Yeah, a no-brainer - but only to us students it seems. That’s why you guys visit this blog, eh? But private universities all around the world (e.g. Australia, Britian, New Zealand) don’t seem to get it, and are trying harder than ever to “catch up” to American tuition fee standards (think US$30,000+ per annum, and […]

As much as I would like today’s post title to be a joke, a recent Reuters article shows that it’s not. A portion of Singapore’s current and next-generation leaders have, without doubt, been groomed since they were in primary school. But is this really any different to the selection mechanisms in certain developed countries such […]

Let me offer my personal opinion here: Study abroad programs are as expensive as they are interesting (with the exception of exchange programs). So, why am I saying this? Well, let’s see. There’s this company - Travel for Teens - that is offering a variety of such programs this summer. Prices, of course, start at […]

Do you get disappointed when something doesn’t go your way? Is the disappointment even greater when that something was very likely to have gone your way in the first place? And is it even worse if those you wouldn’t have expected to gain entry got what you failed to get? Well, if the answer is […]

Well, finally we see another potential Mathematics prodigy and they decide to put him in an ordinary secondary school, studying the ordinary Standard 1 curriculum. Read about it at Bernama.com.
And I say: That’s exactly correct. While the boy, Adi Putra Abdul Ghani, can do ‘O’-level standard Maths at the tender age of six, there is […]

An article on the polarized reactions over a Chinese campus sex education BBS at China Daily caught my eye.
An excerpt:
Eden, while initiated early in 2000, could go online four years later due to strong disapproval from certain factions under the banner of a “healthy campus environment.”
Braving a storm of criticism on Eden, which was […]