"Love 101 proves top hit in class"
Pic(above): Topics such as cohabitation are part of the 'love' elective at the Singapore Polytechnic.
STUDENTS are falling for the 'love' elective offered at two polytechnics.
At Singapore Polytechnic (SP), 'Love relations for life - a journey of romance, love and sexuality' made the top 10 list of most popular general elective courses last year.
It is in such demand that the polytechnic has doubled the number of available places from 360 last year to 720 this year.
At Ngee Ann Polytechnic, close to 400 students have sat for the elective on 'Understanding relationships: love and sexuality', introduced last year.
These 'love' courses aim to teach students all about love and relationships.
Madam Sukie Tong, who teaches the elective at SP, told The Straits Times: 'The class is not about getting students to pair up, but teaching them relationship skills so that if and when they are in one, they can handle things better.'
Skills to resolve conflicts, and lessons on why men and women think and react differently are all part and parcel of the 15-week course, said Madam Tong.
She added: 'Students say their relationships improved after they took the elective, for example, as they realised the importance of giving their boyfriends more space.'
It is so pleased by the success of the 'love' electives that it now wants to extend them to junior college students, The Straits Times reported earlier this month.
But why are students rushing to learn about love? They are not as starry-eyed as you might think. The elective is easy to score in, say students interviewed.
Ng Zhi Xian, 19, said: 'I took the elective to get an A. All my friends who took the elective scored an A.'
As Madam Tong put it: 'Nobody has failed this elective yet. It's impossible to fail unless you don't do any work at all.'
My response: I think this is a good module as in it gives tips on how to resolve conflicts and such…
Of course, most students will get A lar!
if there were to have a first record of student failing this module, i think there is something wrong with the student.
But I’m sure that if I am one of the students there, I will be debating there in the love elective. I will agree to some things in this elective but not all of them.
For example, they encourage cohabitation. (cohabitation is when a couple decide to live together before they get married.)
Anything can happen during cohabitation period like what if teenage cannot control their temptations and resort to having sex …by then, it’s not love but just lust.
It is said that cohabitation helps to prevent divorce and such…
But I think cohabitation is not the only way to relsove conflicts but it is how well the couple communicate with each other, understanding, love, etc….
Just like in the movie ‘license to wed’…
in this movie, the couple cohabitate but at the end of the movie, what they realize is that all they have to do is to juz communicate to solve their problems.
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