How is giving a child materials that challenges him depriving him of his childhood? By igniting a child's passion in learning what he is passionate…
pamelaJune 12, 2020
Summer is over for us, and as I leave Singapore once more to return only in the winter months, a new season has begun. Through…
pamelaJune 12, 2020
Psychologists of all persuasions, believe the parents were responsible, one way or the other, for whatever went wrong with a child. They were exceptionally harsh…
pamelaJune 12, 2020
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that…
pamelaJune 10, 2020
Most people tell me that westerners can accept more 'nonsense' and their schools can be panaceas to parents whose children have difficulties in Asian schools.…
pamelaJune 10, 2020
Ms May Lim (left) and daughter Claudia Chiew at the Geylang Serai Market on May 6, 2020. (Photo courtesy of May Lim) This story was…
pamelaMay 10, 2020
Visual spatial learners won't show workings on their Maths papers and derive answers in the strangest ways and methods not taught in schools. They choose…
pamelaOctober 12, 2019
Just before the race, I instructed my son to do eleven strokes per minute if he wanted to go faster and win the International competition,…
pamelaDecember 12, 2018
What about his Calling? My son observed this about Singapore's attitude to education: It is like the driver is concentrating so hard on driving to…
pamelaJune 13, 2018
