RE: [ossig] (Fwd) STI News: Firm discovers good IT help hard to f ind

[Teoh Eng Sin <teohes@streamyx.com>]

On Wed, 2002-12-04 at 19:33, Seah Hong Yee wrote:
> 
> I don't think that would be as easy to quantify to have any meaningful
> result. Since it doesn't take into account for what they do in
> university.  
> 
> Some mediocre students goes into universtity and did well, some went met
> some went screw up. Some good students drop out completely. It wouldn't
> be fair to compare base on something someone did in secondary school. 

hong yee,  interesting point  ... i did ask myself the significance
/value of my suggestion last night after my post.

i guess my view is .... irrespective of what they did in university,
what's their career finally (these 9As achievers ),  what did they
finally do  10 years down the track.  This is nolonger just about
university and IT.  Did the bulk of these achievers become the pillars
of our society ?  Are they any different, in the final analysis from
those who did not get 9As ?


I look at my nieces and nephews...the inhumanely hours they spent on
school work and tuition  .. it is almost a childhood lost ... they spent
so many hours achieving these As ... maybe only to discover years later
that it (probably) wasn't necessary.  Will they then question if it was
right thing their parents put them thru' ?  you can buy many things with
status and money ....but you can't buy a childhood lost .....

ah ... maybe i am getting philosophical about this ...

my .02 cents ....

rgds   engsin teoh

"childhood comes only once in a lifetime ... ah .. to look at the world
without prejudice ... to enjoy rolling on padang for what it is ...." 


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