Friday, July 9, 2010'♥
With love ♥
Foreign talent-are they a boon to us or a bane?This is a topic that has been discussed over and over again,even going as far as to become the topic for our CA discussion,and seemingly with no consensus ever reached,simply because everyone view things differently,and now,I'm here to give my own opinion.
Now,pertaining to the workforce,I feel that competition between foreigners and Singaporeans'competitions for jobs is more than justified because in te current working society,success and failure all depends on your potential,your abilities and the contributions you have made to the company.If you get turned down for a job in favour of a foreigner,so be it because the company felt that the foreigner was more capable than you.Bosses are likely to be professional and know how to choose among their candidates wisely so as to maximise work effectiveness and generate the most possible revenue for the company so I think Singaporeans whining about foreigners stealing their job is incomprehensible.They should just get over it and try again.If you do not want to lose out to a foreigner,instead of complaining,you should strive to improve yourself,now like Professor Pautsch said:"Just work harder for complaining will get you nowhere."In fact,Jackie Robinson,the first black Major Leaguer,stated in his contract that he wouldn't complain if anyone spat at him and that was a time when blacks were discriminated against.
As for the problems with school vacancy,the government has already given Singaporeans an edge by granting them two balloting slots as compared to the foreigners who only had one,they possess twice the chances of the foreigners so it all comes down to the luck of the draw.This should be a fair system as no one can rig the results,furthermore,you can't blame others for something that totally depends on luck,it's just not right,it's like when you lose money at a casino,you claim that it was someone's else fault rather than your own bad luck.
Now for part of my blog post that likely concerns us,students,competition in schools,firstly,I like to make it clear that I have absolutely nothing against foreigners,I believe they should be treated equally and if they are better than me,so be it for it is no one's fault but my own.The second point is about scholars. Firstly,scholars are studious,smart,intelligent.I can understand that they are treated very well back in their country(and they deserved to be treated so,if I may add)due to their scholar status.They tend to be more selfish,eg. refusing to help classmates in need,not bonding with the class,being antisocial and only wishing to get/receive from others without sacrificing something themselves,at least,this is the stereotype that people hold of scholars which I say is totally bull.They are most definitely not selfish and they definitely do help their peers,whenever I have a maths question,I can always approach my scholar classmates and they would explain it to me step by step,and the part about them being anti-social?I have alot of friends who are scholars,I'm sure you have sharpened inference skills,so you should understand what I'm trying to say.
With that,I believe I can say that scholars are a boon to our nation in my eyes.They bring with them unique cultures an d a myriad of unique talent.Through interaction with them,we can learn more about their culture,this also fits in with Singapore's plans to become a global hub.As for the part about competition,well,it's also all good,like they say,with competition comes improvement,with the presence of foreign competition,we will strive to do better in order to not lose out and int he long run,this will greatly benefit Singapore.
