My observations are: If you are really rational, work, work in any area, unless you're competent in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).
Speaking of which, who offers the best grounding in STEM courses? I believe the ITE does. It makes everything so simple, we just work on the basics and get a good grip on them, heck the social stereotypes! Just go to ITE. The government gives money for able and competent students to work on their technical skills, and work on the basics, and lots of money!
Seriously, should I see jealousy in JC alum?
I consider the ITEs the jewel of the Singapore Education system. If you say, 'Raffles Institution' or 'Hwa Chong Institution', or maybe 'NUS', 'SUTD', 'SMU' and the likes... Allow me to just say, from the perspective of a middle-class male Singaporean who can afford fees for both the JC-NS-NUS and the ITE-work-Poly-work-NS-NUS route (and it is too obvious which route saves the most money, even accounting for NUS annual tuition fee increases)...
Yes! The bosses are highly probable to be females or foreign talents! Yes, we're disadvantaged if we really want to seek better opportunities in life! And yes, this route sounds unconventional.
There is this famous saying in a neighborhood JC in Singapore, where I did A Levels, though, 'do you want to be a small fish in a big pond, or you want to be a big fish in a small pond?' I'd say, 'I want to be a big fish in a big pond, but first, I want to grow big in a nutrient-rich place, and it's the ITE'.
Speaking of which, who offers the best grounding in STEM courses? I believe the ITE does. It makes everything so simple, we just work on the basics and get a good grip on them, heck the social stereotypes! Just go to ITE. The government gives money for able and competent students to work on their technical skills, and work on the basics, and lots of money!
Seriously, should I see jealousy in JC alum?
I consider the ITEs the jewel of the Singapore Education system. If you say, 'Raffles Institution' or 'Hwa Chong Institution', or maybe 'NUS', 'SUTD', 'SMU' and the likes... Allow me to just say, from the perspective of a middle-class male Singaporean who can afford fees for both the JC-NS-NUS and the ITE-work-Poly-work-NS-NUS route (and it is too obvious which route saves the most money, even accounting for NUS annual tuition fee increases)...
Yes! The bosses are highly probable to be females or foreign talents! Yes, we're disadvantaged if we really want to seek better opportunities in life! And yes, this route sounds unconventional.
There is this famous saying in a neighborhood JC in Singapore, where I did A Levels, though, 'do you want to be a small fish in a big pond, or you want to be a big fish in a small pond?' I'd say, 'I want to be a big fish in a big pond, but first, I want to grow big in a nutrient-rich place, and it's the ITE'.
