"emmohee" Paper Edition (Serialised), 2014
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SGD 309.00
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Printed on paper, serialised for the casual collector who enjoys making fun of our education system.
Comes in framed or unframed versions. Framed versions can be personally delivered (at a small cost) or self picked up. Unframed versions are packed into an art tube and delivered via registered mail.
"Emmoheee is a very emotional piece for me. I have been yearning, both consciously and subconsciously, to come up with this piece to express my tumultuous feelings of the Singaporean education system which I was so painfully thrust into.
I cannot help but feel that the siege-mentality mindset I was indoctrinated in (secondary school was 1996-2000 for me) hindered rather than helped my career. For those uninitiated to Singapore education, our system was structured primarily to churn out worker bees to support a (then) newly developed economy. My life in school essentially revolved around studying and tuition. It also did not help that my parents were in on the game as well, enforcing scholastic ability above all else. Like many Singaporeans, the rigour of academia and our brand (yes there is a brand!) of Singaporean-style mathematics did not come naturally to me.
Not surprisingly, I suffered so much so that I would get panic attacks if any of my results were not up to my parents' sky-high expectations or whenever I was compared to others by my parents. In re-examining my relationship to education in Singapore, I hope to reconcile my bitterness and frustration of being forced into a system that I disliked and had no control over.
Lastly, if I may be so bold to say, I would like to speak out on behalf of children to their parents. School is a lot more stressful and difficult to navigate that what parents can possibly imagine. There are a ten thousand different items to worry about everyday, from your math homework to the kid that's bullying you, from the girl that you like to being conscious of how your body smells. We don't just go to school to put our face in books. Social dynamics and methods of relating to people are also taught there, though without any sort of curriculum. These are the very elements that I believe are TRULY important: Your ability to form meaningful relationships with people, to be able to express and communicate your thoughts and ideas, and the development of the vaunted 'emotional quotient'."
- Citizen Dan
I cannot help but feel that the siege-mentality mindset I was indoctrinated in (secondary school was 1996-2000 for me) hindered rather than helped my career. For those uninitiated to Singapore education, our system was structured primarily to churn out worker bees to support a (then) newly developed economy. My life in school essentially revolved around studying and tuition. It also did not help that my parents were in on the game as well, enforcing scholastic ability above all else. Like many Singaporeans, the rigour of academia and our brand (yes there is a brand!) of Singaporean-style mathematics did not come naturally to me.
Not surprisingly, I suffered so much so that I would get panic attacks if any of my results were not up to my parents' sky-high expectations or whenever I was compared to others by my parents. In re-examining my relationship to education in Singapore, I hope to reconcile my bitterness and frustration of being forced into a system that I disliked and had no control over.
Lastly, if I may be so bold to say, I would like to speak out on behalf of children to their parents. School is a lot more stressful and difficult to navigate that what parents can possibly imagine. There are a ten thousand different items to worry about everyday, from your math homework to the kid that's bullying you, from the girl that you like to being conscious of how your body smells. We don't just go to school to put our face in books. Social dynamics and methods of relating to people are also taught there, though without any sort of curriculum. These are the very elements that I believe are TRULY important: Your ability to form meaningful relationships with people, to be able to express and communicate your thoughts and ideas, and the development of the vaunted 'emotional quotient'."
- Citizen Dan
