Thursday, January 15, 2009

clash of the JCs

Noticed this:

On one hand, in "Open House 2009- Message from the Principal" for RIJC:
"Raffles is unique- no other institution can boast of a heritage as inspiring as that of the oldest school in Singapore which has produced 77 President's scholars since 1965."

On the other hand, check out this link:
http://www.hci.edu.sg/ViewBreakNews.asp?BID=58&page=1
Hwa Chong touts that "Hwa Chong has to date produced 49 President's Scholars - the highest number amongst all junior colleges in Singapore."

Hmm, a slight disagreement between the schools... my take is that both are right; Hwa Chong only has "Hwa Chong" whilst Raffles historically has "RI", "RGS" (both with their Pre-U aka JC courses decades ago) and "RJC".

Clever statistical trick :)

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