this is what disgust me the most about "elite" culture in sg. Many so call study, data are used to back what they said and do. Yet what the outcome has clear disconnect from intended results:
- moe implement creative teaching method in primary school, the mathematics question are so hard to solve, end up pupils has to go for more tuition. I have seen some of the question, effectively, a P5/P6 student is asked to solve a simultaneous equation using reasoning - not using algebra. If moe can only copy method from world class countries, and unable to be creative and invent better method, how could they raise more creative pupils.
- HDB prices went up so high yet all the justification and reasoning to back them.
- PhD Engineer that talk about how solid is his modeling and analysis but when comes to actual implementation is not his problem because his use his analysis to back him and any issue is the implementation problem.
.. many many more...
this so call elite culture, is hardly going to change in near future....