TR EMERITUS

1. "PAP Report Card" is full of shameless self-serving self-praise ["ownself praise ownself"] and spiced with super-generous superlatives like "talented/ exceptional/ extraordinary" (quote from Lee Kuan Yew). i.e. where the FEW achievements are constantly trumpeted but the MANY screw-ups/cock-ups/fiascos/blunders are conveniently... 

I refer to plans to vaccinate some 300,000 children aged 5 - 11. (Singapore setting up paediatric vaccination centres. Dec 17) I am a 74-year old tertiary-educated Singaporean who is blessed with many grand-nephews and grand-nieces from this age group. They make me feel young. Our children are our future. Never "play tikam... 

I tried to explain the concept of “control” in a science experiment to a P6 class today, but it is incredibly counter-intuitive and difficult to grasp. The aim of the experiment is to ascertain if leaves absorb water. So, we have a complete plant, ie, with roots, stem and leaves, with the roots immersed in a beaker of water....