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		<title>Do young Singaporeans lack drive and willingness to venture out?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At a recent forum at the Singapore Management University, Education Minister Heng Swee Kiat expressed his concern about young Singaporeans&#8217; perceived lack of drive and lack of willingness to venture out of their comfort zone. He was given this feedback earlier by a group of CEOs who owned their own companies. A personal experience with &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yeejj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20922800&amp;post=754&amp;subd=yeejj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I Not Stupid (小孩不笨)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Finnish System, As Told By A Senior Finnish Educator I had a chance meeting in London with a Finnish gentleman who is in charge of Finland&#8217;s Mathematics curriculum. I had read about Finland&#8217;s education system. I had referred to it in one of my blog posts. A Singaporean living in Finland read my post and &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yeejj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20922800&amp;post=750&amp;subd=yeejj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Political sacrifice &#8211; Fishing for the unwilling</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Personal sacrifice for politics is something we hear a lot of these days since the committee report on ministerial pay came up. The word was used many times in the parliament debate. Dictionary.com gave several definitions of the word. Most relevant is &#8220;the surrender or destruction of something prized or desirable for the sake of &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yeejj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20922800&amp;post=736&amp;subd=yeejj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My parliamentary speech on Ministerial Pay Review (17 Jan 2012)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mr Speaker Sir, my party colleagues have touched on many aspects of the proposal. I wish to highlight the part that I have the biggest concern with. It is the way a minister&#8217;s pay is pegged to the top 1,000 Singaporean earners. The salary review committee was given the terms of reference by the Prime &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yeejj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20922800&amp;post=733&amp;subd=yeejj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Goodbye to eventful 2011, hello 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 15:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We bid goodbye to 2011. 2011 has been an eventful year. It was a bad year for despots. The world saw the deaths of the Al Qaeda terror network leader Osama Bin Laden, Libya&#8217;s long-time dictator Muammar Gaddafi and North Korea&#8217;s Dear Leader Kim Jong Il. It also saw many other strongmen dethroned. The Arab Spring that began &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yeejj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20922800&amp;post=716&amp;subd=yeejj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Educating our youths to develop empathy, appreciation and resilience</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 09:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The letter in Dec 26, 2011&#8242;s TODAY paper, &#8220;Disparity in tertiary education facilities&#8221; by JC student Kwek Jian Qiang caught my attention. It was written with a good command of the English language. I assume Kwek is a bright student. What alarms me is his assumption that the best facilities must be reserved for the &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yeejj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20922800&amp;post=703&amp;subd=yeejj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Parents&#8217; role in educating children</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:56:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Two articles caught my attention in today&#8217;s newspapers. The first is a ST special report on page B6, &#8220;Creating a conducive learning environment&#8221;. It talked about how neighbourhood schools have also created their own niches of learning and are also well resourced to be good schools. The second is &#8220;Teachers, don&#8217;t leave the kids alone&#8221; on &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yeejj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20922800&amp;post=695&amp;subd=yeejj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The journey to develop character and values in students</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 16:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ There has been much talk recently about Character and Values-based education after it was first announced by new Education Minister Heng Swee Kiat. On Tuesday, a little more details were announced at the first Character and Citizenship Education Conference : http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1164029/1/.html. In Monday&#8217;s Straits Times, it was reported that schools will be brainstorming to look &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=yeejj.wordpress.com&amp;blog=20922800&amp;post=686&amp;subd=yeejj&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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