Clarissa Tan

What Michael Gove should know about going to school in Singapore

I hated the rote-learning and savage competition at my schools. But I benefited from them, too

issue 18 May 2013
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I like to tease my friend Wei about being a tiger mother. She once told me of an incident where her daughter Shu was making an artwork for a friend as a birthday present. Shu doodled for a few minutes, then showed her mother a sketch of a funny face.

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