Comments on: Letter: Assumption about Project Work a non-sequitur http://www.unsolicitedopinion.net/2008/04/25/letter-assumption-about-project-work-a-non-sequitur/ on photography, journalism, apple, iphone and life Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:49:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: JJ http://www.unsolicitedopinion.net/2008/04/25/letter-assumption-about-project-work-a-non-sequitur/comment-page-1/#comment-4868 JJ Tue, 13 May 2008 06:19:17 +0000 http://www.unsolicitedopinion.net/?p=107#comment-4868 <p>Hey Yiren,</p> <p>I haven't come across any letter complaining about the low number of distinctions given to 'neighbourhood' students. On the contrary, the complaints about Project Work seems to be fuelled only by a group of 'elite' students and their parents unsatisfied that they not doing better than the 'neighbourhood' peers—and the assumption of elite-should-do-better-than-neighbourhood further perpetuated by the ST writer—hence the basis of my letter.</p> Hey Yiren,

I haven’t come across any letter complaining about the low number of distinctions given to ‘neighbourhood’ students. On the contrary, the complaints about Project Work seems to be fuelled only by a group of ‘elite’ students and their parents unsatisfied that they not doing better than the ‘neighbourhood’ peers—and the assumption of elite-should-do-better-than-neighbourhood further perpetuated by the ST writer—hence the basis of my letter.

]]> By: jcyrhs http://www.unsolicitedopinion.net/2008/04/25/letter-assumption-about-project-work-a-non-sequitur/comment-page-1/#comment-4867 jcyrhs Tue, 13 May 2008 05:49:03 +0000 http://www.unsolicitedopinion.net/?p=107#comment-4867 <p>I thought there were plenty of other letters complaining to the Ministry about the low number of distinctions given out to students outside the top few JCs? I always thought the end result did mirror the traditional ones which formed the basis of complaint for most of the parents. In anycase, this is rather pointless to discuss because I heard the project work is going to be terminated as of next year. =)</p> I thought there were plenty of other letters complaining to the Ministry about the low number of distinctions given out to students outside the top few JCs? I always thought the end result did mirror the traditional ones which formed the basis of complaint for most of the parents. In anycase, this is rather pointless to discuss because I heard the project work is going to be terminated as of next year. =)

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