During the previous lesson,we talked about lateral thinking.
So what is lateral thinking?
From the notes I took in class, lateral thinking is to look at the problem at different point of view, solve problem by using creative method, as we need to look for different answers for the same question.
There are many different solutions to one problem, they may not have exact right or wrong answers.
Below is a video on lateral thinking by Edward De Bono, he was the one who came up with in method of thinking.
I would say that to me, lateral thinking is a form of thinking habit that we can pick up, also, like what Mr Edward De Bono said in the video, lateral thinking is a skill that can be learnt.
We do not assume that some weird ideas that came to mind may be wrong, we have to look at the question at different perspective in order to generate new thoughts, be open- minded and think through other people’s opinions to see if they may be right.
Lateral thinking focus on finding a wild range of solutions, which differs from vertical thinking, this other method focus on solving problem using conventional and logical process, requires step by step logical thinking and many calculations.
I think that both method is essential in solving problems, but we can’t focus on just one of it. For example, we can’t be creative when we only use vertical thinking skill.
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Where would I be if I did not got into NAFA?
I would probably retake O level and go for JC next year.
Here are the ten reasons.
1. Subjects I took in secondary school back then was not my strong suit, this time I would take Chinese Lit(which my previous school does not even have this class), study geography rather than history, take art instead of pure sciences, hence my score should be much better.
2. I’m very interested in Chinese Lit syllabus, want to study it.
3. I’m fine with extending my holiday, so i do not need to go to school from Sep 2014 to Jan 2016
4. I do not want to do nothing and wait for next year to re-select poly courses.
5. I might want to kill myself 5 years down the road if I did nothing at this point of time.
6. There are more choices and wider range of selections of courses, I have more time to think on what I want to do.
7. My parents would be satisfied.
8. I heard temasek JC have lots of cute girls, I might aim to get in there.
9. The food at home is better than food in NAFA school canteen anyways.
10. I do not want to work in Mcdonald‘s to earn a living as there is a possibility that I would poison the customers that causes a decrease in Singapore’s population, then I might need to get marry at a young age to re-increase the overall population, then my kids may take revenge on the society and causes environmental problems that led to global warming, as a result Singapore might sank in ocean. Hence, I think re-taking O’s and get into JC is a better option.
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