My favourite topic.
I think the education system can be greatly improved. How? Firstly, Singapore mainly focuses on study, study and study, so students lack physical well-being. Ask yourself, how much time do you have for P.E in a week? Only 40 minutes. For the rest who joins sport related CCAs maybe an extra 5 ours a week, but how about those who do not? According to a research conducted between Australian school children and Singapore school children, 30% of children in Singapore wears spectacles while only 6% of the children in Australia wears spectacles. Why? You would ask, and the main reason is a lack of exercise. Everyday, Australian children would end school at 1pm, followed by 2 hours of sports thrice a week. That is why they can sit in front of the computer for 3 hours a day and not have myopia while we do.
My next point is that Singapore focuses on drilling facts and figures into our heads while America focuses on letting their children do various assignments which involves research, letting them learn for themselves. Although Singapore newspaper reports always show that Singaporean children are doing better than others in America, who, grows up to be Nobel laureates, scientists, and researchers? Mostly Americans.
Another thing is- outings. Singapore's lessons are mainly conducted in classrooms, with 4 or 5 outings a year, while America has lots of outings. Lets say you are studying science. If you are learning about butterflies, it would help you remember if you could take a look at what it really looks like, right?
I guess you know what my points are...... right?
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