School drop outs

Is the education system designed to suit the child or is the child made to suit the education system?

Help Numbers

Will it be helpful to have help numbers printed at the back of exercise books, so that from young children will know what numbers to call when they need help. If they are desperate and need help, all they need to remember is that it is just a phone call away. Will this reduce the number of young delinquents? They will no longer have the excuse that they did not know where to seek help. The yellow ribbon project is a very good initiative to help prisoners rejoin society, but it may be a liitle too late. Why wait for people to commit crimes before help is offered?

Job Seeker Mentality

A job seek mentality limits rather than expands the economy. A job seeker waits for jobs to be created. Is there a fear that with more educated people more jobs need to be created? Yes. Is there a fear that with more educated people in other parts of the world, jobs will be taken away? Yes.

Where did I get my job seeker mentality?

Yes, I ask myself where I got the job seeker mentality and the answer is I got it from my mom. I remember when I was young my mother used to say to me, study hard so you can get a good job. I didn't even know what getting a good job meant at that tender age of seven. All I know is that I must get a job that will pay for the food on the table. I did not even know that different professions came with different pay scales.

So, what is a job seeker mentality?
A job seeker mentality is one who says to oneself, I need to look for a job and flips in the advertisements in the newspaper.

So where can I learn to have an inventor mind-set? An inventor is one who I see as really contributing to the wealth and development in the world. Of course, there is always the negative side.

It did not happen during my term

Blah.... blah .....blah


Well it did not happen during my term.

So who can speak about Islam?

Can anyone tell me?

Living Harmoniously together

Do not forget that we are all human beings first. It does not matter whether you are a Muslim, a Christian, a Buddhist or any other denomination, you are first a human being, man, woman or child. Living harmoniously together is the way to peace. Way to go man.

Education is Freedom

says Oprah Winfrey. Many know this is true. So if you are a suicide bomber, what are you doing to help in people in this area instead of causing more destruction.

TV Channel for the disturbed, distressed, infirmed etc....

How about a television channel for the sick, cancer patient, mentally distressed?
This would be a channel without violence, sex or horror items on the menu. Some are unaware of the undesired effects of violence, sex or horror elements for the sick, the lonely, the mentally distressed and so on. For the average person, these may not have much unwanted influence, but for the vulnerable these can have dire consequences. It is time that the audience who view television do not just sit back and accept whatever is shown on television.

Eating the right amount

Eat more fruit. Eat less fatty foods. There have been many advice on food out there but for the not so knowlegeable, what does more of this or less of that mean? Eat the right amounts of the various types of food. So how much is the right amount of food? Hope there's lots of materials out there to help you. I had to do my own trials and experiments to find out, sometimes with quite dire consequences. However, being aware of finding the right amount to eat is important for one's health. Eating too much or too little can be detrimental to health.

Eat an apple a day keeps the doctor away. This is easy, it says just eat an apple a day. But there will be some who will eat 2 or more apples a day or even a whole basket of them, thinking that the more the better.

Eat more water melon because these fruits contains lots of water, so some say. But some say water melon is a cooling fruit but there are some who do not believe in such things as cooling food and heaty food. Chilli is heaty food says others. Remember, eat the right amounts of various types of food. Create an awareness in yourself that not only the types of food can affect your health but also the amount of food that is consumed.

An easy way to reduce aggressive feelings

There are many wealthy people around the world who have almost everything they can possess, but they seem to be still unhappy. Many of us are not really as happy as we look. We have some pain or hurt that had happened to us and we are still carrying that baggage of hurt with us. By being in touch with nature, whether it be with the animals, birds or flowers can reduce agressive behaviour in man and also bring about a calmness within ourselves. Watching a video on nature at least half an hour a day can bring more happiness and purpose in one's life. It is more effective than going shopping and trying to buy material things hoping that these things bring happiness.

Some unsettling feelings

There have been two cases published in the Straits Times regarding the poor practices of private education companies. I hope there will be an investigation into these cases as they had given Singapore a bad reputation.

What I have discovered

I have been taking ENSURE and Noni juice for a few months and have discovered that these two products have really helped me to maintain my health. How do I know that it is these two products that have worked? Just stop taking the products and observe your energy and health level. If your health and energy level drops, this shows that the products really works. I have found that you can feel the results of taking ENSURE and Noni Juice within just a week or a couple of weeks depending on your current health level. For those who have been sick or feel very weak, I believe it may take a longer period to get the benefits of these two products. I am not marketing these products and I do not have any financial interest in these companies. I would actually like to invest in Abbot Lab though. Wish you all good health and happiness too.

The day war ends

is the day when everyone is more worried about natural disasters and are too busy trying to survive.

My Wildest Dreams

My wildest dream is the day when I can hear Oprah Winfrey announce that everyone in the world will get $50 a month. Wow, that will be great.

Cheaper taxi fares?

Will cheaper taxi fares encourage more people to take taxis rather than owning a car? With more people taking taxis and less people buying cars, car park spaces can be used for other purposes. So how to introduce cheaper taxi fares. The various components of cost in deriving taxi fares need to be examined to determine how taxi fares can be lowered. With more people taking taxis, more jobs can be created in the taxi industry. With less people owning cars, this will also lead to less congestion on the roads.

How to put more money into the people's pocket?

Industrialisation and Technology has changed the equation of supply and demand. Goods today can be produced many times the speed with which they were produced in the past. In addition goods can be produced many times the quantity that can be produced in the past. Yet, we still hear of starvation in many parts of the world, but there is no shortage of food but rather a shortage of money in the hands of these starving people. Is there a shortage of money in the world system? To solve the problem of starvation is to put money into the pockets of these starving people. Eventualy these money given to needy people will end up in the hands of the food industry. For people without a roof over their head, money given to these people will eventually end up in the hands of the building industry. So putting money into the hands of needy people will lead to the growth of the food and building industry.

Fraud-Free Certification

Many years ago, consumers frustrated over poor quality products and so the ISO quality was introduced where companies that meet a certain standard of quality are given the ISO certification. Investors, sponsors and donors can introduce the Fraud-Free standard where companies and organisations allow themselves to be subjected to fraud audit checks and given the clean bill be given the Fraud-Free certification.

My views regarding punishment in schools

I am strongly against punishing students by making them stand outside classrooms or anywhere else in the school. It is better to send them to the library to copy some literary text, at least they will be learning something. What if many students want to be sent to the library to copy text than to sit in the classroom and listen to the teacher. Well if students want the path of self learning, even better still. For students who are very active and dont like to have to sit like 5 hours in the classroom, let them have some physical exercise first before going to the classroom.

Charitable Organisation Statement of Accounts

What can donors and sponsors of charitable organisations do to encourage charitable organisations to publish their statement of accounts on the internet? Simply ask them to publish their statement of accounts on the internet. How about getting charitable organisations to allow themselves to be subjected to fraud checks?

Who's looking after the wild birds?

What will be the fate of wild birds? Will wild birds become extinct?

What happened to the Empire of Alexander The Great?

Here is some text taken from http://members.aol.com/tomstp9/alex.html

Eventually, Alexander the Great started to lose some of his power. A lot of his troops wanted to go home again, but Alexander kept pushing them to conquer more, thus losing their support. In one incident, while drunk, Alexander fought and killed his friend Clitus. At this point, he lost the trust from the already unhappy troops. Not only were some of his soldiers unhappy with him, but a lot of the Macedonians started to dislike him. This was caused by his adoption of Persian ways. Though he was pulling together his vast empire, the Macedonians felt they were losing their leader. Also by accepting his promised deification after his death, he started to feel as though he was a god while he was still living. He started self-worship to help unite his varied territories with a common religion, but he took it too far with prokynesis. Prokynesis is the act of bowing before someone, and Alexander had the people of his empire do so. After all this, Alexander still retained much of his power, but it would soon be taken away from him.

Creating more jobs in the education sector

There have been many construction and demolitions of buildings. So how can public funds be better utilised.

Here is my view:

Create more jobs in the education sector. By reducing the number of students in each class, more teachers can be recruited. Increase the number of subjects students can opt to take.

Goals in Education

What sort of goals do you want in an education system?

Here are the goals I would like to see in an education system.

A place where children are having fun.

A place where children can develop confidence and resourcefulness.

A place where children can have the choice to explore and experience the things and activities they are interested in.

A place where they learn to love and to care.

A place where they can learn to be creative.

A place where they can dream.

Did I say anything about getting As in their studies. No, but if they are happy and confident, the As will come without the tears and the frustrations. After all what are the As for?

By ability and not by age

Have u noticed that children in classes are grouped according to their age rather than by their ability or interests? How would you like to have a year's curriculum done in 6 months rather than a year? Even better, you get to choose the subjects you want to do. So theoretically, some can finish their studies in half the time.

Trapped in a high rise building

Keep a roll of nylon rope ready and a pair of gloves. Tie one end of the nylon rope to the window grill and slide down.

Getting Prepared

There has been the tsunami and earthquakes. Keep a crash helmet and a life jacket ready.

Can It Happen?

Will it be possible for all countries to reduce military expenditure by 10% a year? When every country agrees to reduce military expenditure, the money can be reallocated to employ personnel to monitor all weapons facilities all over the world. This will create more jobs for people. Reducing military expenditure can also reduce fear that we will one day destroy ourselves or some mad man destroy our planet.

There are so many activities that individuals can engage in. Finding one's own interest and spending time enjoying them. There are so many cultural and sporting activities, music, dancing, playing online games that individuals can do.