe before, we paid millions in taxes n we r just medium income earners

@JeffDayz

3 ай бұрын

​@@jennifer-oc6io On the contrary, Australia welcomed close to 1m immigrants in 2023 😂

@HappyCoachYuantai

3 ай бұрын

there's someone paying that 150k salary to the electrician, and no prizes for guessing who that is. :)

By right, we go to school to learn how to learn.

Most Nobel prize winners especially in science and engineering field (not the peace prize ones) are incredibly intelligent people who are the straight A's type. Not sure why they are saying straight A's never rise to the top. Example, Lee Kwan Yew was the top of his cohort at Cambridge.

I think as seen throughout history there will still be that steady stream of students who dont do well but retain that spark of creativity and innovation. Think of all the dropout that go on to start successful local business. Yes more emphasis can be placed. But i think as it is the situation is not that dire. Education systems are also starting to shift the emphasis to broad based learning.

@YahLahBut

3 ай бұрын

Good take

What we study is old knowledge from the author or knowledge creator. What is missing is New Knowledge from singaporeans

Most of my rich friend never finish their “o” lol

@LonganLee

3 ай бұрын

A prince in imperial china also no need study. The degree is given to him on a dragon diamond platter

@Samuel-qe9lj

3 ай бұрын

That’s not true… most of them are not well off… but started work very early and went on to start their own businesses from the years of experience

@LonganLee

3 ай бұрын

@@Samuel-qe9lj that's not true. What's true is there are some who are rich and no degree . There are some poor with no degrees.

Im not so lucky, my parents dont care if i hate my job, they just want me to make more money so that i can give them more allowance. They pushed me to study hard and get good grades bc of the rewards (eg scholarship allowance). Even my uni course is they chose for me, based on GES Salary.

I really like the way he speaks....his English is profoundly excellent

Who Agrees : 1. A Singaporean who essentially says Bo Bian to basically All Policies has proven he has no Courage to Afford Democracy. Let me know😊 Feel free to debate

I do highly regard his idea on the reform of education and the perspective that he mentioned.

JL should be the SG of the WP and lead a team to contest the upcoming GE against LW. WP needs a complete renewal to win more seats in Parliament. Also, give the man assistants to do work on his behalf. He needs to spend more time in Parliament debating and thinking about new policies, not meeting countless number of citizens helping them raise their issue to ministries.

We have to be careful we don’t miss the wood from the trees. Our sterling national exam results for so many students do not even result in Nobel Prizes although some might have excelled in their own careers.

Jamus Lim .....i wish u to be a Singaporean leader❤

What happen to all the PSLE top scorers over the last 50 years?.Any Nobel prize?

@YahLahBut

Ай бұрын

Got some retire at 31 years old

@superconnie5003

Ай бұрын

@@YahLahBut Nobel prize no?

Great Channel! I have a small request. Would you talk about the 13mth jail sentence given to the Money Launderer who laundered $3Billion? If my understanding of the sentence is correct, is it too lenient and would it embolden future launderers? Compare to sentence given to someone who stole say $100m or less. Is there a big difference? If someone laundered $100m, does he get 30 times less jail time? I don't think so, but asking😅 What's your views on fine$ which is the same given to the rich and the poor for the same offence when the rich are not affected financially by fines but the poor are. Why do the majority who are not the Rich having no issue with this? Fines do not deter the rich as much as the poor. To some rich people, they may find that the small fines allow them to commit offence by just paying for fines. Like buying the right to commit offence?😅

@Humorousguy64

3 ай бұрын

Some laws i see never fair at times ....especially governors position..

Eugenics is built into every policy at the global level, wait long long for the utopia level one wants to have, not in this ion of time.

✨Question to All : Should not Singapore Ban Elections since many do not want change and some even are intolerant (I won't call that Bigotry🤭) of any small criticisms of the system or leaders? What if these form a Majority? What if some perceive criticisms of G as Blasphemous , sinful or something terribly criminal? Are they having a non-democratic mind? Bigotry? Or living in the Imperial Era?

51:14 price discrimination at work...A level stuff...maximising your revenue by charging different segments of the market different prices...😂😂😂

why its there a white dot in the video? its quite distracting

Nobel?? Just check the number of patents submitted and accepted in either USA or EU per capita. There’s zero risk taking culture in Singapore.

yes--like ang s.s.che....lhl...lw....lky

My mom siewed my stuff toy's neck and head back together, it's been my bae for over 10 years

some of what he says is true but let's acknowledge that the correlation between grades and how much money you make is significantly positive, just because there are good students who don't make it in life, and poor students who make it rich, doesn't mean that the vast majority people are not in these minority buckets

What I'm getting at from Jamus is that the education system should support the notion "You can do what you like and make a living", which is something I disagree after entering the workforce. SG is a highly capitalistic economy and it's all about what is being demanded. For example, it is very clear that doctors are more demanded than artists (the drawing kind) in SG. And this kind of demand is very much due to our own local market - since when you remember someone you know purchasing an expensive piece of art? So if the education system do not influence ppl to think that a med degree is more valuable than an art degree, there'll probably be an oversupply of artists which means a big fraction of them will not be able to make a living with their degree. Of cos this is just my opinion, and I'm not qualified to criticise an economics prof

@agymayachelonia8381

3 ай бұрын

The shortage of doctors is due in part to the cap on the number of students that our institutes can take in each year. I wonder what would happen if that cap was removed. Would the medical association be agreeable to it?

@jj96432

3 ай бұрын

@@agymayachelonia8381 I dont mean the shortage of supply, but rather the absolute demand itself (i.e. how many doctors/artists are needed in SG)

@ipadworkim5460

3 ай бұрын

All the reasons you stated is absolutely a reason not to be proud of Singapore as a country

@sart3735

3 ай бұрын

I agree. Stop being idealistic. I think he should talk about how to help Singaporean youngsters to be more competitive workers - digital skills, entrepreneur skills etc. Look at those countries where more people pursue arts, they are either poor or at best 2nd world.

@jj96432

3 ай бұрын

@@ipadworkim5460 why so? I'm actually super proud of our capitalism. You choose a work that you are good at and there's demand (you need not like the work), you get paid decently, then you spend your weekends doing what you like. I fundamentally disagree with "you should be able to do what you like" simply bcos the world doesnt revolve around any single one of us

OMG. Truly speechless. SG will be on a freefall, not sliding down, if such entrepreneur politicals, as he put it, is leading SG.

I'm curious who are these countries that have pulled it off and currently stands with Singapore as the 2nd highest gdp per capita. 1) with no natural resources as backup $$ 2) With no cultural allies unlike luxembourg & norway where they have neighbouring countries to support their economy across border 3) Sustaining multi-racial community that works as a society without major dysfunction So why being wealthy and safe as a sovereign state is so important? - Majority of our $$ relies on foreign investments and HQs residing here to create quality jobs. They won't come if its a mediocre place. Jamus policy sounds great but it makes Singapore mediocre at the end. On theory its viable, but in reality singaporeans will never be content and it will spiral downwards. Being prudent Singapore is how we managed to thrive this far. 1 mediocre policy means theres no going back. No one can undo a systemic issue. Try bringing back 6 days work week as a mandate and see what happens.

@manyue2003

3 ай бұрын

Why must be 2nd highest GDP? Why must attract majority of $$ foreign investment? Why cannot just attract maybe 50% of that.

@zYMz

3 ай бұрын

@@manyue2003 You lazy read is it, I've already explained

@manyue2003

3 ай бұрын

@@zYMz I do not buy that if we do not do all these we wont survive at all. Sure we might not be so rich and perhaps become a mediocre country but we will still survive. Being top comes with a heavy price and lots of simple folks do not mind being mediocre.

@zYMz

3 ай бұрын

@@manyue2003 no need to buy into my statements, its reality. I'm merely stating facts as our government is trying to do their best in making sure the SG population benefits. First world amenities come at a price, so we all need to be of service as well. The government can't hold us hostage as well, we can migrate anytime to bali or malaysia where pace of life is slower.

@zYMz

3 ай бұрын

@@manyue2003 Choice is yours at the end. The world is very big, I'm sure there will be countries that suits your wants. Hope you are still staying strong, cheers man 🙏

We need to abandon the rigid n outdated British education system

@philipgumm9243

3 ай бұрын

UK has the second highest number of Nobel laureates after the US.

@LonganLee

3 ай бұрын

​@@philipgumm9243are SG potential Laurettes waiting for permission to think?

@detroit_guacamole

3 ай бұрын

more like we need to abandon the Asian style of exam-focused education

Jamus is an operator, we don’t need operators in parliament.

@ipadworkim5460

3 ай бұрын

Better than "white party" operators

I don’t understand him

@user-og7rs2sq8u

3 ай бұрын

Very very I said to u....u have a narrow mind

@Marty-gv4nv

3 ай бұрын

@@user-og7rs2sq8u I don’t understand you either, pls said again

Terence needs to buck up at asking guiding. E.g. Lead guests like Jamus who prattles on and not getting to points fast. The convo got stale and boring really fast with his long arse examples man.. or just edit snippets more.. shrugs..

How to produce when you have 3 year old professor teaching in u?

I dont think there is a education system out there can specifically train nobel laurates. The education system can equip the student with many skills and then it is up for the student to be subjected to the factors of time, creativity, and inspiration moments to think out of the box and become a nobel laurate. Look here, nobel laurates are people who think outside of the box to create new knowledge. The education system can only go as far to encourage you to think out of the box or at most equip you with some skills on how to think outside the box and then the rest is up to the person to put it into practice. So, it is not the Singaporean education system that is at fault (but there is still room for improvement). or rather , when time factor get pulled longer and more patience are exercised, a nobel laurate will emerge from the local universities?

Should your children live in a SG where people feel free to question, ask questions and speak their minds (in a proper manner)? Or live in self censorship? Note that Questioning is not alleging. In the age of A.I, do sporens have the courage to Question? Or waiting for permission to be allowed , by someone, to think? Is it self respecting if we have to live in constant self censorship out of fear? Do we respect ourselves as free man? Do we have the courage to Afford democracy and freedom to live without this kind of FEAR? My politically correct opinion is, luckily SG allows freedom to question 😅👀👀🫣🫣🫣🤭🤭🏳️🏳️🏳️

good grades = good operators (aka someone who performed well in job)? LOL, NO.