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教育部应正视和面对学生崇拜反对党偶像的现实

教育部应正视和面对学生崇拜反对党偶像的现实

曾几何时,我们的学生会对反对党人产生兴趣。自从独立以来,反对党好像就是一只妖魔,不利国家发展,学校的课本,公民教育,也没有对反对党人说些好话。但是,这次的分水岭大选,却出现预想不到的结果 反对党候选人竟然成为学生们的偶像。

政府,行动党,教育部50年来的努力,怎么敌不过一场小小的胡姬花运动。有位小学生从其它选区来到巴耶利巴要求工人党中选议员陈硕茂签名并要以他为榜样努力读书。另一方,好多女生要努力考好普通水准会考,好像佘雪玲一样, 能够进入维多利亚初级学院就读。

陈硕茂是学生的学习偶像
这种激励学生努力读书,向上学习的态度怎么有幸落到反对党人的身上。不只是学生,社会上好多人都注意到詹时中,刘程强,林瑞莲,徐顺全。。。把他们当成是努力奋斗的目标,小人物奋斗成功的例子,普通人出头,人生希望的明灯。

教育部要学生读好书,努力读书,看来也要借助反对党的力量了。国家要鼓励人们学习,提升自我,努力工作,已经不能不把反对党加进来,当成是一个考虑的因素。

教育的新元素 如何定位反对党

学校教育已经不能不提反对党的制衡功能,不能不正视学生有权知道新加坡的政治现实,未来的发展趋势,民主的选举制度。学校,尤其是大专院校,不能不面对反对党进入校园和学生一起讨论新加坡的政治现实,反对党要扮演的角色。这个趋势和发展是无可避免的,而不是王瑞杰说的“绝不能为了改变而改变。”

王瑞杰在义安理工学院谈到教育部的改革时说,教育是一项影响深远的事业,绝不能为了改变而改变。目前他的工作是聆听各方意见后,谨慎研究相关课题,仔细收集资料和数据,进行分析,再看看现存的做法,和相关人士进行对话、辩论,准备好实行新措施的机制,并让校长、师生、家长做好充分的准备。他说:任何改变都是一个深思熟虑的过程,绝不能轻率行之。

希望他在深思熟虑后,能够注意学生们崇拜反对党人,把他们作为偶像,作为学习的对象。不要在5年后,才来深思熟虑,才来发现这个改变。

找回爱心,童心,不要贪心,高傲心

怎么我们的孩子,突然间,努力的对象竟然是反对党人。值得注意的是他们不是为了钱而读书。不像行动党议员林伟杰说的,薪水太低,抬不起头,做不了人,没有尊严。学生们追逐的是做人的硬道理,成功的榜样,不是行动党所定义的那种成功模式 以钱来作为成功的标准,个人利益至上的可怕思想。

林伟杰身为医生,还有华文底,他的这番伟大言论,或许是行动党50年来最成功的教育写照。看看我们学生努力学习的对象,再看看林伟杰和其他行动党议员的行为表现,到底我们的教育是成功还是失败?

这个小小的转变,非常值得新任教育部长王瑞杰大大的注意。学校教育不能不和现实联系起来,不能脱离新加坡的现实,国际的趋势。不要以为学校不教育,学生们就不知道。现在,社交媒体这么发达,学校不教导,学生会自己去找,去查。

希望教育部不要再教出林伟杰这样的学生。而是要教出陈硕茂这样在事业达到顶端时,还想着为新加坡服务的学生。我们的将来,如果要依靠物资的追求,才能抬头做人,才能和他人体面见面,这算是一个怎么样的教育。

不要A队,要献身国家的人

教育部要急需纠正这个错误。不是聆听,不是谨慎研究, 不是收集资料和数据,不是分析,对话和辩论。而是如何找回失去的心。如何重新塑造新加坡学生的价值观念。如何培养爱人,爱同胞,并且判断是非,好坏的人生大道。

再好的A队,尤其是物资至上的A队,是没有用的。正如李总理提出设立部长薪金检讨时说的,在政治上,献身精神才是最重要。教育部不应该也不要再在为考多几个A,增加多多少巴仙及格率而大费功夫,而是要改进学生的心,投入提升学生的造心运动。

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