The_King Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 SINGAPORE: A Reddit user currently serving NS wrote of how “helpless and redundant” he feels because while his former classmates from other countries are moving forward, he is “stuck in camp listening to power-tripping sergeants.” u/GreenLow721 wrote on r/SingaporeRaw on Wednesday (Apr 12) that he felt like a second-class citizen in JC compared to the foreign scholars. He added that they “basically received all the same benefits and more as any Singaporean student” arguing that “there were some Singaporean students including me who were actually better than them at studies” and that the foreign students “were good but honestly not that great as you would expect.” Nevertheless, he feels that these scholars were given more opportunities than Singaporeans. “Even worse, they were marked more leniently as seen by the fact that for PW, only all the scholars got an A, and not the Singaporeans. Are you telling me Singaporeans are bad at speaking English that they can’t even speak better than people from China?” u/GreenLow721 also pointed out that some didn’t sign up for permanent residency (PR) but instead “choosing to wait out until they were older to apply (to avoid NS).” “The fact remains that these scholars get to reap the benefits of being Singaporean and even more but when it comes to serving NS (to ‘pay’ back the benefits you received), they don’t need to but us Sinkies need,” he added. “Today, while I’m stuck in camp listening to powertripping sergeants, I see these scholars already in Uni and going ahead with life and enjoying scholarships by Singapore. And I as a Sinkie who probably ain’t as well off as them but yet have the same academic ability as them have to waste 2 years of my life, risk my life in war, take loans to pay off uni, have less experience and connections and the govt still dares to say that they are on the side of Singaporeans. Honesty do you think this is fair?” https://theindependent.sg/singaporean-says-he-feels-like-a-second-class-citizen-as-his-foreign-classmates-are-advancing-to-uni-while-he-serves-ns 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XianGe Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Tis topic discussed to death liao... He buay song then go overseas U. Else guai guai finish NS then take U... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coffeenut Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 29 minutes ago, The_King said: And I as a Sinkie who probably ain’t as well off as them but yet have the same academic ability as them have to waste 2 years of my life, risk my life in war, take loans to pay off uni, have less experience and connections and the govt still dares to say that they are on the side of Singaporeans. Honesty do you think this is fair?” https://theindependent.sg/singaporean-says-he-feels-like-a-second-class-citizen-as-his-foreign-classmates-are-advancing-to-uni-while-he-serves-ns Key statement .. The most capable Sinkie blood runs in the Lee familee & friends - that part still considered fair by 61% Singaporeans, and most likely by that Green Low's parents as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_King Posted April 16, 2023 Author Share Posted April 16, 2023 29 minutes ago, XianGe said: Tis topic discussed to death liao... He buay song then go overseas U. Else guai guai finish NS then take U... As much as any new Singaporean can pack up and leave Singapore, so could any other native Singaporean. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManOfTheHour Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 but do his foreign classmates have the privilege of serving NS?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standing Birdy Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 Tiagong sinkie male is 5th class citizen at most 1st class: Pappies 2nd: Ft 3rd: Sinkie female 4th: Otter 5th: Sinkie male 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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