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May 29, 2007
Its CTC all over again
I've had much time these couple of years to get over the last ordeal in my army tour -- The CTC course. I took this OC course as part of my obligation to the SAF as an OCS sword winner, to prepare me for NS Company level command.
I have to say it was a great experience, having enjoyed the intellectual challenge from unceasing ops planning and recces. From morning runs to late night ops order writing and talc drawing, it was the ultimate officers' training course. The MBA of an SAF Officer career path. (I'd call BTC the EMBA equivalent...)
So now i'm repeating that course all over again. Only this time, its the real thing. The real MBA.
If an MBA is really what i expect it to be, I'd not be surprised to see fellow trainees burn the midnight oil discussing "strategy" and "tactics" on the business equivalent of a battlefield. I'd expect nothing less than that, and i'm more than thrilled to go through that challenge.
However, if the MBA was similar even in the back-stabbing, attention grabbing aspect, then I'll certainly suffer the aftermath trauma once again, having been deprived of the top trainee award from the AIOC course, partially due to malign peer evaluations, driven by self pride and fear of jeopardizing their own career advancement.
It was just CTC. I'm willing to accept the result. Afterall, its not my career at stake. But this time round, my career will be on the line. So theres no way I'm gonna let this get in my way...
But i'll just have to bite the bullet and trudge forward.
Like the old army saying " lan lan, suck thumb, and push forward"...
三隻小豬的語言教育
「我要以『三隻小豬』的精神,學習語言,才能有堅固的成就!」
雖然有點lag,但是對於教育部成語辭典將一些莫名其妙的童話故事、寓言故事、典故納為成語這件事,仍舊讓人Orz...
教育部成語辭典 -- 電影及小故事參考語料
不僅成語的選擇讓人覺得無厘頭,連造句都「非常的符合時事」。
ie. 立委質疑電視偷拍節目是在創造楚門世界,嚴重侵犯受拍者的隱私權。
看著看著,就讓我聯想起從前新加坡國中的「成語300條」,總要我們背一些這一生可能都不會用到的詞語。但或許,這也成了我們這一批所謂EM1學生的共同回憶吧。幾個月前,國中的兩位恩師 (剛好都是國文老師) 來台造訪。敘舊的過程中,不免提起了成語300條的內容,大快朵頤的「虧」了一番;去年,目前任職新加坡新聞界的朋友來探訪,也提起了這些構築我們國、高中中文基礎的「棟樑」。這群與我一起蠻啃那本EPB出版的藍色小冊子的朋友們,不下10個人都稱為了新加坡新聞界的後起之秀。也難怪,翻閱著「聯合早報」電子報,總會看到熟悉的用詞。
新加坡的教育不夠創新,中文掌握能力也只能一板一眼。國小中文教育,只要你跳脫出課本的範圍,用流行語的方式詮釋「成語」時,立刻被老師予以嚴厲的、紅色的 「X」。到了台灣,中文的變通性變高了,教育卻被「廣告」與「媒體」所塑造出來的流行語主導。以後的成語辭典,乾脆讓廣告公司比稿來承包好了;中文課本就用時報金句獎來做參考算了。
我並不反對語言「流行話」。畢竟,這也是我會來台灣唸傳播的初衷吧。語言的靈活性,與「創意」之間蘊含著顯而易見的關聯。但是,對於學童的教育,我仍然並持著「一步一腳印」的觀點,先穩固基礎,再試圖展翅飛翔。Picasso也是在掌握了傳統學派素描基礎之後,才打破框架創造野獸派的。同理,如果真要讓語言「天馬行空」至少也要先有足夠的基礎,字裡行間,才能夠刻骨銘心。
或許還是應該回歸「三隻小豬」的精神,多用心、不偷懶地打下語言基礎,才能培育出「魔豆」般語言創意吧!
May 24, 2007
戰場在哪裡,凱薩就在哪裡。而羅馬,永遠在凱撒的心里
不論身處何方,「Home」永遠是Where the heart is...
自稱全球人、國際人,未來也憧憬過著世界流通的生活;有挑戰的地方,即會是我努力的方向。
但,風箏如果斷了線,就不再有方向的飛翔,而只能隨波逐流。
所以切記,心永遠要繫著自己的「根」。











