When I was studying in high school, I was thankful to be given plenty of opportunities to lead my peers as well as juniors, from being a class chairperson to being a member of the student council. There are many qualities of a leader that students will learn along the way through leading others. Personally, […]
Think leaders. There are Adolf Hitler, Mahatma Gandhi, Winston Churchill. Everyone who desires to lead may think that leadership is about status, power and affluence. Yet, not everyone can be one. Which begs the question: what unites them? Leadership is a social influence, the ability of a person to unite a community towards a common […]
The magical wand of a good educator can bring hope and transform young lives. Carean Oh shares her remarkable experience from the classroom. By Carean Oh : I remember starting out as a teacher in 2003. Julia (surname undisclosed) was a dyslexic child. Whenever she could spell a word or read a sentence perfectly, I […]
Carean Oh is an experienced educator who advices that it takes a village to raise a child who will be successful in life. I believe that the role of a teacher is important. But a counsellor’s role is even more imperative. Students are given proper guidance on how to deal with psychological problems which can […]
Carean Oh advocates that a good future for a child does not lie in good academic results alone. Parents should look to other developmental aspects to help a child be outstanding in life. By Carean Oh : Since I run an enrichment centre in Singapore, I am often expected to drive results and coach our […]
Our editor, Carean Oh, shares her insights and top tips on the importance of communication on CNA938 recently. By Carean Oh – I am happy to be interviewed on CNA 938 this evening. Extending my thoughts here to provide more insights to my comments in the interview with Melanie and Lance. Indeed, poor writing is […]
By Carean Oh – Sumedha Tripathi from the India Times mentioned this week that ‘A friend that will always make one detach from all the negativity and stress in the world is our very own piece of novel. It takes one to an imaginary world that feels too real to be untrue. It makes you […]
It would be a lie to say that first impression do not count towards the judgement of a person. But as people can change over the years, one’s impression of them also is able to change. It is thus agreeable not to judge a book by its cover. Social media is an example where people only […]
Rules are a set of explicit and understood regulations or procedures within a particular activity. Rules are set often to keep things in order, and gain control over an area or people. Most of the time on the first day of school, teachers introduce a set of ‘golden rules’ students have to follow in their […]
The idiom, curiosity kills the cat, has been an underlying pun of modernity. Typically, this phrase is used to describe someone who has gotten into trouble or even harmed himself while being curious to try something out. We apply this phrase to situations when a person gets into trouble for being too inquisitive. In a […]
