Singapore's education system encourages you to think outside the box after forcing you inside the box.


I remember one Primary 1 day of my life very vividly when my teacher showed me a cartoon sketch of a wallet.

Teacher: What is inside?
Me: ... (the picture didn't show)
Teacher: Do you know what this is?
Me: er... a wallet?
Teacher: So what is inside?
Me: ... (depends on what you want to put inside, isn't it?)
Teacher: Don't tell me you don't know what is inside?!!!
Me: er... I really don't know.
Teacher: Of course you'll put money in a wallet! Why else would you want a wallet for?!!

From that day on, I learnt that it is politically correct to put money inside a wallet when I used them for storing stickers and my parents' expired cards.