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Brunei enjoys one of the highest literacy rates in the region and our government spends a fortune to make sure its people have access to quality education up to the highest levels. So we would like to think we have a pretty educated population, but an educated individual is still susceptible to many shortcomings and social illnesses i.e. unemployment, drug-addiction, violence, crime etc. There is no possible way governments can shield its societies against these mishaps, but they can and should be prepared to deal with social problems that will arise efficiently. With that said, there should not be any instance when authorities become dumbfounded and are unable to solve a given problem. In democratic theory, if this were to happen then it would be time for others with better capabilities and resources to be allowed to take charge.
Let us be pragmatic and not assume a religious bubble and force feeding the youth with Islam (or any other belief) will eliminate social deviancy. Secular education such as maths, language and science has afterall been able to cement children with intelligence, a desire to cooperate and creativity. A religious belief can add to that by giving him or her ideas of morality and conservatism. But it is the education which he or she learns through experience that perhaps is just as important. Through hobbies, sport, art, novels, these give them a sense of self-gratification and self-identification that really can't be taught. Further as they grow older, they are able to acquire more understanding of themselves through friendships and relationships built outside the household. As they reach the point of independence, they may choose to refine their ideas through exploration, travel and debate. I believe it is important that people should have access to all these forms as well.
Let us not teach our students that aiming for numbers 1, 2 and 3 in class is the only way there is and should carry this mindset throughout their lives. Let us not teach them to be afraid to raise their hands to ask a quetsion. Let us not teach that just because one is different, then they do not belong. Let us not teach Racism, or Inequality, or Bias, or Hate. Let us instead teach them about integrity and individualism and how both coincide with each other. Let us teach them that Brunei is heading into a new era of development and will need bright new minds. But let us first give them everything that is positive about this world. Before they start to forget, and become victims to the many cruel things that happen all around. Before they have to learn the hard way.
"Dedicated to the future, and those who fight for it".
-Micbandits
Brunei enjoys one of the highest literacy rates in the region and our government spends a fortune to make sure its people have access to quality education up to the highest levels. So we would like to think we have a pretty educated population, but an educated individual is still susceptible to many shortcomings and social illnesses i.e. unemployment, drug-addiction, violence, crime etc. There is no possible way governments can shield its societies against these mishaps, but they can and should be prepared to deal with social problems that will arise efficiently. With that said, there should not be any instance when authorities become dumbfounded and are unable to solve a given problem. In democratic theory, if this were to happen then it would be time for others with better capabilities and resources to be allowed to take charge.
Let us be pragmatic and not assume a religious bubble and force feeding the youth with Islam (or any other belief) will eliminate social deviancy. Secular education such as maths, language and science has afterall been able to cement children with intelligence, a desire to cooperate and creativity. A religious belief can add to that by giving him or her ideas of morality and conservatism. But it is the education which he or she learns through experience that perhaps is just as important. Through hobbies, sport, art, novels, these give them a sense of self-gratification and self-identification that really can't be taught. Further as they grow older, they are able to acquire more understanding of themselves through friendships and relationships built outside the household. As they reach the point of independence, they may choose to refine their ideas through exploration, travel and debate. I believe it is important that people should have access to all these forms as well.
Let us not teach our students that aiming for numbers 1, 2 and 3 in class is the only way there is and should carry this mindset throughout their lives. Let us not teach them to be afraid to raise their hands to ask a quetsion. Let us not teach that just because one is different, then they do not belong. Let us not teach Racism, or Inequality, or Bias, or Hate. Let us instead teach them about integrity and individualism and how both coincide with each other. Let us teach them that Brunei is heading into a new era of development and will need bright new minds. But let us first give them everything that is positive about this world. Before they start to forget, and become victims to the many cruel things that happen all around. Before they have to learn the hard way.
"Dedicated to the future, and those who fight for it".
-Micbandits
posted by Zed Peace
on 27 May 2009
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