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I believe using reward as a motivator can be useful and good, but it cannot be the easy way out and cash should not be used in certain situations. Whatever happened to the good old days when reward meant getting a good book? Okay, maybe not a book in today’s internet age, but surely MOE can come out with more creative ways of motivation than just cash.
One cannot help, but wonder, if there is a political agenda behind the Edusave Character Award scheme that comes post-haste after GE2011. Based on Mr Heng’s comments in Parliament, he said such a scheme is not just to drive home the importance of character building among the young but it is to “ultimately, prepare them for a world of unknowns… It is more about how to process information, discern truths from untruths, connect seemingly disparate dots and create knowledge even as the context changes…”
Read Mr Heng’s quote again and one wonders how to connect the disparate dots between what he said with the new character building award. If one were to read between the lines or dots, it sounds like it may be part of a plan to mold young minds in a certain way so that it is aligned with the thinking of the PAP’s values. Shape the young so they can be “reasonable” and “speak with reason” in line with their definition of reasoning and make sure the kids here do not grow up to be the vocal “lunatic fringe”?
- http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/03/rewarding-good-character-with-hard-cold-cash-no-kidding/
One cannot help, but wonder, if there is a political agenda behind the Edusave Character Award scheme that comes post-haste after GE2011. Based on Mr Heng’s comments in Parliament, he said such a scheme is not just to drive home the importance of character building among the young but it is to “ultimately, prepare them for a world of unknowns… It is more about how to process information, discern truths from untruths, connect seemingly disparate dots and create knowledge even as the context changes…”
Read Mr Heng’s quote again and one wonders how to connect the disparate dots between what he said with the new character building award. If one were to read between the lines or dots, it sounds like it may be part of a plan to mold young minds in a certain way so that it is aligned with the thinking of the PAP’s values. Shape the young so they can be “reasonable” and “speak with reason” in line with their definition of reasoning and make sure the kids here do not grow up to be the vocal “lunatic fringe”?
- http://theonlinecitizen.com/2012/03/rewarding-good-character-with-hard-cold-cash-no-kidding/
