Looking at the stars in the world cup, most them earn colosally huge amounts of money. By the age of 21, most of them are married or at least attached, have multiple cars, pairs of expensive shoes and ways of complaining to referees. On the other hand, at 21, the average Singaporean thing is working his ass off to get his degree, working his ass off in the army, working his ass off in his new job or working his ass off to pay the bills.
Which is the problem with the Singaporean education system. They want both academic as well as non-academic excellence, so the solution is to work the asses off the local population while importing foreigners to do the latter. Which thus makes training talent from young impossible since a youth's worth is judged mostly on the basis of the ability to adapt to the current education system.
However, playing the villain, at the same time, looking at how much the top players earn, you'd tend to realise that these guys are at the top of a long and extensive pile of other players. In almost every other sport or job, it probably happens the same way. For every Michael Jordan, there are twenty Mike Bibbys, that is, good players who don't make it to superstar status but stay relevant. For every Mike Bibby, there are twenty PJ Browns, players who work hard and get noticed for that instead of being talented. And for every PJ Brown, there are twenty James Poseys, people who don't do much at all, but break out once in a blue moon. For every James Posey, there are twenty Darko Milicics, people who are always available but never utilised. And finally, for every Darko Milicic, there are a bunch of other people who don't make it.
Simply put, the be the best at your job and earn a ton of money, you either have to do it better than everyone else like Perluigi Collina or Martin Yan, or do things in a completely different and new manner, emulating famous figures such as Bill Gates and Steven Lim(well, not REALLY...)
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Is the world getting smaller, or are people getting bigger?
Which is the problem with the Singaporean education system. They want both academic as well as non-academic excellence, so the solution is to work the asses off the local population while importing foreigners to do the latter. Which thus makes training talent from young impossible since a youth's worth is judged mostly on the basis of the ability to adapt to the current education system.
However, playing the villain, at the same time, looking at how much the top players earn, you'd tend to realise that these guys are at the top of a long and extensive pile of other players. In almost every other sport or job, it probably happens the same way. For every Michael Jordan, there are twenty Mike Bibbys, that is, good players who don't make it to superstar status but stay relevant. For every Mike Bibby, there are twenty PJ Browns, players who work hard and get noticed for that instead of being talented. And for every PJ Brown, there are twenty James Poseys, people who don't do much at all, but break out once in a blue moon. For every James Posey, there are twenty Darko Milicics, people who are always available but never utilised. And finally, for every Darko Milicic, there are a bunch of other people who don't make it.
Simply put, the be the best at your job and earn a ton of money, you either have to do it better than everyone else like Perluigi Collina or Martin Yan, or do things in a completely different and new manner, emulating famous figures such as Bill Gates and Steven Lim(well, not REALLY...)
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Is the world getting smaller, or are people getting bigger?
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