So i read an article regarding a women's opinion on how the government has done little in shaping and grooming the youth of the Singapore society. teenagers has been misbehaving and thus she suggested sending them to military boot camps to shape them just like south korea did. upon reading this i immediately disagreed and felt the need to share my opinions about this.

firstly, she said "However, it is a dismal sight when small children morph into teenagers. It seems to me, little is done to shape and groom the youth of the Singapore society. " this is wrong as the government are doing their parts to shape teenagers primary and secondary age. regarding to this, MOE did say that by the end of secondary school, students would be able to develop SEL which would help them mature. also, as a student myself, i do remember going through many progragmmes that always emphasized on character development and how we can make right decision with the correct mindset. _http://www.moe.gov.sg/education/programmes/social-emotional-learning/

she also said. "Is it any wonder then that we often hear of cases where teenagers engage in fights, staring incidents, and all sorts of trouble? " i believe she said this from her own experience with her her kids. she did not have to generalize all teenagers that they cause trouble. yes we do cause trouble, but we teenager also do good too and there are proof.

another statement was "Some argue that discipline is done at home. But if education is a service in the public domain, is it not reasonable to argue that discipline, as part of education, is the government’s onus?" since as mentioned above, the government already did do their part for the youth n Singapore, then it comes down to discipline at home. the child learns the most at home because their parents. we would pick up things that they do. so if the parent themselves did not set an example and meet the child's emotional needs, the child themself would be rebellious and lack of values.

All in all because of all this problems she suggested to send them to boot camps. I definitely disagree. Yes it might help some teens to be more discipline, but it can also do the opposite. I myself as a teen would dislike going to the camp. I would really be mad at my parents and could even result to worst things like running away. There also are articles that because of stress that people would do stupid things like suicide. If the camp makes the teens stress , such things might even happen. Especially in Singapore where we are living  very comfortable