SINGAPORE - K-Pop Star Hunt 3 finalist Stephanie Koh is not proud to be a Singaporean, and in her latest online video, she explained why.
The 14-minute YouTube video uploaded on Wed (Jan 15) has been making its way around social media, garnering over 400,000 views and attracting more than 16,000 'likes' as of Friday (Jan 17).
In the video, Koh details seven points on why she is not proud to be a Singaporean. One of them, is that "Singaporeans are not creative".
And to Koh, Singapore's "restricted" education system, which "slams down creativity", is to blame.
The 21-year-old YouTube star explained the lack of creative talent in Singapore: "I'm not saying that there's no talent in Singapore. There's a lot of talent. But all these talents are not seen, why? Because of a very, very, simple reason - the education system in Singapore."
Koh brought up the example of her two younger sisters who are studying at international schools in Taiwan.
"After just two years of studying there, they have grown so differently from other Singaporeans because of the education system in their school."
Koh said the reason is because they are allowed room for creativity."
Yes I am commenting on this 'old' news out on Friday 17 Jan 2014. Reasons: it was by a young person who did not really communicate the valid points in a 'politically correct' manner; it seems frivolous when it first broke and she was just bitching about other contestants which is not very nice. Then, this detailed revelation showed something deeper.
Lessons for me are:
1. this is from a young Singaporean's personal viewpoint on WHY she is NOT proud to be a Singaporean, It garnered 15k likes on her FB account. Not overwhelming and also 'likes' on FB can really mean nothing. Yet, it surely shows that it hits some cords with the young audience of hers;
2. if we want to seriously collect diverse opinions and input, we MUST be shy away from collecting from 'controversial' sources too. Of course, it means we will need to be vigilant and rigorous in analysing the data from such sources, distilled them into useful information that can help provide an overall picture of the situation we are in or problems we are looking at;
3. to SIMPLY dismissed this as an unworthy source of information will be a disservice to the nation. Not everyone is like you. The angles they look at issues may be, or most likely to be, different from yours. If you don't consider a wider audience's feedback, you will miss some pertinent and real issues. This CANNOT be good governance.
So, I take this episode NOT about the young lady's brash and 'not-so-tactful' (maybe was instructed or orchestrated by her managing agent in the la-Miley's mode to shock) communication style about WHY she is NOT proud to be a Singaporean, but to look at IF the points raised are REAL or not!
May she harvest what she sowed in her personal career. While the nation take note of whichever points that are real for us to improve!
The 14-minute YouTube video uploaded on Wed (Jan 15) has been making its way around social media, garnering over 400,000 views and attracting more than 16,000 'likes' as of Friday (Jan 17).
In the video, Koh details seven points on why she is not proud to be a Singaporean. One of them, is that "Singaporeans are not creative".
And to Koh, Singapore's "restricted" education system, which "slams down creativity", is to blame.
The 21-year-old YouTube star explained the lack of creative talent in Singapore: "I'm not saying that there's no talent in Singapore. There's a lot of talent. But all these talents are not seen, why? Because of a very, very, simple reason - the education system in Singapore."
Koh brought up the example of her two younger sisters who are studying at international schools in Taiwan.
"After just two years of studying there, they have grown so differently from other Singaporeans because of the education system in their school."
Koh said the reason is because they are allowed room for creativity."
Yes I am commenting on this 'old' news out on Friday 17 Jan 2014. Reasons: it was by a young person who did not really communicate the valid points in a 'politically correct' manner; it seems frivolous when it first broke and she was just bitching about other contestants which is not very nice. Then, this detailed revelation showed something deeper.
Lessons for me are:
1. this is from a young Singaporean's personal viewpoint on WHY she is NOT proud to be a Singaporean, It garnered 15k likes on her FB account. Not overwhelming and also 'likes' on FB can really mean nothing. Yet, it surely shows that it hits some cords with the young audience of hers;
2. if we want to seriously collect diverse opinions and input, we MUST be shy away from collecting from 'controversial' sources too. Of course, it means we will need to be vigilant and rigorous in analysing the data from such sources, distilled them into useful information that can help provide an overall picture of the situation we are in or problems we are looking at;
3. to SIMPLY dismissed this as an unworthy source of information will be a disservice to the nation. Not everyone is like you. The angles they look at issues may be, or most likely to be, different from yours. If you don't consider a wider audience's feedback, you will miss some pertinent and real issues. This CANNOT be good governance.
So, I take this episode NOT about the young lady's brash and 'not-so-tactful' (maybe was instructed or orchestrated by her managing agent in the la-Miley's mode to shock) communication style about WHY she is NOT proud to be a Singaporean, but to look at IF the points raised are REAL or not!
May she harvest what she sowed in her personal career. While the nation take note of whichever points that are real for us to improve!
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