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  • arball
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    • 02 Feb `08, 6:15PM

       

      well, i think spore kids too pampered liao. dun really know how to survive in the wild.

      onli know how to study. dunno how to climb tree.

      maybe we should expose them to more survival courses etc

       

      any opinions?

  • Y_Shun
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  • specfore
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    • 03 Feb `08, 4:41AM

      The thing that I would like to point out is that it will only take an afternoon to teach a chap how to climb a tree and hide in it.

      But it will take months, if not years, to teach him what is it that he will be fighting for. But once he knows this, he is a better soldier/

  • SingaporeMacross
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    • 03 Feb `08, 4:33PM


      Originally posted by stellazio:

      You scolding scholars ar? But scholars in SAF sure climb one leh.confused.png

      that one is not tree, it's a ladder. bigsmile.png

  • Ah Cek
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  • edwin3060
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    • 03 Feb `08, 6:43PM

      From my point of view, it doesn't matter whether they know how to climb a tree, or survive outdoors, that is important. These are all SKILLS. Skills can be learnt. The more important thing is their ATTITUDE. If they have a bad attitude, then no matter what you teach them, they won't learn anyway. Like one poster said, you can learn to climb a tree in a few hours; you can learn to survive in the jungle in a few days. But if you have the wrong attitude, all this knowledge wouldn't be worth nuts, cuz the first instance you lose your aircon and your pc, you will give up alr.

       

      For eg, look at this clip

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5uVUmXaFCM&feature=related

      Near the end, compare the attitude of the 18 year old soldier about to go to Afghanistan with the average attitude of the 18 year old Singaporean boy.

      Edited by edwin3060 03 Feb `08, 6:47PM
  • oOprinceOo
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    • 03 Feb `08, 7:19PM

      actually before they should learn how to climb ladder before learning how to climb trees.

  • arball
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    • 03 Feb `08, 8:42PM

      yar. actually sortof agree. notice that many youths nowadays cant see the importance of national identity

  • tankfanatic
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    1,052 posts since Mar '07
    • 11 Feb `08, 4:42PM

      'only know how to study . dont know how to climb tree '

       

      its a methapore. it means kids need to lay off the books and do some physicals activity...

  • Skye2
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    188 posts since Aug '03
    • 11 Feb `08, 4:48PM

      Since my ex is a teacher, I`ll say that our school kids today have one of the best all-rounded education in the world; including physical activites; relative to many other countries.

  • Short Ninja
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    • 14 Feb `08, 1:31PM

      I have climbed durian trees and also curi rambutan when I was a kid but not many chance to climb trees in my army days.

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