heyaz.... realli interesting to see a sudden influx of great entries frm quite a number of ppl.. haha.. well thx to bina who graciously put up an interesting n rather inspirational entry on education in our dear country n even abt the whole idea of education itself.... so since we're still on the topic of education (or am i a little too slow.. hahz.. :P) maybe i'll juz write abt wat i tink abt education n wat i got out of it... maybe nt so much abt how itz like in singapore... but more abt education as a whole...

well i'm nt writing to debunk anyone's case on education... coz i do believe dat everyone is entitled to their own views no matter how strongly i feel abt themn in no way will i impose my views to warp those of others... dis is my disclaimer as well as one of the few principles i adhere to in life.... so if wat i write seems to disagree with ur views in any way... pls bear with me... i realli dun mean to degrade ur beliefs in any way....

well anyway to me... i do appreciate the knowledge gained frm education.. as fish has mentioned in his entry dat knowledge is power... the power to build... to destroy... to edify... to corrupt... but to me... wat i realli value abt education is dat thru education... we can develop a taste for the quest for dat knowledge... as most cliche-ists profess -- itz nt the end dat matters... itz the journey b4 dat matters more... i tink bina has brought dis up strongly in her entry but i muz emphasise dat itz the analytical n applicative skills dat we pick up with learning n the constant refining of those skills dat realli matter the most... datz wat realli makes us learned n essentially wat makes us human....

i do find it a great pity dat the art of philosophy is nt taught in our education system here in singapore.... perhaps it requires too much resources dat would result in too little or even no returns in future... well as they say most if nt all things boil down to money... hahz... well anyway philosophy is realli an art of thought... it teaches us nt onli to recognise knowledge... but also how to deal with it... itz realli an art of refining thought.... the art of logic by connecting truths and knowledge to form something with meaning... or the science in metaphysics which i frankly dun realli subscribe to.. hahz.. :P or the depth in ethics which deals with the veri essence of wat we shld essentially be like as human beings.... n something dat our deteriorating world desperately needs...

i do tink dat philosophy is essential as part of education... bt well.. as bina has mentioned again... itz hard to force feed students with stuff they're nt interested it... perhaps itz our whole mindset toward education.. where grades r all there is to it n stuff w/o grades dun matter at all.... i guess with dat mindset itz hard to bring philosophy into the picture at any rate.... itz realli a regrettable loss but such is life...

well i guess i onli haf dat to say abt education.. hahz... but anyway i'll juz like to respond to wee lee's entry... i'm glad u didn't respond to such a situation in indifference... i guess there would be some who would be so self-centred dat they would tink of such a situation as a re-enactment in a serial instead of something datz so real n relevant to all of us as in the case of the second person.... or in the case of the first person a sense of commonality instead of an utter disgust in witnessing such weakness or even failure of the human spirit.... well i do appreciate wat u mentioned in the last paragraph.... i do believe dat everyone doesn't need to learn how to treasure ur family n frenz the hard way... altho such a situation would be more of an ideal than a reality... well... sometimes it can't be help when the onli means of gain is thru loss.... well anyway dun worry abt ur english.. haha... as long as u can get ur points across ur thoughts r still as significant.... ^^

well i'll leave it as dat... catch up with ya peeps soon... (jieyu: class outing!! weeee~~~)