Thursday, April 10, 2008
the unsettling revelation about how sufiah yusoff,the oxford mathematical phenomenon who was to deport herself from the scintillating future that beckoned to a derogatory life of physical exploitation as a means of achieving financial security has surely sent tremors of consternation quaking through the world.her claims of having been subjected to physical abuse and emotional maltreatment as a child,a consequence of her father's nauseating zeal at producing the next einstein,are creditable,but nonetheless do not justify her disillusioned acts of self-relegation which she dismissed perfunctorily.
this classic instance of how 'hothousing',which's defined as an astringent and rigorous mode of education (i cant emphasize how understated this is),bears an uncanny resemblance to singaporean parents' obsession with hustling and bustling their children into the gifted education programme,or securing an anchored place amongst the formidable cream of the crop for that matter.as much as i would like to allude such an unhealthy preoccupation to these parents' fervent hope of success for their children,it is a salient fact that these parents,many or not and consciously or not,are the arbitrators of this relentless paperchase where their children have become their means of basking to an end of glory.
the latter may possess venerated knowledge and redoubtable academic results at the most tender of ages,but surely we have forgotten that einstein was affectionately labelled a retard as a child whose subsequent prodigious achievements are still unequalled.
the difference between knowledge and wisdom is a selfishly marginal one.knowledge is acquired,but wisdom is inherent.
the shichida method aint gonna mould anyone into einstein's reincarnation.
this classic instance of how 'hothousing',which's defined as an astringent and rigorous mode of education (i cant emphasize how understated this is),bears an uncanny resemblance to singaporean parents' obsession with hustling and bustling their children into the gifted education programme,or securing an anchored place amongst the formidable cream of the crop for that matter.as much as i would like to allude such an unhealthy preoccupation to these parents' fervent hope of success for their children,it is a salient fact that these parents,many or not and consciously or not,are the arbitrators of this relentless paperchase where their children have become their means of basking to an end of glory.
the latter may possess venerated knowledge and redoubtable academic results at the most tender of ages,but surely we have forgotten that einstein was affectionately labelled a retard as a child whose subsequent prodigious achievements are still unequalled.
the difference between knowledge and wisdom is a selfishly marginal one.knowledge is acquired,but wisdom is inherent.
the shichida method aint gonna mould anyone into einstein's reincarnation.