TR EMERITUS

Saw a letter in the Straits Times Forum at this start of the month, which came from a school teacher who argued that having smaller class sizes helped to foster “innovative” thinking. The forum letter can be found at: [LINK] She’s right. It easier to generate and encourage discussion with a smaller group. Universities,... 

If you have been a reader here for a long time (and I thank you for it) you may notice that my posts have become less frequent, almost rare. That was because at some point after glaucoma blinded my right eye, back pain became my regular companion, dripping urine soil my under pant and forgetting why I entered the kitchen, I... 

If I have achieved anything in the last year, it was to lose weight. As my child often says, “I’m fat but I used to be super fat.” One of my great vanities these days is being able to pose without my top and I do it because I no longer look like I’m spilling out of whatever I happened to be wearing. Losing weight has...