For the last time, if you didn’t manage to go overseas and got “stuck” here and have to go to a local university, you’re really not going to die or lose out. Suck it up. It’s not the end of the world nor are the people in NUS stupid. Yes, some are, but not all. But if you come in determined to mope, you’ll never get anywhere then I’ll just say, “Serves you right”.
It all turns out for good anyway. I just hate it when people go on about how it’s better overseas: less stressful, smarter people, less spoonfed. You choose what you want to make of it.
I have brilliant profs and have found myself stretched. Yes, it’s stressful, but if you can’t deal with it now, when will you ever be able to? I’ve found good friends but you’ve got to look (as you would in any university).
So yes, so if you would stop looking down upon us who are staying in Singapore, it would be great.
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November 3, 2009 at 11:33 pm
sinisterdexterity
Ahaha, I must confess to you, my sister, that I have sinned in thought and word and deed. I have made fun of those who have been educated at great cost overseas, and indeed, I have rubbed their faces in their ignorance and the fact that in feeding themselves, they sometimes have made a mess.
Not all of them are so hapless, but it is great fun to clobber those that are.
And I should be contrite, should I not? I am so sorry…
November 10, 2009 at 5:46 am
nova
One universal rule is that there are silly/stupid/annoying people everywhere. No matter how ‘reputed’ or ‘prestigious’ the college, it somehow still manages to admit such people.
I think the real value of an overseas education lies not as much in ‘better’ programs or ‘better’ people, but more in teaching you to fend for yourself in a foreign land.
Obviously, there are countless ways to acquire such skills, and an overseas education is only one means. For Singaporean guys, NS probably serves a similar end. For everyone else, there’s overseas postgrad. Or overseas work experience. Both of which might be cheaper and might accrue benefits to you at a time when you’re more ready for them.