Edit- To be Fair

I know I made the Singaporean school system look quite bleak in the previous blog - well, it does really have some quality issues there, but I guess there's a part of it that is cultural, too. And to be fair, I will concede that some of features of the system that irritate or confuse me can be due to a differing cultural perspective. What I deem as the triumphs of the "western" education (I know "western" renders awfully generic) may not suit the local culture here. I'd like to be sensitive about that and therefore this edit.

Also, in not so recent news, Singapore does prove its strength in certain areas of education. The "Singapore Math" curriculum shows incredible success among students (Singaporean students ranked top in Math in an international assessment), and the California school system has bought the whole curriculum and implemented it in their schools. That is definitely not a small potato success and I see the need to recognize that here, especially after my less-than-positive take on Singapore's education.