5 mins - greet students; take attendance
10 mins - introduce topic
20 mins - show slides 1-12
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Someone who used to teach in a tertiary institution here was complaining that he was given and had to follow lesson plans like this - no restructuring of lessons.

A complete waste, for I happen to know that this guy is a brilliant teacher, if only he was allowed to do his own thing. No wonder he doesn’t teach there anymore.

With policies like this (this is not a universal phenomenon in Singapore, thankfully), look me in the eye and tell me you don’t know why our students aren’t creative.

Ok this is just a small area, but little things added together, and we have something called culture. And ours in an uncreative one.