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By Mr Kwok I recently had the privilege to be invited to provide a training session to the docents of the National Museum of Singapore. The topic was on the history of water quality in Singapore. Admittedly, history has never been my forte since my secondary school days. In fact, I used to thumb my nose at the subject. However, water quality is and it has always been my pleasure to share about this topic with all manner of audience and even from a historical perspective. Click here for the full video of the talk. Some Surprising Facts about Water Quality in the Past of Singapore Well water was used by the majority of the population in post-Raffles and pre-Independence Singapore. Contrary to the perception of well water being cleaned…

By Mr Kwok This post is a follow-up from the last, Why do students perform poorly in their studies: Getting to the heart of the matter. It acts as a positive counterfoil to the negative factors mentioned in that post. In contrast to a student who performs poorly due to a lack of heart, a student who performs well is simply the antithesis - someone putting heart into his work. Many times, we as educators feel exasperated when our students perform poorly despite our best intentions and efforts. Other times, we celebrate when other students perform spectacularly well, possibly exceeding our expectations. 2 Different Groups of Good Students For the latter group, how often do we see advertisements announcing their achievement of getting an A grade after initially failing in…