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PSLE and life

Here we go again.

The Primary Sixers are taking their PSLE and they’re not pleased the Mathematics paper is harder than they anticipated. (See Parents Up In Arms Again Over PSLE Mathematics Paper)

Even the top students felt the bite and some were unable to complete the paper.

I don’t know why such things make news in Singapore. But since it does, I wish that when such reports are made, they’d interview someone else that puts things in perspective.

Since they don’t, I’ll volunteer some thoughts. And I’ll get right to the point by dealing with points brought up in the article.

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It’s Criminal

I was walking past a school when I saw this banner:

Banner of success

Okay, I’m sure these kids must feel proud to be put on a banner right at the main gate.

maybe not the kids, but surely their parents feel something. Maybe one of the parents paid for the banner. Maybe all the parents went dutch and paid for it.

Either way, there must be a reason why the boy is practically scowling. Do I hear “mugger toad”?

Or maybe he’s scowling because he knows he’s 5 points before irritating Gina. And now the whole world has to know too.

Now take away the congratulations, take away the aggregate score, they’d look like really friendly criminals (save for the boy) or runaway kids seen on the back of a milk carton.

And you know in TV, they’re always asking for multi-racial elements. Why doesn’t it apply to schools? Where’s the top Malay kid, Indian kid, or Others kid?