Well, I cant say for certain what the curriculum would end up looking like but I sincerely believe that including basic courses on general understanding of politics and political systems would greatly benefit students not only in terms of their future engagement with political decisions but in general prepare them better to understand current world issues, etc;

Ideally the course should address “how the singapore political system works” and general understanding of the main schools of political thought – Communism, Democracy, Liberals vs Realists, Socialism, etc; Most advanced democracy have mandatory basic political science classes as part of their educational system, dont see why we shouldnt.

At the end of the day the informed voter is the responsible voter. They have my thumbs up on this

When wayang first entered the blog scene. Many were surprised that they linked up with the brotherhood press. Including myself. But never in my wildest dreams did I ever suspect wayang was a covert site run by a bunch of cyber operatives. It never occurred to me. I just thought they were a tad over the top.

Throughout this period, Darkness payed out rope. He must have known this was a big fish at the end of a shank. Its like fishing. You have to seed out and reel in the line to keep the tension just right. There is no time to even rest. And all the while, he was alone, just Darkness and the big fish in a small boat.

Wayang could have won. They could have broken free from the shank many a time. But they were baited again and again. And each time like blue Marlins who catch a faint smell of fish slime only to follow it instinctively into a trap, they fell for the trickery. And when the ddos thingy came up, that was the perfect moment to strike. That was when the big fish surfaced and I can only wonder what went through Darkness mind, he struck with his harpoon. He thrusted it and drove it in with all his hopes, malignancy and all the power he could muster.

May not believe this Darkness, but you have done your part. There is nothing else to do. Now nature must take its course. Do not think about winning or for that matter losing. Leave it all to the internet and rest my friend.

Rest.

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Firstly, if the teacher is Orthodox and follows everything to a T, the rare few might actually believe everything, but most students will end up falling asleep, learning only for exams, or rebelling intellectually against the teacher and questioning propaganda. Usually also paves the way for passivity and general the-government-sucks sort of sentiments. On the other hand, if the teacher can guide the students to arrive at their own version of truth, REAL education is achieved because the students arrive at conclusions themselves.

If they’re thinking of implementing it at a Secondary School level, they’re already doing the same thing in Social Studies. The students are on to them though and they don’t tend to accept (wholesale) the things that are taught to them in SS anyway. There’s a level of cynicism in kids nowadays that’s a bit hard to reverse, even with national propaganda.

The dam’s been breached and there’s little that the government can do about it through the education system that isn’t already being done (poorly I might add). So I think there’s no need to panic (yet).

Just a little $0.02 from an educator.