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Sorry Scrooball. I had no idea that being addressed by a standard Aussie colloquialism would be so important to you. Good onya mate, cobber, digger .... Okaaaay?

Very droll Scrooball.

What are you on about mate?

Well, Scrooball, nothing like a racist taunt to get the discussion going. “White trash” is sort of in the same category as chink, wog, nigger, slope etc. isn’t it? Your esteemed founder-leader LKY coined the white trash term to describe us Aussies back in 1979. Anyway, the prick was called...

Well it’s nearly five years since you wrote that piece of crap about me Leongsam, and I just found it on Sammboy the other day. I recall you wrote the same falsehoods about me on The RealSingapore a few years back before it went defunct. Anyway, better late than never to respond I suppose...

Not really Twentyfour. Competence, or more precisely a good grounding in the arts and humanities, are essential for to a full-rounded education. And what's more students do need "foundational skills" beyond mere numeracy, literacy and technical skills. The social sciences teach one how to...

Back with you Zhihau.... Besides mathematics and technical skills PISA and TIMSS also measure reading proficiency. With TIMSS though reading skills are assessed separately in its Program in International Reading Study (PIRLS). But while PISA/TIMSS only measure core mathematical, technical...

Sorry Zhihau, having major computer probs. at moment. Was half-way through writing you a lengthy response and my computer jammed. But I don't know how you ended up getting two blank emails from me. Will get back to you.

Well Walter Barbieri certainly handed the MOE a perfect opportunity to discredit anyone who dares to criticise Singapore's deeply flawed education system. It's a great pity that the MOE has been able to portray the article as "fake news" though use of such a Trumpian term makes the MOE look...