Saturday, December 26, 2009

 

i notice that the hilarious poly or jc blog is back. i dun want to argue anymore whether it is biased, it at least presents a different view of things that are sometimes less known, like what are the options at poly. I had a batchmate who is just amazing at computing and he chose to go poly because that was the fastest route to employment. i'm sure he's a successful kid out there somewhere now. yes poly does has its points.

but masquerading as a neutral site with no agenda is just hilarious. at least this time round the name SP has appeared on the website. but some of the facts are a little questionable (much like a quotation that claimed that gifted students are typically larger in built and more physically developed than others - a plain ignorance of different areas of giftedness.)

the site mentioned, "Myth#4-Poly students are not as successful as JC students!
Truth#4- Researches show that certain Poly students earn more than JC graduates!"
I am left to wonder. most JC students flow into universities eventually. are you telling me that graduates earn less than diploma holders? i dun think you can find any statistics to support that, and furthermore the market of employers have a strong preference for degree rather than diploma holders, barring the cost of employing one. so let me guess... did you compare diploma holders with 'A' level certificate holders? well then, you have a perfectly sound comparison, which gives meaningless conclusions. the 'a' level cert is useless on its own, that is commonly accepted. so what is the point of your statement? this sounds very much like an attempt to mislead people by using partial truths. yes, if you choose jc track and do not eventually go to uni, you might be pretty damn screwed. but most people who go to jc are not like that.

i still find the website a joke. but already there are people flaming on the existent forum so there's no point in coming in and making a bigger fuss. the point is made, as far as i'm concerned, and i hope that people out there are more careful and critical of what they read. remember that in our age of information, there's much junk out there, even on wikipedia. trust no one source completely.

Zhengyu wrote at 7:35 PM.