TODAY has an article “CDAC offers bridge to P1″ this day. It says that the Chinese Development Assistance Council (CDAC) has launched a bridging programme to prepare pre-schoolers for primary school. The bridging programme is conducted over four weeks during the November-December school holidays and the six-year-olds will be taught basic English literacy and numerical [...]
Archive for September, 2006
poor children … poor parents
Posted in News, Ramblings on September 4, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve thought all kinds of things in this seat
Posted in Books, Ramblings on September 1, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
“So many of you drivers,” I say to him, as he slows to a stop, “seem to be philosophers, anthropologists, spiritual guides, commentators on what it means to be human, and how to be human a little better. It surprises me.”
Rodolpho brakes, then turns back, and I see I’ve earned his pint-sized smile. “What do [...]


