改革教育

There is a saying, “Spare the rod and spoil the child”. That is the maxim that my parents and those of previous generations had followed. Indeed, it was carried over to teachers of the old order who felt that a caning now and again was necessary to get the message across.

董建華先生日前公開說，通識教育科他是始作俑者，但完全失敗。這個高中必修科一直以來都備受爭議，不少人認為它是有強烈政治立場的老師向學生洗腦的陣地。在教育效果上，連學究天人的數學大師丘成桐也認為通識科使到學生「通通不識」，是一個大災難。究竟此科應否繼續保留？又或值不值得把它視為必修科？