Of Kids and Education

Quite coincidentally, the Hawaiian theme was channeled in our household last Friday.  First was the appearance of Lesley-Anne's photo do...

Lesley-Anne's friend once noted, "you use correct grammar even in your sms-es!" Yup. She generally doesn't use the teen ...

What I'm about to share will turn everything you've ever thought to be true in the world of fruit completely upside down.  So if you...

Lesley-Anne's birthday was in April but she flat out refused to celebrate it because it was in the middle of her exams. No cake, no birt...

Recently, I was invited to a Singapore Conversation session on education and while I was there, I was asked to give a soundbite for an MOE v...

Here's a hypothetical situation: 3 students have to do a group project together. They agree on what each person has to contribute.  Ho...

This post is sort of a part 2 to the previous post.  The latter was too long so I decided to split it into two posts. Some of my friends h...

I am an introvert. Today, I embrace this but for a long time in my life, I've felt that it was a shortcoming. I was always envious of ...

Warning: Graphic content ahead! As part of her biology practicals, Lesley-Anne  had to dissect an eyeball to examine the different parts. ...

Last month, there was some debate on the drop in number of students taking Literature at 'O' levels from 16,970 in 1992 to just 3,00...