Discuss the merits and demerits of the education system in your country.

Required readings:

• Singapore's Education System
• Recent Developments in Singapore's Education System
• Singapore's education system works @The Straits Times Forum http://comment.straitstimes.com/showthread.php?t=7271
• Singapore's education to focus more on producing global players
• Problems of Singapore's Education System @ Newsweek http://www.angkor.com/2bangkok/2bangkok/forum/showthread.php?t=1509
• Singapore's Education System @ SGForum http://politics.sgforums.com/forums/1639
• Singapore's Education System Ensures Equal Opportunities
• Singapore's Education System Works
• Can the Singapore Education System Produce Entrepreneurs
• The School System in Singapore
• Singapore's Education System must move beyond an emphasis on results
  

You should also spend some time looking at the private education system in Singapore. This will include international schools as well as the universities. You should also google MOE, SOTA, La Selle SIA College of the Arts, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts and the Singapore Sports School for your own enrichment.
Best wishes

Best wishes
Mr Low

Juvenile Delinquency - who is to blame?

Instuctions:

• Prepare an essay outline for the above question.
  
• We will review this question on 21 June.
• DO NOT LEAVE THIS TO THE LAST MINUTE

Online Readings (I have only linked you to a home page or main page. It is your duty to explore each site fully.):

1. About Juvenile Delinquents


2. The Suboridnate Courts of Singapore: Juvenile Justice Division


3. The National Committee on Youth Guidance and Rehabilitation


4. http://fcd.ecitizen.gov.sg/TeenageNYouth/ParentingTeenagers/JuvenileDelinquency/


5. Apathetic? Not us!


6. Factors Affecting Adolesent Delinquency in Singapore


7. Armed and Dangerous: the new reality of teen crime


8. Islamists target teen crime gangs in London


9. Immaturity may spark teen crime


10. About.com: Juvenile Crime and Issues

Your Crime and Punishment Package (Always a reliable source for readings):

1. Justice for the young - a question of age


2. No mercy for Iranian minors


3. Why they kill

Further Online Reading (only to be done after you have completed the above):

1. The case of Lizzie Borden


2. The case of Mary Bell


3. Lionel Tates


4. 9 year old girl accused of killing playmate


5. Celebrity Mugshots


6. 102 Juvenile Crime Facts (USA)

Looking forward to your essay outlines!

Mr Low

Important Reading

1. Singapore youth teeming with ideas to create their own future
2. Future Of Singapore’s Youth Looks Bleak
3. Youth.sg
4. National Youth Council
5. Singapore YOG
6. Family Values: the importance of strong family bonds
7. Importance of Family
8. The Importance of Family Values
9. The importance of family meals

Essay Term 2 Week 9

Dear A03

In order to see a tangible improvement in your grades, you need to
(1) revisit the processes of question analysis,
(2)plan your essay seriously using the outline
(3) read, read, read, read, read to secure relevant evidence (data, case studies etc) to substantiate your essays.
You must also remember both the structures of a paragraph + the essay.

Recall that the essay titles due for class on Thursday 21 May 2009 are:

1. Are the poor an inevitable feature of any society?
2. Is Singapore a good place to call home?
3. 'You can tell the aspirations of a nation through its advertisements.' Discuss with reference to your country.
4. Discuss what our society can do to help the elderly enjoy their 'golden years'.
   

Each group prepares one essay outline for presentation.

For your own benefit, find time to complete the following required reading:
Poverty.com
Global Issues
Third World Network
Make Poverty History
The World Bank The Singapore Government
Statistics Singapore
Contact Singapore
Uniquely Singapore

You need to source your own supplementary reading to substantiate your case.
Best wishes
Mr Low