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How come students are so demotivated by school?
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How come students are so demotivated by school?
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Tang Kim Seng said,
January 17, 2005 at 7:02 pm
Perhaps the demotivated student would respond as such:
“But Sir, I learn… I learn Engineering like how to configure my handphone or service my motor-cycle; I learn Mathematics by calculating the number of times I could absent from classes without getting debarred; I learn Business and Enterprise by hanging out at McDonald and shopping centres; I learn Effective Communication by sending SMS efficiently and chatting with my friends through MSN and last but not least, I learn Life Skills with a lot of help from my girlfriend. So you see, Sir, I learn, therefore I am…”
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