Why Can't We Be Like Singapore?

[rai2k8]

Alam ko na. Gawin nating president si Pope Benedict. Baka magbago Pilipinas pag sha yung president.

Kain na nga ako...

[donbuggy]

Why Singapore has the smartest kids in the world
Amanda Sealy, CNN
October 5, 2015

Singapore (CNN) It's a world-class teacher's pet -- a straight-A student that's top of the class: Singapore is officially the country with the smartest high-school kids in the world.

The country's academic success has helped it become a thriving economy, and the way it has built its education system could hold lessons for the rest of the world.

"Singapore is a fascinating case," said Marc Tucker, the president of the U.S. National Center on Education and the Economy. "[It] was a major British port before the Second World War. When Britain got out and closed its base Singapore was in terrible shape.

"Now today they are one of the best performing economies in the entire world. They did it largely with education and training."

If Singapore's rags-to-riches transition was built on education, the secret of its education system is the quality of its teachers. "They source their teachers from among the best kids coming out of their high schools," explained Tucker.

The importance of education is instilled at a young age -- before children even get to primary school.

[keto]

kung educasyon lang din naman eh supposedly ay asensado na tayo dahil most of the people in and around the past and present govt lalo na itong present ay mga well educated sila. harvard pa nga itong si gma eh.

well, lumalabas na ang pagkabagsak natin ay largely sa kadahilanang maling pamumuno talaga. BAD GOVERNANCE.

He meant the majority of the citizens, not the people in gov't.

7 years on, ganun pa din isyu ng bansa natin. As long as we practice patronage politics and keep on voting the same people into power, don't expect much to change.

[minicarph]

Para sa kin para magsimula and pagbabago, tanggalin nyo jeepney

Singapore, China, Taiwan, Japan, HK

Walang jeepney = pagbabago

[timming_gear]

He meant the majority of the citizens, not the people in gov't.

7 years on, ganun pa din isyu ng bansa natin. As long as we practice patronage politics and keep on voting the same people into power, don't expect much to change.

Lalo na yung Internet dapat baguhin narin What The F. Talaga yung kabalagan parang Justice lang

[radz15]

Para sa kin para magsimula and pagbabago, tanggalin nyo jeepney

Singapore, China, Taiwan, Japan, HK

Walang jeepney = pagbabago

Sa ngayon mahirap tanggalin ang jeepney kung wala pang alternative. For me ok retain ang jeep pero sa looban nalang. Pero kung hiway na at National road. Bus na strictly sa bus stop lang nagsasakay/nagbababa gaya ng sa ayala. Kailangan na talaga nating magkaron ng subway na maraming line na hanggang mega manila area. Kung ok lang sana mass transpo natin gaya sa Singapore o korea dramatically mbabawasan ang mag dadala ng sasakyan.

[frenchtower]

Two words - Ethical Standard. Nuf said

[badkuk]

Honestly, when some people talk about how somebody cut in line, paid off government officials, etc., it's often with a hint of pride/admiration instead of shame/condemnation. Siyempre pag nahuli e ikukundena yan.but a lot of time pinagyayabang pa nila yung kalokohang ginawa kesa tumahimik na lang.

.....it's almost as if we've accepted a fair level of corruption as part of being Filipino. And in some sick sense of fair play, we allow others to be corrupt, so that we won't feel too bad when we do something corrupt.

And if the parents think that way, most likely the kids will, and they will unconsciously teach their kids, and so on and so on.

[dishcom]

Sa pinas. Over use ang harapatan.
Pag sinita mo ang street vendor e sasabihin may karapatan silang mag hanap buhay. Ganun din sa driver ng jeep at bus may karapatan din silang kumita.. ang pagka alam ko sa singapore. Super mahal ang mga penalty. Kaya sumunod ka na lang kaysa mag bayad ng mahal na penalty.

[Newcomer123]

Overuse ng TRO, the Lina Law, ineptitude of officials, graft and corruption, general apathy of the population, overall a chronic lack of love for country.

"Kamay na bakal" may not even be enough to free us from this quagmire.

But there is hope:

Privatization.

Privatize everything, including the parks and forests, the swamplands and the immediate seashore...

In time, all will be as beautiful as BGC and SM MOA are right now.